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David B Terk Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$26k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2025
9
Organizations funded FY2024
78%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,122
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 78% of the organizations David B Terk Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving6$26k67%
FY20249$29k78%
FY20236$26k83%
FY20223$5k100%
FY202116$31k69%
FY202029$72k79%
FY20196$5k100%
FY20188$25k100%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$45kReligion$41kHuman Services$34kAnimals$25kCommunity Improvement$15kEducation$11kFood & Nutrition$10kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of David B Terk Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christian Outdoor Alliance Inc$60,00031%
Tbi Warrior Foundation$15,65036%
Trinity Oaks Enterprises$11,00020%
San Antonio Zoological Society$10,00010%
San Antonio Food Bank$10,00010%
Reel Thanx Inc$5,00032%
Baby2baby$4,22510%
Coastal Conservation Association$3,52520%
Wish for Our Heroes Inc$3,50010%
Safari Club International Foundation$3,19010%
Conservation Force Inc$3,00020%
Green Beret Foundation$3,00020%
Operation Kindness$2,50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,50010%
Martin Truex Jr Foundation Inc$2,50010%
National Rifle Association of America$2,50020%
Little Trooper Ranch$2,5001n/a
Mercy Ships International$2,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00010%
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation$2,00010%
Marine Reconnaissance Foundation$2,00011%
Woodson Center$2,00010%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$2,00010%
The Orange Show Foundation$1,30010%
Hunter Nation Inc$1,09020%
Folds of Honor Foundation$1,00010%
Moonlight Fund Inc$1,00010%
Soldier Strong Inc$1,00010%
Theatre Aspen$1,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,00010%
Sire Inc$1,00010%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$1,00010%
Military Order of the Purple Heart of the USA Inc$1,00010%
Del Rio Chamber of Commerce$1,00011%
Construct A Kids Christmas$85011%
St George Episcopal Church$5001n/a
4 Paws for Ability Inc$50010%
Children's Home of Lubbock and Family Service Agency Inc$5001n/a
Hill Country Crisis Council Inc$50010%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$50010%
Colel Chabad$5001n/a
Torah Academy Inc$3451n/a
St Josephs Indian School$2501n/a
Texas Lions Camp Inc$20010%
Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas$10010%
Cook Children's Health Care System$10010%
Sean Karl Foundation$1001n/a

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David B Terk Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChristian Outdoor Alliance Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTbi Warrior Foundation: $15,650 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetTrinity Oaks Enterprises: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSan Antonio Zoological Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReel Thanx Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetBaby2baby: $4,225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Conservation Association: $3,525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWish for Our Heroes Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSafari Club International Foundation: $3,190 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConservation Force Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreen Beret Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Kindness: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMartin Truex Jr Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Rifle Association of America: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Reconnaissance Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWoodson Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Orange Show Foundation: $1,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHunter Nation Inc: $1,090 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMoonlight Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSoldier Strong Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTheatre Aspen: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSire Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCaptains for Clean Water Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMilitary Order of the Purple Heart of the USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDel Rio Chamber of Commerce: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetConstruct A Kids Christmas: $850 over 1y, 0.6% of budget4 Paws for Ability Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHill Country Crisis Council Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Lions Camp Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Bereavement Center of South Texas: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCook Children's Health Care System: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX15.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America

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.

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About David B Terk Foundation

How much does David B Terk Foundation give?
David B Terk Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $26,135 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does David B Terk Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Religion (19%), Human Services (16%).
Who are David B Terk Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Christian Outdoor Alliance Inc ($60k), Tbi Warrior Foundation ($16k), Trinity Oaks Enterprises ($11k).
Does David B Terk Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David B Terk Foundation 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 David B Terk Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Union Pacific Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation.
Where is David B Terk Foundation based?
David B Terk Foundation is based in TX.

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 78 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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