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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 FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$7.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$70MHealth$27MPublic Safety & Disaster$23MInternational$5.3MEducation$3.4MHousing & Shelter$285kCrime & Legal$170kReligion$158kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $18,717,279, the rows itemized in this filing. The $19,296,719 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $579,440 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $236k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $715k
  • $250k+8 grants · $18M
$130,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$903M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE$7,113,535
COMPASS CONNECTIONS$3,470,226
CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY RELIEF INTERNATIONAL$1,832,516
BCFS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$1,642,868
BRECKENRIDGE VILLAGE$1,593,595
INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE$1,381,706
SILVER CLIFF RANCH$482,219
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN (YMCA OF AUSTIN)$250,000
SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL$215,000
CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC$185,000
CORAZON MINSTIRES INC$135,000
THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$130,000
HELPING OPRESSED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE$50,000
COMPASS UNITED$45,614
HAVEN FOR HOPE OF BEXAR COUNTY$40,000
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 (FY17–25, $42.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%A CHILD'S PLACE LEARNING CENTER INC: $50k → 13%WHITE HEART FOUNDATION: $17k → 5%MERCY CHEFS: $18k → 20%CHOSEN CARE INC: $100k → 10%THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN (YMCA OF AUSTIN): $250k → 10%CORAZON MINSTIRES INC: $135k → 16%THE CHILDRENS SHELTER: $350k → 16%SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS: $100k → 16%FAMILIES & LITERACY INC: $8k → 13%BCFS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: $13.6M → 16%BRECKENRIDGE VILLAGE: $5.6M → 16%BCFS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: $5.5M → 16%ART 2 HEART: $8k → 13%BRECKENRIDGE VILLAGE: $4.6M → 16%BCFS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: $3.5M → 16%BCFS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: $2.7M → 16%BRECKENRIDGE VILLAGE: $1.1M → 16%BAPTIST CARE FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL DI: $1.0M → 16%Project Angel Fares: $109k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC: $185k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC: $175k → 16%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $19k → 16%PROJECT ANGEL FARES: $6k → 16%SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 16%COMPASS CONNECTIONS: $3.2M → 16%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$127M · 17 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
28

Total granted

$127M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
0%

Still filing today

100%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $899k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • BV
    Breckenridge Village
    8× · 2017–2025 · $26M · revenue +9% · 64% of their budget
  • CC
    Compass Connections
    6× · 2020–2025 · $8.3M · revenue ×6,654 · 48% of their budget
  • CE
    CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY RELIEF INTERNATIONAL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $5.2M · revenue +225% · 67% of their budget

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER
    one grant, 2019 · $350k · revenue -29%
  • CC
    CHOSEN CARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +55%
  • AH
    ANNUNCIATION HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
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.

1
Crisis Center of West Texas

Crisis center of west texas' mission is to respond, shelter, and educate to end domestic and sexual violence in west texas.

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2
Hope's Door New Beginning Center

The mission of hope's door new beginning center is to offer intervention and prevention services to individuals and families affected by intimate partner and family violence and to provide education programs that enhance the community's…

Human Services
3
Children's Aid Society of West Tx Inc

To provide shelter, supervision, and counseling for children in crisis; to cooperate with other agencies in order to resolve problems related to the welfare of these children; to assist the families of these children in seeking possible…

Human Services
4
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
5
Crisis Assistance Center Inc dba Community Assistance Center

To provide emergency assistance to people in Montgomery County, TX who are in an unexpected crisis.

Human Services
6
Texas Community Counseling

When care is within reach, lives change. Texas Community Counseling is a faith-based nonprofit committed to bringing hope and healing through mental health care to the communities that need it the most. We empower individuals to heal,…

Human Services
7
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

Hmm health provides quality healthcare to all its neighbors with love, compassion, and respect.

Health
8
Recovery Resource Council

To promote wellness and recovery from alcohol and substance use disorders and trauma.

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9
Children At Heart Ministries Inc

Children at heart ministries is a family of christian ministries that exists to honor god and build a better world by serving children and strengthening families.

