· Private foundation
Greater Texas 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k19 grants · $92k
- $10k–50k33 grants · $705k
- $50k–250k46 grants · $4.9M
- $250k+10 grants · $3.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INITIATIVE | $577,287 |
| P16PLUS COUNCIL OF GREATER BEXAR COUNTY FOUNDATION INC | $436,516 |
| TEXAS 2036 | $400,000 |
| THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC | $375,105 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | $353,000 |
| ECONOMIC MOBILITY SYSTEMS | $334,756 |
| TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $325,000 |
| MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS | $325,000 |
| COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC | $300,000 |
| TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION | $289,097 |
| COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC | $221,850 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO | $203,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY | $196,288 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN | $188,000 |
| TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY | $183,459 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $328k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 7% of Greater Texas Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 84% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 92%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
100 repeat relationships: 57 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCOMMIT2DALLAS3× · 2021–2023 · $3.3M · revenue +96%
- TCTEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INITIATIVE5× · 2020–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +79%
- THTEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +60% · 35% of their budget
Funded once
- PIPELOTONU INCone grant, 2022 · $152k · revenue +3%
- WAWGU Advancementone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue 0%
- STSOUTH TEXAS COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $71k
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.
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.
To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.
The partnership empowers students with quality educational programs, resources and counseling that will make them confident, knowledgeable and help them finish college and contribute to san antonio's future, making the students san…
A consortium of universities in texas, with affiliate universities overseas, dedicated to developing, coordinating and implementing educational capacity-building programs around the world, and increasing capacity for campus globalization…
The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…
Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.
We believe every texas student deserves the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential or degree that helps them achieve the future they envision for themselves and their families. we invest in the programs, practices, and policies…
Making education accessible for students through philanthropic support, aligned with Austin Community College (ACC) strategic priorities.
The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
How this is measured
91 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. 91 of the 141 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds COMMIT2DALLAS ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION ↗
- Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
- Who funds COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds E3 ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ↗
- Who funds EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE TSTC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE GET SCHOOLED FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CHANGE ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds P16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ECONOMIC MOBILITY CENTER ECONOMIC MOBILITY SYSTEMS ↗
- Who funds STRADA COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds Shannon Medical Center ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN PARTNERS IN EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds NATL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE RESEARCH CENTER ↗
- Who funds EMERGE Fellowship ↗
- Who funds TEXAS TRIBUNE INC ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds Texas 2036 ↗
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: Trellis Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Gates Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Higher Education Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Ecmc Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Greater Texas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Texas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
- Achieving the Dream Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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