Texas · Private foundation
Dawson Family 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.
- $127k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $683k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Dawson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $127k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $130k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $132k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $130k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $105k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $57k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $73k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $52k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Lukes Episcopal School of San | $136,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc | $124,900 | 7 | 1% |
| Alamo Heights School Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation | $119,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arise Africa Inc | $41,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $37,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Violence Prevention Services Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charity Ball Legacy Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City Kids Adventures | $20,000 | 1 | 7% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Lukes Episcopal School of San | $136,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc | $124,900 | 7 | 1% |
| Alamo Heights School Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation | $119,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arise Africa Inc | $41,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $37,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Violence Prevention Services Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charity Ball Legacy Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City Kids Adventures | $20,000 | 1 | 7% |
| NourishNC Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Antonio Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shikar-Safari Club International | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sound Off | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Banovich Wildscapes Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| San Antonio Academy of Texas | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of San Antonio | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alamo Heights Mule Team Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alamo Heights Mules Cycling Team | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Autism Service Center of San Antonio Dba Autism Community Network | $2,100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dawson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: San Antonio Area Foundation · Circle Bar Foundation · Mays Family Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Nancy Wood Moorman Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund · Charitable Foundation Frost F0359600 · Nelson Puett Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation Group Return
How this is measured
About Dawson Family Foundation
- How much does Dawson Family Foundation give?
- Dawson Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $127,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dawson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (31%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Dawson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Lukes Episcopal School of San ($136k), The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc ($125k), Alamo Heights School Foundation ($120k).
- Does Dawson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dawson Family 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 Dawson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Circle Bar Foundation, Mays Family Foundation.
- Where is Dawson Family Foundation based?
- Dawson Family Foundation is based in TX.
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