Texas · Private foundation
Luke and Merle Soules Family 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.
- $810k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $800,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 4 | $810k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $40k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $34k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $58k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $63k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M Foundation | $800,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Settlement Club | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Classical Music Institute CMI | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Thrivewell Cancer Foundation | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Haven for Hope of Bexar County | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Nasher Sculpture Center | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dhanis Volunteer Fire Department | $5,500 | 4 | 6% |
| American Agape Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M Foundation | $800,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Settlement Club | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Classical Music Institute CMI | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Thrivewell Cancer Foundation | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Haven for Hope of Bexar County | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Nasher Sculpture Center | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dhanis Volunteer Fire Department | $5,500 | 4 | 6% |
| American Agape Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Law School Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Antonio Zoological Society | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sabinal Alumni | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Soule Kindred in America Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alamo Public Telecommunications Council Doing Business as Klrn | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medina County Junior Livestock Show Inc | $1,400 | 3 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
Compare Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation with peer funders
About Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation
- How much does Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation give?
- Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $809,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Philanthropy (24%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Texas A&M Foundation ($800k), San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc ($70k), The Settlement Club ($25k).
- Does Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Luke and Merle Soules Family 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 Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation based?
- Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation is based in TX.
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