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Butt Rogers Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$1.9MHuman Services$1.0MHealth$555kReligion$457kYouth Development$170kFood & Nutrition$165kCivil Rights$135kInternational$110kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$50,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Moving Forward Foundation$250,000
University of Mississipp Fnd$205,000
Up Partnership$200,000
First Presbyterian Church$200,000
Baylor University$200,000
Moorehouse College$150,000
Childrens Hospital of SA Foundation$125,000
SA Hope Center$125,000
University of Houston$125,000
TAMU-SA Foundation$125,000
YWCA$125,000
Say Si$100,000
St Mary University Law School$100,000
Alamo Colleges Foundation$100,000
American Cancer Socity$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $609k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation: $250k → 16%House of Neighborly Service: $25k → 16%SA Hope Center: $125k → 16%SA Hope Center: $125k → 16%Morningside Ministries: $84k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
IA
OH
VA
AZ
TN
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 23 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
20

Total granted

$3.0M
$813k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
-5%

Still filing today

22%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalHealthCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    SA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $250k · revenue +12%
  • CC
    CHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $250k · revenue +17%
  • AC
    ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +171%

Funded once

  • UC
    Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue -24%
  • MO
    Meals on Wheels SA
    one grant, 2023 · $125k
  • FF
    FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -5%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
San Antonio Christian School

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…

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2
The King's University

The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.

Education
3
The King's University

The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.

Education
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Howard Payne University

Howard payne university is a christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to god and humanity.

Education
6
Southwestern Christian University

Scu is a christ-centered liberal arts institution equipping students for a life of learning, leadership, and service; integrating faith, learning, and living; and empowering graduates to excel and to positively impact their world for jesus…

Education
7
Southwestern Christian College

Its purpose is to offer a holistic educational program that will motivate the student to value and achieve academi excellence within the context of commitment to moral and spiritual values.

Education
8
Abilene Christian School Inc

The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.

Education
9
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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10
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
11
His University

His university provides graduate and undergraduate degree and diploma education and training for his family ministry specialists who desire to pursue careers in counseling and ministry.

Education
12
Valor Texas Education Foundation

Valor's mission is to educate the whole person in authentic communities for a full human life. Through our K-12 tuition-free classical charter schools and the Valor Institute, we build communities dedicated to wisdom, virtue, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifewise Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation At Shield Ranch. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 66 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Up Partnership: $400,000 · OtherUp PartnershipFirst Presbyterian Church: $370,000 · OtherFirst Presbyterian ChurchMOVING FORWARD FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherMOVING FORWARD FOUNDATIONYWCA: $250,000 · OtherYWCAUniversity of Houston: $250,000 · OtherUniversity of HoustonTAMU-SA Foundation: $250,000 · OtherTAMU-SA FoundationUniversity of Mississipp Fnd: $205,000 · OtherUniversity of Mississipp FndMeals on Wheels SA: $125,000 · Other+38 more: $1,328,850 · Other+38 moreALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EducationALAMO COLLEGES …RESTORE EDUCATION INC: $200,000 · EducationRESTORE EDUCATI…BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSI…MOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLE…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationSA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $250,000 · Human ServicesSA CHRISTIAN…Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation: $250,000 · Human ServicesUvalde CISD …MORNINGSIDE MINISTRIES: $84,000 · Human ServicesMORNINGSIDE …House of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas: $25,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthRISE RECOVERY: $50,000 · HealthSAY SI: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIFEWISE INC: $20,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $100,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $10,000 · InternationalASSET FUNDERS NETWORK: $60,000 · PhilanthropyCREATE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Philanthropy
Other$3,428,850Education$755,000Human Services$609,000Health$300,000Youth Development$155,000International$135,000Philanthropy$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $250,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetUvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRESTORE EDUCATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAY SI: $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMORNINGSIDE MINISTRIES: $84,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASSET FUNDERS NETWORK: $60,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRISE RECOVERY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCREATE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCare Net: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBLUE MONARCH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIFEWISE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBE KIND SAN ANTONIO INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMalachi Destiny & Purpose: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetRED RIVER MINISTRIES INC: $9,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION AT SHIELD RANCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHelping Hands Educational Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetPLAYHOUSE 2000 INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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 SA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RESTORE EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAY SI ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC ↗
  • Who funds MORNINGSIDE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ASSET FUNDERS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds THE REFUGE FOR DMST ↗
  • Who funds RISE RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds CREATE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Care Net ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗

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.

San Antonio Area FoundationTX23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · H E Butt Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Butt Rogers Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Butt Rogers Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Butt Rogers Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Butt Rogers Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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