· Private foundation
Building Bridge Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $152k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $558k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JACKSON COUNTY YOUNG LIFE | $85,000 |
| JACKSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT | $82,100 |
| COMAL COUNTY YOUNG LIFE | $75,000 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS | $75,000 |
| NEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES | $75,000 |
| BILLY T CATTAN RECOVERY OUTREACH | $60,000 |
| EDNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT | $55,500 |
| NEW BRAUNFELS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE | $50,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF THE GOLDEN CRESCENT | $40,000 |
| EDNA EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $27,000 |
| MCKENNA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| CITY OF EDNA PUBLIC SAFETY | $25,000 |
| THE VINE SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| ST JUDE RANCH FOR CHILDRENTEXAS | $10,000 |
| TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CICOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INC4× · 2021–2024 · $386k · revenue +8%
- NBNEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES4× · 2021–2024 · $230k · revenue +2%
- YLYOUNG LIFE2× · 2021–2022 · $192k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- SASAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +144%
- JCJACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICTone grant, 2022 · $49k
- CICONNECTIONS INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES INCone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -37%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.
Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…
To educate students with the transforming truth of christ, inspiring academic excellence, godly character, and integrity in life pursuits.
To provide comprehensive primary care and preventive care to all persons regardless of their ability to pay.
Sharing jesus, healing hearts, transforming lives.
The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.
The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…
To collect and warehouse food which has been donated by concerned businesses and organizations and distribute it to social agencies which feed the needy
San antonio foster care and adoption services inc. is a licensed child placement agency in the state of texas. the organization cares for children placed in foster care by the state of texas.
The childrens advocacy center of hidalgo county, inc. provides services to abused children. services include on-site referrals for medical services. the organization follows up with authorities on efforts against the perpetrators of the…
To enhance the quality of life in the coastal bend area of texas through charitable and educational grants.
The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…
How this is measured
25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds EDNA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF VICTORIA DBA FOOD BANK OF THE GOLDEN CRESCENT ↗
- Who funds THE VINE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds MCKENNA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds New Braunfels Youth Collaborative ↗
- Who funds BILLY T CATTAN RECOVERY OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds TEXANA ARTS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CONNECTIONS INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds UPWARD HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds COMAL COUNTY FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER ↗
- Who funds Palacios Community Coalition ↗
- Who funds SOUTH TEXAS BOTANICAL GARDENS ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds SJRC TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds ANY WOMAN CAN NP ↗
- Who funds Memory Gardens of Edna Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND ↗
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: Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation · United Way of Comal County · McKenna Foundation · New Braunfels Area Community Foundation · Velma Lee & John Harvey Robinson Charitable Founda · The Gvtc Foundation Inc · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · Veramendi Charitable Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Building Bridge Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Building Bridge Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Florida College Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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