· Private foundation
Circle Bar 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k31 grants · $562k
- $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAN ANTONIO ZOO | $200,000 |
| SUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN | $133,717 |
| TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | $106,250 |
| CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $100,000 |
| REMEMBER THE ALAMO FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| SAN ANTONIO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $60,000 |
| THE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION | $53,400 |
| THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER OF SAN ANTONIO | $50,000 |
| SAN ANTONIO ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| PATHWAYS YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES | $50,000 |
| TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $50,000 |
| AUTISM COMMUNITY NETWORK | $50,000 |
| AID THE SILENT | $50,000 |
| CANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF TEXAS | $30,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 8 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, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY7× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +84%
- SCSUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN7× · 2017–2024 · $548k · revenue +48%
- TTTHE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2024 · $534k · revenue +66%
Funded once
- FLFAITH LUTHERAN CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $300k
- WMWITTE MUSEUM CAPITAL CAMPAIGNone grant, 2017 · $200k
- BPBrackenridge Park Conservancyone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -54%
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.
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.
At Discovery School, our mission is to inspire and nurture the love of learning in young children and their families. The School offers an enhanced early childhood education for children 2 through 7 years to provide them with the skills…
Develop and promote the lifetime sport
The mission of sa talent, inc. is to educate and develop youth and adults into the talent needs of san antonio's current and future employers and provide services for the regional employers for the retention and growth of their local…
The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.
The mission of greater:satx is to lead the developemnt and diversification of san antonio regional economy through the recruitment and expansion of qualify employers and job producing investments.
The mission of San Antonio Pets Alive! is to save every adoptable dog and cat in danger of being killed at the City of San Antonio Shelter.
Publishing a local online news source. We believe a well informed and connected community is essential to making San Antonio a better place to live, work and play.
Child Advocacy
The mission of sa youth is to develop the character, strengths, talents, and skills of san antonio's high-risk urban youth through fun, safe experiences, positive learning environments, and holistic programs that inspire each individual to…
How this is measured
53 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. 53 of the 81 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 SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC ↗
- Who funds BEXAR COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FDN TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART ↗
- Who funds CANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Remember the Alamo Foundation ↗
- Who funds Respite Care of San Antonio Inc ↗
- Who funds TEXAS BURN SURVIVOR SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Kinetic Kids Inc ↗
- Who funds MISSION ROAD MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
- Who funds PATHWAYS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds UNICORN CENTERS INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S ASSOC FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL ( ↗
- Who funds Brackenridge Park Conservancy ↗
- Who funds CHARITY BALL LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF TEXAS ↗
- Who funds BATTLE OF FLOWERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SERVICE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO DBA AUTISM COMMUNITY NETWORK ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GUARDIAN HOUSE ↗
- Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO ↗
- Who funds ST VINNYS BISTRO ↗
- Who funds AID THE SILENT ↗
- Who funds AUDITORY LEARNING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROY MAAS' YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO (AUDIT) ↗
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 · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Mays Family Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Keith M Orme and Pat Vigeon Orme Charitable Foundation · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Circle Bar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Circle Bar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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