Texas · Private foundation
Central Texas Foundation Inc
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.
- $234k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Central Texas Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $234k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $227k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $241k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $197k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $248k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $234k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $208k | 12% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $237k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldersgate Enrichment Center Inc | $240,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Howard Payne University | $167,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Brown County Home Solutions Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 26% |
| The Ark Domestic Violence Shelter Inc | $77,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Lyric Performing Arts Company Inc | $62,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Brown County | $41,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Brownwood Area Community Garden | $20,300 | 8 | n/a |
| Central Texas Pregnancy Care Center | $18,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Winchell Volunteer Fire Department | $16,000 | 3 | 9% |
| W a V Project Inc | $13,800 | 4 | 5% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldersgate Enrichment Center Inc | $240,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Howard Payne University | $167,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Brown County Home Solutions Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 26% |
| The Ark Domestic Violence Shelter Inc | $77,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Lyric Performing Arts Company Inc | $62,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Brown County | $41,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Brownwood Area Community Garden | $20,300 | 8 | n/a |
| Central Texas Pregnancy Care Center | $18,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Winchell Volunteer Fire Department | $16,000 | 3 | 9% |
| W a V Project Inc | $13,800 | 4 | 5% |
| Meals on Wheels | $11,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Zephyr Volunteer Fire Department | $7,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Cherokee Home for Children | $7,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Brown County United Way | $6,200 | 4 | 1% |
| Heart of Texas Crime Stoppers Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Revitalization of Our Community | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Olympics of Texas Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brown County Toys for Kids | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts Council of Brownwood | $1,900 | 2 | 1% |
| Central Texas Veterans Memorial Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Zephyr Community Historical Association | $400 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Central Texas Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: E P Woodruff Trust · B C and Gladys L Drinkard Foundation Inc · Thomas B Shoemake Trust · Tom & Lilian Grinnan Wilkinson Trust · Harriett Gully Beadel Foundation Inc · Brown County United Way · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Central Texas Foundation Inc
- How much does Central Texas Foundation Inc give?
- Central Texas Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $234,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Central Texas Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (27%), Human Services (21%), Education (19%).
- Who are Central Texas Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Aldersgate Enrichment Center Inc ($240k), Howard Payne University ($167k), Brown County Home Solutions Inc ($85k).
- Does Central Texas Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Central Texas Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Central Texas Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include E P Woodruff Trust, B C and Gladys L Drinkard Foundation Inc, Thomas B Shoemake Trust.
- Where is Central Texas Foundation Inc based?
- Central Texas Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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