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Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$430k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$8.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving40$420k23%
FY202434$425k32%
FY202334$450k29%
FY202231$446k29%
FY202133$365k48%
FY202030$400k37%
FY201934$391k85%
FY201823$350k100%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$726kHealth$642kArts & Culture$594kYouth Development$288kEducation$262kHousing & Shelter$195kRecreation & Sports$161kFood & Nutrition$134kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Antonio Museum of Art$82,50040%
San Antonio Food Bank$78,50040%
Witte Museum$77,50041%
Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives Inc$77,50040%
Clarity Child Guidance Center$77,50040%
Haven for Hope of Bexar County$77,50040%
The Children's Shelter$75,53040%
Child Advocates San Antonio$72,50041%
San Antonio Zoological Society$67,50040%
McNay Art Museum$62,50030%
Childsafe$61,06040%
Respite Care of San Antonio Inc$57,50041%
San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries Inc$57,50040%
Christian Assistance Ministry$55,00041%
Kinetic Kids Inc$53,00041%
Special Olympics of Texas Inc$52,50040%
Texas Diaper Bank$50,00040%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater San Antonio$47,50030%
Childrens Chorus of San Antonio$46,06053%
Alpha Home Inc$45,00041%
Any Baby Can of San Antonio Inc$42,50041%
Ascension DePaul Services$41,06030%
Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation$40,00031%
Friends of Cibolo Wilderness$40,00030%
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Inc$40,00040%
Boys & Girls Club of San Antonio$40,00040%
Abode Contemplative Care$40,00033%
Magik Childrens Theatre of San Antonio Dba the Magik Theatre$40,00031%
Project MEND$38,75041%
Family Service Association of San Antonio Inc$38,75040%
Meals on Wheels San Antonio$35,00030%
Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio Inc$35,00030%
Teamability Inc$32,12031%
Hemisfair Conservancy$30,53040%
Healthy Futures of Texas$30,00020%
Girls Incorporated of San Antonio$30,00030%
National Western Art Foundation Briscoe Western Art Museum$30,00030%
Guide Dogs of Texas Inc$30,00031%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$30,00020%
Mission Road Developmental Center$30,00020%
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC$30,00021%
San Pedro Playhouse$25,00030%
DISABILITYSA dba FIESTA ESPECIAL DISABILITYSA CREATIVE SERVICES$25,00033%
Reaching Maximum Independence$22,50020%
Rainbow Youth Center$20,000118%
Christus Children's Foundation$20,00010%
Rise Recovery$20,00020%
Sa Youth$20,00020%
The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin$20,00020%
Morningside Ministries$20,00020%
Restore Education Inc$20,00020%
K9s for Warriors Inc$20,00020%
Family Violence Prevention Services Inc$20,00010%
Jewish Family Service$20,00020%
Foundation for Cultural Arts in San Antonio dba Las Casas Foundation$15,0001n/a
Heartgift Foundation$15,00010%
Sa Christian Hope Resource Cntr Inc Dba Sa Hope Center$15,00010%
Chosen Care Inc$15,00011%
Arts San Antonio$11,0601n/a
Healy-Murphy Center$10,53020%
100 Black Men of San Antonio Inc$10,0001n/a
House of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas$10,00011%
Battle of Flowers Association$10,00011%
Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children$10,00010%
San Antonio Lifetime Recovery Inc Dba Lifetime Recovery$10,00010%
University of the Incarnate Word$10,00010%
Barshop Jewish Community Center of San Antonio$10,00010%
Brighter Bites Inc$10,00010%
Artvango Therapeutic Services Inc$10,00011%
San Antonio Philharmonic$10,0001n/a
Alamo Area Rape Crisis Center$10,00010%
St Vinnys Bistro$10,00011%
Classical Music Institute CMI$10,00013%
Merced Housing Texas$10,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Antonio Inc$10,00010%
San Antonio River Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Winston School San Antonio$10,00010%
Children's Assoc for Maximum Potential ($10,00010%
Seton Home Inc$10,0001n/a
Boysville Inc$10,00010%
San Antonio Education Fund Dba San Antonio Education Partnership$10,00010%
San Antonio Public Library Foundation$10,00011%
University Health Foundation$10,00010%
Families Empowered$10,00011%
The Sarah Roberts French Home$10,00010%
Autistic Treatment Center Inc$5,00010%
Texas Public Radio$5,00010%
Musical Bridges Around the World Inc$5,0001n/a
I Care San Antonio Inc$5,00010%
Classic Theatre of San Antonio$5,00011%
Successful Connections Inc$5,00012%
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio$5,00010%
Soli Chamber Ensemble$5,00013%
San Antonio Sports Foundation$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($690k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Antonio Museum of Art: $82,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSan Antonio Food Bank: $78,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWitte Museum: $77,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetRoy Maas' Youth Alternatives Inc: $77,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetClarity Child Guidance Center: $77,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $77,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Shelter: $75,530 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChild Advocates San Antonio: $72,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSan Antonio Zoological Society: $67,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMcNay Art Museum: $62,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChildsafe: $61,060 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $57,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSan Antonio Metropolitan Ministries Inc: $57,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Assistance Ministry: $55,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetKinetic Kids Inc: $53,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics of Texas Inc: $52,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Diaper Bank: $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater San Antonio: $47,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Chorus of San Antonio: $46,060 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetAlpha Home Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAny Baby Can of San Antonio Inc: $42,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAscension DePaul Services: $41,060 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of Cibolo Wilderness: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGirl Scouts of Southwest Texas Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of San Antonio: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAbode Contemplative Care: $40,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetMagik Childrens Theatre of San Antonio Dba the Magik Theatre: $40,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetProject MEND: $38,750 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Service Association of San Antonio Inc: $38,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels San Antonio: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of San Antonio Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTeamability Inc: $32,120 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHemisfair Conservancy: $30,530 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHealthy Futures of Texas: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGirls Incorporated of San Antonio: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNational Western Art Foundation Briscoe Western Art Museum: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetThe University of Texas Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMission Road Developmental Center: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSan Pedro Playhouse: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDISABILITYSA dba FIESTA ESPECIAL DISABILITYSA CREATIVE SERVICES: $25,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetReaching Maximum Independence: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRainbow Youth Center: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetChristus Children's Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRise Recovery: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSa Youth: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 87.

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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.

San Antonio Area FoundationTX131.3× affinity69 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · St Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries Inc · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Nathalie & Gladys Dalkowitz Charitable Trust

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.

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About Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation

How much does Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation give?
Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $430,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (22%), Health (19%), Arts & Culture (18%).
Who are Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Antonio Museum of Art ($83k), San Antonio Food Bank ($79k), Witte Museum ($78k).
Does Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation, Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100.
Where is Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation based?
Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation is based in TX.

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 131 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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