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Natural Bridge Wildlife Heritage Foundation Inc

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.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$147kRecreation & Sports$92kEducation$29kReligion$23kAnimals$20kHealth$20kHuman Services$20kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$850k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMAL COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION$10,294
SAVE THE GIRAFFES$10,000
HAGEE MINISTRIES$3,000
ST JUDES FOR CHILDREN$3,000
NEW BRAUNFELS CHISTIAN ACADEMY$3,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL$2,500
OAKWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH$2,000
FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH$1,400
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$1,000
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S TEXAS$500
NEW BRAUNFELS FOOD BANK$250
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 44% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%ST JUDES FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 7%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION: $25k → 16%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1k → 21%AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 8%ST JUDES FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 7%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $8k → 10%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION: $25k → 16%SAVE THE GIRAFFES: $10k → 7%FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH: $5k → 10%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION: $20k → 16%SAVE THE GIRAFFES: $5k → 7%FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH: $5k → 10%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION: $20k → 16%SAVE THE GIRAFFES: $3k → 7%SOPHIENBURG MUSEUM: $3k → 10%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION: $1k → 16%BRACKEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $2k → 7%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $3k → 10%SAVE THE GIRAFFES: $2k → 7%BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%BRACKEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $2k → 7%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL: $3k → 10%BRACKEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1k → 7%FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH: $3k → 10%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL: $3k → 10%ST JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 7%NEW BRAUNFELS FOOD BANK: $3k → 10%ST JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDREN: $4k → 7%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $3k → 10%ST JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDREN - TEXAS: $3k → 7%SOPHIENBURG MUSEUM: $3k → 10%NEW BRAUNFELS CHISTIAN ACADEMY: $3k → 7%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $2k → 10%NEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $3k → 7%HOSPICE OF NEW BRAUNFELS: $2k → 10%ST JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 7%NEW BRAUNFELS FOOD BANK: $2k → 10%CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HOSPITAL: $2k → 10%ST JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 7%OAKWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH: $2k → 10%BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%HOSPICE OF NEW BRAUNFELS: $2k → 10%BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%HOSPICE OF NEW BRAUNFELS: $1k → 10%FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH: $1k → 10%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $1k → 10%SOPHIENBURG MUSEUM: $1k → 10%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$351k · 15 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
14

Total granted

$351k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+36%

Still filing today

40%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
HealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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

  • CC
    COMAL COUNTY JR LIVESTOCK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $146k · revenue +12%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $92k · revenue +53%
  • BF
    BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $8k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDREN - TEXAS
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • CS
    CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +33%
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
Junior Beefmaster Breeders Association

Educate youth members and improve the beefmaster breed.

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2
South Brazos County Fire Department

Volunteer Fire Department, providing fire, rescue, and medical services to a population of approximately 22,000 residents, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc

Organization's mission the houston livestock show and rodeo promotes agriculture by hosting an annual, family-friendly experience that educates and entertains the public, supports texas youth, showcases western hertiage and provides…

Recreation & Sports
4
San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association Foundation Inc
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5
Texas Public Radio

The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.

Arts & Culture
6
Beefmaster Breeders United

To enhance breeders' ability to raise and promote cattle

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7
Bexar County Junior Livestock Show

Provide sponsorship and scholarship support for youth to participate in livestock show and auction, to learn about production and agriculture, and provide the youth an opportunity to showcase their skills in a competitive arena.

Education
8
San Juan Regional Medical Center

Better is our mission, improving lives through personalized health and care

Health
9
Shepherd's Call Ministry

An evangelistic singing, speaking and video-production ministry dedicated to spreading the message of salvation through mission outreach and a life-giving connection to jesus christ.

Religion
10
Texas Association of Future Farmers of America

Txffa makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

Youth Development
11
Brazoria County Fat Stock and Fair Association Inc

See Schedule OThe Brazoria County Fair provides Brazoria County youth with hands-on educational experiences by enabling them to exhibit livestock, agricultural products, scientific projects, and related initiatives. These opportunities…

Recreation & Sports
12
Justin Community Volunteer Fire Dept

The justin community volunteer fire department is responsible for providing fire, rescue, and emergency medical services for the citizens of justin, dish, northlake and unincorporated denton county.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

13 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. 13 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
12/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMAL COUNTY JR LIVESTOCK: $146,239 · Youth DevelopmentCOMAL COUNTY JR LIVESTOCK+1 more: $1,200 · Youth DevelopmentSAVE THE GIRAFFES: $20,000 · OtherSAVE THE GIRAFFESCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $17,450 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLSFIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH: $15,400 · OtherFIRST PROTESTANT CHURCHST JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDREN: $12,500 · OtherST JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDRENSOPHIENBURG MUSEUM: $6,500 · OtherSOPHIENBURG MUSEUMHOSPICE OF NEW BRAUNFELS: $6,450 · OtherHOSPICE OF NEW BRAUNFELSNEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $5,500 · OtherBRACKEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $4,750 · OtherST JUDES FOR CHILDREN: $4,000 · Other+14 more: $16,600 · Other+14 moreSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $91,580 · Recreation & SportsSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSI…BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $500 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 · ReligionNEW BRAUNFELS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 · Community Improvement
Youth Development$147,439Other$119,150Recreation & Sports$91,580Health$10,000Religion$1,000Community Improvement$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMAL COUNTY JR LIVESTOCK: $146,239 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $91,580 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRACKEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $4,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUADALUPE COUNTY YOUTH LIVESTOCK AND HOMEMAKERS SHOW: $1,200 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEW BRAUNFELS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM MINISTRIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGERMANIA FARMER VEREIN: $250 over 1y, 0.3% 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 COMAL COUNTY JR LIVESTOCK ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC ↗
  • Who funds BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW BRAUNFELS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRACKEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds GUADALUPE COUNTY YOUTH LIVESTOCK AND HOMEMAKERS SHOW ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds NEW BRAUNFELS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GERMANIA FARMER VEREIN ↗

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.

Heidemann-Wuest Found…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Heidemann-Wuest FoundationTX17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Heidemann-Wuest Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Natural Bridge Wildlife Heritage Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Natural Bridge Wildlife Heritage Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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 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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