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Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$834kPhilanthropy$335kRecreation & Sports$78kHousing & Shelter$35kArts & Culture$32kHuman Services$25kHealth$21kSocial Science$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $250k+1 grant · $800k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS AM FOUNDATION$800,000
TEXAS AM FOUNDATION CHANCELLOR$5,000
CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE$3,500
SAN ANTONIO AM CLUB$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOULE KINDRED IN AMERICA INC: $3k → 11%SABINAL ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATI: $2k → 10%NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $5k → 14%CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE: $5k → 16%TEXAS AM DEPT OF ECONOMICS: $10k → 22%ADRIAN MUSIC BOOSTERS: $5k → 12%NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $3k → 14%CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE: $4k → 16%TEXAS AGGIE CORP OF CADETS ASSOCIAT: $5k → 22%THE SETTLEMENT HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE: $4k → 16%TEXAS AM FOUNDATION: $800k → 22%THE SETTLEMENT HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%TEXAS CAVALIER'S CHARITABLE FOUNDAT: $2k → 16%TEXAS AM FOUNDATION CHANCELLOR: $5k → 22%THE SETTLEMENT HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP: $10k → 16%TEXAS AM FOUNDATION CHANCELLOR: $5k → 22%D'HANIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $3k → 12%ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP: $5k → 16%TEXAS AM FOUNDATION CHANCELLOR: $5k → 22%ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP: $5k → 16%TEXAS AM FOUNDATION CHANCELLOR: $3k → 22%ROYCE YOUNG PC: $2k → 16%TEXAS AM FOUNDATION CHANCELLOR: $3k → 22%ROYCE YOUNG PC: $2k → 16%TEXAS AM FOUNDATION CHANCELLOR: $3k → 22%ROYCE YOUNG PC: $2k → 16%ADOBE CONTEMPLATIVE CARE FOR THE DY: $5k → 16%HAVEN FOR HOPE: $5k → 16%ROYCE YOUNG PC: $2k → 16%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $3k → 16%HAVEN FOR HOPE: $5k → 16%SAN ANTONIO AM CLUB FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%SAN ANTONIO ZOO: $2k → 16%SAN ANTONIO ZOO: $2k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION IN: $10k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $10k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $10k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION IN: $10k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $10k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $10k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION IN: $10k → 16%THRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%THRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%THRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%THRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%AMERICAN AGAPE FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%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

MI
IA
OH
AZ
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

19%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$204k · 16 repeat orgs$861k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$204k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+25%

Still filing today

75%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800k 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
HealthEducationHousing & ShelterAnimalsArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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 LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $70k · revenue +53%
  • TS
    THE SETTLEMENT CLUB
    3× · 2017–2021 · $25k · revenue +34%
  • CM
    Classical Music Institute CMI
    3× · 2022–2024 · $12k · revenue +704%

Funded once

  • TA
    TEXAS AM DEPT OF ECONOMICS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO AM CLUB FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • AC
    ADOBE CONTEMPLATIVE CARE FOR THE DY
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
University of Texas At San Antonio Alumni Association

To engage our alumni in activities that will advance utsa as a top-tier institution. our focus is to deliver value-added services and events where our alumni can connect with each other, with current students and/or with the university. we…

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2
San Antonio Medical Foundation

The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.

Health
3
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

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…

Education
4
Texas a&M University-Central Tx Foundati

Operated exclusively for educational purposes specifically including to further educational activities at texas a& m university-central texas within the meaning of 501(c)(3).

Education
5
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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6
Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science and Technology

To provide broader recognition of the state's top achievers in medicine, engineering and science, and to build a stronger identity for texas as an important destination and center of achievement in these fields.

Health
7
Travis County Medical Society

Travis county medical society (tcms) represents the medical profession in matters of importance to the membership and the community it serves.

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8
Texas a&M San Antonio Foundation

To furnish Texas AM University-San Antonio with provisions for future and perpetual financial support for its students to help them succeed during college and in the future as valuable contributing members of the community

Education
9
Texas Academy of Family Physicians

The texas academy of family physicians is dedicated to the promotion of a health care environment that values the vital role of family physicians in providing quality, comprehensive care to all texans.

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10
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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11
Greater Satx

The mission of greater:satx is to lead the developemnt and diversification of san antonio regional economy through the recruitment and expansion of qualify employers and job producing investments.

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12
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas a&M Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sabinal Alumni. 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

19 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. 19 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Texas A&M Foundation: $800,000 · EducationTexas A&M Foundation+2 more: $3,100 · EducationFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $333,509 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARIT…TEXAS AM FOUNDATION CHANCELLOR: $22,500 · OtherClassical Music Institute CMI: $12,000 · OtherTEXAS AM DEPT OF ECONOMICS: $10,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO AM CLUB FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $6,620 · OtherADOBE CONTEMPLATIVE CARE FOR THE DY: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherTEXAS AGGIE CORP OF CADETS ASSOCIAT: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherTEXAS TECH LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherDHANIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $5,500 · OtherSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 · Other+8 more: $13,900 · OtherSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $70,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $25,000 · HealthTHRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,500 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthAlamo Area Mutual Housing Association: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterAMERICAN AGAPE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $7,500 · Arts & CultureALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$803,100Community Improvement$333,509Other$109,520Recreation & Sports$70,000Health$37,500Housing & Shelter$35,000Arts & Culture$9,500

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 budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $800,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $333,509 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAlamo Area Mutual Housing Association: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetClassical Music Institute CMI: $12,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDHANIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $5,500 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetAMERICAN AGAPE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS TECH LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSABINAL ALUMNI: $3,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDINA COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW INC: $1,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $100 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.

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.

American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Luke and Merle Soules Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 34 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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