Texas · Public charity
FirstDay Foundation
FirstDay Foundation shall provide general administrative support and services to organizations which are exempt from federal income taxation as described in the internal revenue code.
- $19M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $19M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,113,535
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $903M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations FirstDay Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $562k 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 | 23 | $19M | 48% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $16M | 52% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $23M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $32M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $20M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $5.0M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $11M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $76k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCFS Health and Human Services | $58,818,875 | 8 | 7% |
| Breckenridge Village | $26,228,957 | 8 | 64% |
| National Emergency Management and Response | $19,334,911 | 4 | 99% |
| Compass Connections | $8,287,863 | 6 | 48% |
| Children's Emergency Relief International | $5,221,062 | 8 | 67% |
| Innovative Network of Knowledge | $3,269,565 | 7 | 5% |
| Emergency Management and Response | $2,970,108 | 2 | 17% |
| Silver Cliff Ranch | $1,861,374 | 5 | 100% |
| Christian Assistance Ministry | $360,000 | 2 | 6% |
| The Children's Shelter | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 56 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
FirstDay Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc · San Antonio Food Bank · Perry & Ruby Stevens Charitable Foundation · Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation & Fd Mgmt Trust · Floyd a & Kathleen C Cailloux Foundation · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County
How this is measured
About FirstDay Foundation
- How much does FirstDay Foundation give?
- FirstDay Foundation reported 24 itemized grants totaling $18,717,279, out of $19,296,719 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does FirstDay Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (54%), Health (21%), Public Safety & Disaster (17%).
- Who are FirstDay Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: BCFS Health and Human Services ($59M), Breckenridge Village ($26M), National Emergency Management and Response ($19M).
- Does FirstDay Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as FirstDay Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc.
- Where is FirstDay Foundation based?
- FirstDay Foundation is based in TX.
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