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Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation at a glance

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Majestic Ranch Arts 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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$427kEducation$40kYouth Development$37kReligion$13kEmployment$6kHuman Services$3kRecreation & Sports$2kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$325k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OLD SCHOOL MAKERSPACE$30,000
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 (FY17–19, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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.

area typical 12%QUILTS OF HONOR AMERICA: $3k → 12%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $30k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $6k → 13%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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$409k · 12 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
20

Total granted

$409k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-16%
+42%

Still filing today

42%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HC
    Hill Country Council For The Arts
    8× · 2017–2024 · $165k · revenue -18%
  • HC
    HILL COUNTRY ARTS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $57k · revenue +19%
  • KA
    KERR ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER
    4× · 2017–2020 · $44k

Funded once

  • LW
    LORDS WAY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $13k
  • UC
    UTHSC Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
  • BS
    BIG SEED HILL COUNTRY
    one grant, 2021 · $12k
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
Tx Performing Chinese Arts
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2
Leander Theatre Booster Club

Booster club for public high school theater program

Education
3
Bosque Arts Center

The bosque arts center is a non- profit community entity dedicated to the promotion & support of the performing & visual arts in bosque county, texas.

Arts & Culture
4
Community Arts Council of Blount County
Arts & Culture
5
B Iden Payne Awards Council

Celebrating excellence in Austin Theatre

Arts & Culture
6
Juab Fine Arts Council
Arts & Culture
7
Campbell County Arts Council Inc

Public service of the arts for the Campbell County, SD, community.

Arts & Culture
8
Baker Community Arts Association
Arts & Culture
9
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
10
Highland Center for the Arts
Arts & Culture
11
Austin Saengerrunde Damenchor

promote interest in German song

Education
12
Pearland Theatre Guild

The Pearland Theatre Guild was founded in order to give the community a fun and creative outlet in the performing arts. The Pearl Theater was established as a home for creatives to take part in high-quality theatrical experiences. From the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hill Country Arts Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cibolo Creek Quilters Guild. 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

12 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. 12 of the 33 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Hill Country Council For The Arts: $164,903 · Arts & CultureHill Country Council For The ArtsHILL COUNTRY ARTS FOUNDATION: $57,304 · Arts & CultureHILL COUNTRY ARTS FOUNDATIONBoerne Performing Arts: $27,500 · Arts & CultureBoerne Performing ArtsBoerne Community Theatre Inc: $10,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $13,583 · Arts & CultureKERR ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER: $44,359 · OtherKERR ARTS AND CULTURE CENTEROLD SCHOOL MAKERSPACE: $30,000 · OtherOLD SCHOOL MAKERSPACEIndividual grant recipient: $22,950 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHILL COUNTRY TURNERS CLUB: $20,360 · OtherHILL COUNTRY TURNERS CLUBHEALTH AND WHOLENESS CENTER: $16,102 · OtherHEALTH AND WHOLENESS CENTERLORDS WAY INC: $12,810 · OtherLORDS WAY INCUTHSC Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics: $12,000 · OtherUTHSC Center for Medical Humanities & Ethic…BIG SEED HILL COUNTRY: $11,677 · OtherBIG SEED HILL COUNTRYKERR ARTS AND CULTURE: $7,750 · Other+13 more: $26,057 · Other+13 moreHILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $36,664 · Human ServicesQUILTS OF HONOR AMERICA: $2,700 · Human ServicesSchreiner University: $6,000 · EducationBOERNE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationSTAND UP TO CANCER: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$273,790Other$204,065Human Services$39,364Education$11,000Philanthropy$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHill Country Council For The Arts: $164,903 over 8y, 24% of budgetHILL COUNTRY ARTS FOUNDATION: $57,304 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $36,664 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoerne Performing Arts: $27,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetBoerne Community Theatre Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSchreiner University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKERR ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER INC: $5,333 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGREATER NEW BRAUNFELS ARTS COUNCIL: $1,500 over 1y, 7.6% 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 Hill Country Council For The Arts ↗
  • Who funds HILL COUNTRY ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH ↗
  • Who funds Boerne Performing Arts ↗
  • Who funds Boerne Community Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cibolo Creek Quilters Guild ↗
  • Who funds Schreiner University ↗
  • Who funds KERR ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOERNE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds QUILTS OF HONOR AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds GREATER NEW BRAUNFELS ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds STAND UP TO CANCER ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…San Antonio Area Foun…Floyd a & Kathleen C …Sterling-Turner Found…Hal & Charlie Peterso…Shell USA Company Fou…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country IncTX15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc · San Antonio Area Foundation · Floyd a & Kathleen C Cailloux Foundation · Sterling-Turner Foundation · Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation & Fd Mgmt Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · 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 Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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