Texas · Private foundation
DDM 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $215,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations DDM Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $436k 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 | 16 | $1.3M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $1.4M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.1M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $837k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $667k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $675k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $303k | 50% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Redlands | $1,025,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Interfaith Welcome Coalition | $895,000 | 7 | 37% |
| San Antonio Pets Alive Inc | $848,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Girls on the Run of Bexar County | $745,000 | 7 | 41% |
| House of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas | $480,000 | 6 | 16% |
| Hfcc Inc | $474,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Spay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc | $456,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Family Violence Prevention Services Inc | $437,021 | 5 | 2% |
| Christian Assistance Ministry | $270,525 | 8 | 5% |
| House of Neighborly Service | $200,000 | 2 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Redlands | $1,025,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Interfaith Welcome Coalition | $895,000 | 7 | 37% |
| San Antonio Pets Alive Inc | $848,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Girls on the Run of Bexar County | $745,000 | 7 | 41% |
| House of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas | $480,000 | 6 | 16% |
| Hfcc Inc | $474,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Spay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc | $456,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Family Violence Prevention Services Inc | $437,021 | 5 | 2% |
| Christian Assistance Ministry | $270,525 | 8 | 5% |
| House of Neighborly Service | $200,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Texas Impact Education Fund | $200,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Texas Gun Sense | $150,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Dizzy Dog Animal Rescue | $65,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Landa Gardens Conservancy | $35,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Sa Christian Hope Resource Cntr Inc Dba Sa Hope Center | $26,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Puentes De Cristo INc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society for Animal Rescue and Adoption | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| They Have the Right to Live Rescue | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mendocino Arts Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Building Hope Together | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
DDM Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust #FE324 · Genevieve & Ward Orsinger Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · Keith M Orme and Pat Vigeon Orme Charitable Foundation · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County · San Antonio Food Bank
How this is measured
About DDM Foundation
- How much does DDM Foundation give?
- DDM Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,317,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does DDM Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (21%), Philanthropy (16%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are DDM Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Redlands ($1.0M), Interfaith Welcome Coalition ($895k), San Antonio Pets Alive Inc ($849k).
- Does DDM Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does DDM 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 DDM Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust #FE324, Genevieve & Ward Orsinger Foundation.
- Where is DDM Foundation based?
- DDM Foundation is based in TX.
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