· Private foundation
Joe B Foster Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k18 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $136k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON | $80,000 |
| TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION | $29,000 |
| ST LOUIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM | $11,500 |
| HOPE FOR PAWS | $10,000 |
| THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY | $10,000 |
| AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER | $10,000 |
| PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE RANCH | $10,000 |
| LIFELONG FRIENDS PET ADOPTIONS | $10,000 |
| STTHERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH | $10,000 |
| THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| COASTAL MOUNTAINS LAND TRUST | $10,000 |
| THE WOODS PROJECT | $5,000 |
| ST MICHAEL'S ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–26, $605k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2026, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATexas A&M Foundation8× · 2017–2026 · $156k · revenue +90%
- TETHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE9× · 2017–2026 · $70k · revenue +13%
- TWTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC10× · 2017–2026 · $64k · revenue +240%
Funded once
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERone grant, 2020 · $50k
- SHSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICESone grant, 2017 · $25k
- RMREASONING MIND INCone grant, 2017 · $25k
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.
Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…
Wetlands america trust, inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to expand ducks unlimited, inc's mission to provide leadership in the protection of the natural balance of wetlands ecosystems ensuring the future viability of…
Rescue, care, and find homes for abandoned and/or abused animals.
Animal rescue and rehabilitation
Winding branch ranch's mission is to rescue, revive, and rehome farm animals in need while educating communities about humane, ethical, and sustainable farming practices.
The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.
The Coastal Prairie Conservancy (CPC) works to sustain a resilient Texas by preserving coastal prairies, wetlands, farms, and ranches to benefit people and wildlife forever. Continued on Schedule OCPC conserves land, restores and enhances…
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
Rescue neglected, unwanted homeless dogs and cats nurture and provide shelter until they are placed with a forever family strive to reduce animal overpopulation prevent cruelty to animals teach responsible pet ownership through an outreach…
To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.
How this is measured
38 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. 38 of the 61 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 Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ↗
- Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds SNOOTY GIGGLES DOG RESCUE ↗
- Who funds THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds Coastal Mountains Land Trust ↗
- Who funds SAFE IN AUSTIN RESCUE RANCH ↗
- Who funds WATERFALL ARTS ↗
- Who funds UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds Restorative Justice Project Maine ↗
- Who funds THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REASONING MIND INC ↗
- Who funds ST DOMINIC VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds One Community Many Voices Inc ↗
- Who funds Austin History Center Association Inc ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN ZOO INC ↗
- Who funds Film Society of Austin Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
- Who funds Houston's Amazing Place Inc ↗
- Who funds PURSUIT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE WOODS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of Central Texas ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR PAWS ↗
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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Rjm Stein Family Foundation · Otter Island Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Bertuzzi Family Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Texas Instruments Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joe B Foster Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joe B Foster Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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