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David B Terk Wildlife Conservation Foundation C/O Kristin Terk Belt

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.

$44k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$80kHuman Services$33kHealth$31kEducation$24kReligion$22kYouth Development$21kAnimals$15kFood & Nutrition$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$636k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KLRU$11,000
ADRN$7,500
UT FOUNDATION$6,000
KIDS OUTDOOR ZONE$3,100
RODEO AUSTIN$2,700
HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN$2,500
ABCCM$2,500
LIFEAUSTIN$1,032
NEW HORIZONS$1,000
BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART$1,000
BURKE CENTER FOR YOUTH$1,000
THE WILLIAMSON MUSEUM$1,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED$600
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK$600
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS$500
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 (FY17–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ARMS OF HOPE: $2k → 12%KIDS OUTDOOR ZONE: $5k → 12%KIDS OUTDOOR ZONE: $3k → 12%KIDS OUTDOOR ZONE: $1k → 12%FOSTER VILLAGE: $2k → 10%KIDS OUTDOOR ZONE: $1k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 10%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

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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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208k · 28 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
60

Total granted

$208k
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+31%

Still filing today

43%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentReligionOther
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

  • HH
    HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +62%
  • TK
    THE KIDS OUTDOORS ZONE INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $10k · revenue +106%
  • RA
    RODEO AUSTIN
    2× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +95%
  • TA
    TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +362%
  • BF
    BLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +31%
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.

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Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
2
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

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

Religion
3
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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4
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
5
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
6
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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7
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
8
The Association of Former Students of Texas a&M University

To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.

Education
9
Dallas International University

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

Education
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
12
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Brent Thurman Foundation. 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

57 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 57 of the 98 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/57
Grantees still filing
40/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KLRU: $66,515 · OtherKLRUADRN: $16,260 · OtherADRNLIFE AUSTIN INC: $16,032 · OtherLIFE AUSTIN INCUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $12,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherLONGHORN FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Other+64 more: $84,698 · Other+64 moreHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $19,500 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND …THE KIDS OUTDOORS ZONE INC: $10,450 · Human ServicesTHE KIDS OUTD…ARMS OF HOPE: $2,000 · Human ServicesARMS OF HOPEFOSTER VILLAGE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER VILLAG…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesRODEO AUSTIN: $5,200 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $3,500 · AnimalsAMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION: $1,281 · AnimalsBLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,100 · AnimalsCONSERVATION CENTERS FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL: $1,049 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $500 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $500 · AnimalsBLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILD: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER: $1,200 · Arts & CultureSEA TURTLE INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN ZOO INC: $500 · Arts & CultureCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $2,592 · InternationalEmbrace Waiting Children Inc: $2,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $1,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $500 · InternationalTEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $1,250 · EducationThe Brent Thurman Foundation: $4,000 · Philanthropy
Other$211,505Human Services$34,450Animals$13,130Arts & Culture$9,450International$8,092Education$6,250Philanthropy$4,000

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 budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $19,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KIDS OUTDOORS ZONE INC: $10,450 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRODEO AUSTIN: $5,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brent Thurman Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetTHE BURKE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRED ARENA INC: $3,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILD: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW HORIZONS RANCH & CENTER INC: $2,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $2,592 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ONESTAR FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChampions Off the Field: $2,258 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmbrace Waiting Children Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARMS OF HOPE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTER VILLAGE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Child Guidance Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION: $1,281 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION: $1,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONSERVATION CENTERS FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL: $1,049 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEA TURTLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving on the Edge Ministries Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKanakuk Ministries: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BRAUNFELS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REFUGE FOR DMST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION FOUNDATIONINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CENTER: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUCARE NETWORK: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KIDS OUTDOORS ZONE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RODEO AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds The Brent Thurman Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RED ARENA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILD ↗
  • Who funds NEW HORIZONS RANCH & CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ONESTAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Champions Off the Field ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds Embrace Waiting Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ARMS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Austin Child Guidance Center ↗

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.

Austin Community Foundation IncTX31× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Moody Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · Servant Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Tecumseh Foundation · Impact Austin 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 David B Terk Wildlife Conservation Foundation C/O Kristin Terk Belt funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David B Terk Wildlife Conservation Foundation C/O Kristin Terk Belt. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 32%
  • Feeding Florida Inc: 32% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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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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