Texas · Public charity
Blue Bird Auxiliary
To provide financial support to various programs, research and education for the direct benefit of patients and/or the families of the methodist hospitals at the medical center, san antonio. See schedule oprovide financial support for research, education and services that directly benefit medically challenged children and adults in san…
- $83k
- Granted FY2022
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Blue Bird Auxiliary’s FY2025 grant dollars went to San Antonio Area Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Blue Bird Auxiliary named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $44k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2022
- $44k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $2.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 67% of the organizations Blue Bird Auxiliary funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 6 | $44k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $24k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $17k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Healthcare System | $90,700 | 6 | n/a |
| Hearts Need Art | $37,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Kinetic Kids Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tracys Kids Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Assoc for Maximum Potential ( | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spina Bifida Texas | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Transplant Association of Texas | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Blue Bird Auxiliary
- How much does Blue Bird Auxiliary give?
- Blue Bird Auxiliary reported 6 itemized grants totaling $44,000, out of $83,074 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Blue Bird Auxiliary fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (79%), Recreation & Sports (21%).
- Who are Blue Bird Auxiliary's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Methodist Healthcare System ($91k), Hearts Need Art ($37k), Kinetic Kids Inc ($16k).
- Does Blue Bird Auxiliary fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blue Bird Auxiliary?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation, The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Blue Bird Auxiliary based?
- Blue Bird Auxiliary is based in TX.
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