· Private foundation
Koonce Family Foundation
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k19 grants · $380k
- $50k–250k11 grants · $944k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON | $175,000 |
| LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY | $140,000 |
| BERING DRIVE CHURCH OF CHRIST | $100,000 |
| SAFE IN AUSTIN RESCUE RANCH | $80,000 |
| IMPACT HOUSTON CHURCH OF CHRIST | $75,000 |
| MEDIA PROJECTS FOR RELATIONSHIPS | $75,000 |
| LIFELINE CHAPLAINCY INC | $75,000 |
| STRONGER THAN PARKINSONS | $60,000 |
| ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY | $60,000 |
| LIFE AFTER LOSS | $54,000 |
| AFRICAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES | $50,000 |
| WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY | $40,000 |
| ST JULIAN OF NORWICH EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $40,000 |
| IRC - INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $35,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $35,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $939k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% 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 +30% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LULIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY6× · 2020–2025 · $710k · revenue +41%
- LCLifeline Chaplaincy Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $370k · revenue +36%
- MPMEDIA PROJECTS FOR RELATIONSHIPS DBA HEARTBEAT6× · 2020–2025 · $325k · revenue +33%
Funded once
- UWUNITED WAY OF GREATERone grant, 2020 · $50k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $20k
- ADAMIGOS DE LOS CORALES DE TELAone grant, 2024 · $15k
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.
The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.
The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…
The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
Technoserve's mission is to fight poverty by helping people build regenerative farms, businesses, and markets that increase incomes.
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…
Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…
The national domestic violence hotline provides crisis intervention, saftey planning, resources, information, and referrals to those affected by relationship abuse.
How this is measured
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 73 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 LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CITYSQUARE ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds Lifeline Chaplaincy Inc ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds MEDIA PROJECTS FOR RELATIONSHIPS DBA HEARTBEAT ↗
- Who funds Institute for Christian Studies ↗
- Who funds Stronger Than Parkinson's ↗
- Who funds PATH - PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO HELP ↗
- Who funds Life After Loss ↗
- Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds SAFE IN AUSTIN RESCUE RANCH ↗
- Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HOSPITALITY APARTMENTS ↗
- Who funds FAITH IN PRACTICE ↗
- Who funds FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
- Who funds THISTLE FARMS INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE MALALA FUND ↗
- Who funds GRAMEEN AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds Church of Christ Student Foundation ↗
- Who funds Target Hunger Inc ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds Houston Area Women's Center ↗
- Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC ↗
- Who funds Teambrownsville Inc ↗
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 · St David's Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Wright Family Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Gannett Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Koonce Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Koonce Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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