Texas · Private foundation
George W Brackenridge Foundation
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.
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $50M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations George W Brackenridge Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $6.8M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $4.8M | 56% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $2.2M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $2.7M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $3.2M | 9% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $2.2M | 29% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $2.3M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $1.6M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hearts America-Texas | $4,395,000 | 8 | 1% |
| IDEA Public Schools | $2,250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Compass Rose Education Inc | $1,775,000 | 5 | 43% |
| Basis Texas Charter Schools Inc | $1,760,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Riverwalk Education Foundation Inc | $1,550,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Choose to Succeed Inc | $1,031,195 | 8 | 8% |
| Harmony Public Schools | $750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Learning Schools of Texas | $708,771 | 2 | 27% |
| Basis Charter Schools Inc | $600,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Valor Texas Education Foundation | $550,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
George W Brackenridge Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 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: The Ewing Halsell Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation Group Return · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · 50can Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Texas Charter Schools Association · San Antonio Area Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Choose to Succeed Inc · City Fund · San Antonio Food Bank · The Brown Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About George W Brackenridge Foundation
- How much does George W Brackenridge Foundation give?
- George W Brackenridge Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $6,735,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does George W Brackenridge Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (82%), Environment (17%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are George W Brackenridge Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Great Hearts America-Texas ($4.4M), IDEA Public Schools ($2.3M), Compass Rose Education Inc ($1.8M).
- Does George W Brackenridge Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George W Brackenridge 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 George W Brackenridge Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ewing Halsell Foundation, San Antonio Area Foundation Group Return, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund.
- Where is George W Brackenridge Foundation based?
- George W Brackenridge Foundation is based in TX.
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