Human Services
10
The Retreat Home for Children

Our mission is to show the love of christ to each and every child and family towhom we serve and beyond. we do this by creating a culture where the needs of children,families, and staff are seen and met in creative and innovative ways.

Crime & Legal
11
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
12
Crosspoint Inc

Crosspoint exists to build safer and stronger communities by empowering individuals to lead productive lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bcfs Health and Human Services; the most unlike its peers is Art 2 Heart. 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

53 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 58 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
27/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BCFS Health and Human Services: $58,818,875 · Human ServicesBCFS Health and Human ServicesBreckenridge Village: $26,228,957 · Human ServicesBreckenridge VillageCompass Connections: $8,287,863 · Human ServicesCompass Connections+14 more: $3,310,580 · Human ServicesNational Emergency Management and Response: $19,334,911 · OtherNational Emergency M…Emergency Management and Response: $2,970,108 · OtherEmergency Management…+26 more: $985,577 · OtherCHILDREN'S EMERGENCY RELIEF INTERNATIONAL: $5,221,062 · International+2 more: $200,000 · InternationalInnovative Network of Knowledge: $3,269,565 · Youth Development+2 more: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL: $215,000 · HealthHILL COUNTRY CHRISTIAN COUNSELING INC: $75,000 · HealthTriple H Equitherapy Center: $33,000 · Health+1 more: $5,150 · HealthCEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY: $110,000 · EducationCELEBRATE DYSLEXIA: $10,000 · EducationGRACE HOUSE INC: $110,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$96,646,275Other$23,290,596International$5,421,062Youth Development$3,289,565Health$328,150Education$120,000Crime & Legal$110,000

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 budgetBCFS Health and Human Services: $58,818,875 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetBreckenridge Village: $26,228,957 over 8y, 64% of budgetNational Emergency Management and Response: $19,334,911 over 4y, 99% of budgetCompass Connections: $8,287,863 over 6y, 48% of budgetCHILDREN'S EMERGENCY RELIEF INTERNATIONAL: $5,221,062 over 8y, 67% of budgetInnovative Network of Knowledge: $3,269,565 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetEmergency Management and Response: $2,970,108 over 2y, 17% of budgetSilver Cliff Ranch: $1,861,374 over 5y, 100% of budgetChristian Assistance Ministry: $360,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY: $110,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGRACE HOUSE INC: $110,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS DBA CLOSE TO HOME: $110,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetCHOSEN CARE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetHEARTS NEED ART: $100,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetYOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE: $100,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetHELPING OPPRESSED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE: $100,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCIRCLE J MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetALPHA HOME INC: $80,968 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHILL COUNTRY CHRISTIAN COUNSELING INC: $75,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetHILL COUNTRY CASA INC: $60,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetEAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $52,730 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA CHILDS PLACE LEARNING CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCompass United: $45,614 over 1y, 99% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $36,740 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY MINISTRIES INC: $33,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetTriple H Equitherapy Center: $33,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetMorgan's Wonderland: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Network of Youth Services Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetWARFIGHTER SCUBA: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetOPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $17,320 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWHITE HEART FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCULTURINGUA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEL PASO POLICE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetLUFKIN NEIGHBORHOOD STRONG: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTUDENTS OF SERVICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG AWARENESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DEE HOWARD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCELEBRATE DYSLEXIA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEMONADE CIRCLE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetART 2 HEART: $8,333 over 1y, 18% of budgetELEVATE ADULT EDUCATION INC: $8,333 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetSHARED BEAT: $5,150 over 1y, 2.9% 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.

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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Harvey E Najim Charit…Methodist Healthcare …Faye L & William L Co…John L Santikos Chari…The Community Foundat…San Antonio Food BankPerry & Ruby Stevens …Hal & Charlie Peterso…Floyd a & Kathleen C …The Texas Cavaliers C…United Way of San Ant…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX40.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 FirstDay Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from FirstDay Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 58 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 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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