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Heidemann-Wuest Foundation at a glance

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Heidemann-Wuest 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.

$105k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$251kFood & Nutrition$133kRecreation & Sports$91kReligion$54kHealth$47kEducation$30kArts & Culture$24kScience & Tech$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $77k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMAL COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW$30,000
San Antonio Livestock Exposition$27,092
NEW BRAUNFELS FOOD BANK$20,218
PESH INC$5,000
SAN ANTONIO ZOO$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN$3,208
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$2,500
NEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PTO$2,000
Guadalupe County Livestock Show$2,000
TEXAS TOURISM FOUNDATION$1,000
HERITAGE SOCIETY OF NEW BRAUNFELS$1,000
Hope Hospice$1,000
Comal Youth Shooting Sports$1,000
Backing Ag Raising Youth (Bar-Y)$1,000
Texas A&M Foundation$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Hope Hospice: $5k → 10%Hope Hospice: $4k → 10%Hope Hospice: $4k → 10%HOPE HOSPICE: $3k → 10%Hope Hospice: $3k → 10%Hope Hospice: $3k → 10%Hope Hospice: $1k → 10%Hope Hospice: $1k → 10%Rock Haus Foundation: $1k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MT
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
MD
OK
GA
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$764k · 34 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
33

Total granted

$764k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+38%

Still filing today

44%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $132k · revenue +60%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $83k · revenue +53%
  • HH
    HOPE HOSPICE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $22k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • AR
    American Red Cross
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • Compassion International Incorporated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue 0%
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
New Braunfels Parks Foundation

Promote, protect and enhance the Parks System of New Braunfels, TX through education, resource development and community partnerships.

Recreation & Sports
2
New Braunfels Conservation Society Inc

To educate by encouraging the preservation of the natural beauty of new braunfels and comal county and of historic buildings, objects, and places, thus keeping the unique heritage alive.

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3
Friends of the New Braunfels Public Library Inc

Provide support for the new braunfels public library

Education
4
New Braunfels Area Community Foundation

The new braunfels area community foundation develops and encourages a culture of philanthropy by accepting gifts, administering funds, investing assets, and making grants to charitable organizations on behalf of donors for the greater…

Community Improvement
5
New Braunfels Professional Fire Fighters Charities Association

Provide support for charitable organizations and community

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6
New Berlin Volunteer Fire Depa

Provide Fire protection & Prevention to the New Berlin Tx Community and surrounding areas of Guadalupe County TX

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7
Stpaul Lutheran Church of New Braunfels Endowment Foundation

St. paul luthern church endowment foundation was created to support the mission and activities of st. paul evangelical luthern church in new braunfels, texas.

Religion
8
New Braunfels High School Band Boosters Association Inc

Provide support for the New Braunfels High School Marching Band

Education
9
Brazoria County Historical Museum

Preserve the history of brazoria county, texas.

Arts & Culture
10
Coastal Bend Community Foundation

To enhance the quality of life in the coastal bend area of texas through charitable and educational grants.

Philanthropy
11
Heritage Society of New Braunfels Endowment Foundation
Arts & Culture
12
New Braunfels Historic Railroad & Modelers Society Inc

The organizations mission is to preserve railroad artifacts and memorabia in a museum setting. in addition the organization seeks to educate the public about the historic significance of the rail system in new braunfels, tx.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connections Individual and Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Canyon Lake High School Athletic Booster Club. 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

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 74 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMAL COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW: $211,989 · OtherCOMAL COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOWSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $131,863 · OtherSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANKSALE: $124,327 · OtherSALEFIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH: $30,000 · Other+55 more: $161,488 · Other+55 moreSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $82,892 · Recreation & SportsSAN ANTONIO…HOPE HOSPICE: $21,500 · Human ServicesCOMAL IDD: $1,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER NEW BRAUNFELS: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $21,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · HealthBELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthNEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $1,000 · HealthMARATHON FOR A BETTER LIFE INC: $500 · HealthTexas A&M Foundation: $2,000 · EducationCanyon Lake High School Athletic Booster Club: $1,600 · EducationTARLETON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1,500 · EducationNew Braunfels ISD Education Foundation: $1,200 · EducationTHE BRAUNTEX PERFORMING ARTS THEATER ASS: $4,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$659,667Recreation & Sports$82,892Human Services$24,000Animals$21,000Health$7,500Education$6,300Arts & Culture$4,500

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 budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $131,863 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $82,892 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE: $21,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRAUNTEX PERFORMING ARTS THEATER ASS: $4,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeritage Society of New Braunfels Inc: $3,200 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNEW BRAUNFELS PUBLIC LIBRARY FTD: $3,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanyon Lake High School Athletic Booster Club: $1,600 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTARLETON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBRAUNFELS FOUNDATION TRUST: $1,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER NEW BRAUNFELS ECONOMIC DEVELOPME: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Braunfels ISD Education Foundation: $1,200 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACKING AG RAISING YOUTH: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBRACKEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMAL IDD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER NEW BRAUNFELS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW BRAUNFELS JAYCEE'S INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMENARD COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEXT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNative Plant Society of Texas: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTIONS INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARATHON FOR A BETTER LIFE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNRA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHERWOOD & MYRTIE FOSTER'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $300 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRAUNTEX PERFORMING ARTS THEATER ASS ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds Heritage Society of New Braunfels Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW BRAUNFELS PUBLIC LIBRARY FTD ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds NEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds Canyon Lake High School Athletic Booster Club ↗
  • Who funds TARLETON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BRAUNFELS FOUNDATION TRUST ↗

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.

New Braunfels Area Co…Natural Bridge Wildli…McKenna FoundationIngram Family Foundat…Veramendi Charitable …San Antonio Area Foun…United Way of Comal C…The Gvtc Foundation I…Harvey E Najim Charit…San Antonio Food BankRenaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…
New Braunfels Area Community FoundationTX26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Braunfels Area Community Foundation · Natural Bridge Wildlife Heritage Foundation Inc · McKenna Foundation · Ingram Family Foundation · Veramendi Charitable Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation · United Way of Comal County · The Gvtc Foundation Inc · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · San Antonio Food Bank · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 74 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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