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Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust at a glance

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Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$375k
Granted FY2026still arriving
7
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
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.

Education$1.2MHealth$764kReligion$652kYouth Development$619kHuman Services$332kArts & Culture$194kCrime & Legal$149kHousing & Shelter$106kOther$0
02FY2026 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $145,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $375,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $230,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$40,000
BRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER INC$30,000
BOYS CLUBS OF BRAZOS COUNTY INC$25,000
HEARD NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND$15,000
BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC$15,000
MOODY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER$10,000
GOODLAND INC$10,000
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 (FY17–26, $325k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GOODLAND INC: $12k → 24%CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHILDRENS HOME: $9k → 8%GOODLAND INC: $12k → 24%PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOME AND SERVICES: $16k → 10%GOODLAND INC: $10k → 24%PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOME AND SERVICES: $15k → 10%GOODLAND INC: $10k → 24%PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOME AND SERVICES: $13k → 10%GOODLAND INC: $8k → 24%GOODLAND INC: $8k → 24%GOODLAND INC: $7k → 24%PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOME AND SERVICES: $5k → 10%GOODLAND INC: $6k → 24%GOODLAND INC: $2k → 24%VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $12k → 22%VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $10k → 22%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $10k → 22%HOSPICE OF BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $10k → 22%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $10k → 22%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $10k → 22%VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $10k → 22%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $10k → 22%VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $10k → 22%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $10k → 22%VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $10k → 22%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $10k → 22%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $8k → 22%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC: $8k → 22%VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $5k → 22%COLLEGE STATION ROTARY CLUB CHARITIES: $4k → 22%HOME BASE FOR TRANSITIONING FOSTER YOUTH: $10k → 22%BRAZOS VALLEY CARES INC: $10k → 22%UNITY PARTNERS DBA PROJECT UNITY: $6k → 22%STILL CREEK BOYS RANCH INC: $10k → 22%STILL CREEK BOYS RANCH INC: $10k → 22%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

ID
MT
MA
OR
CA
VA
MD
KS
SC
OK
TX
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 55 repeat orgs$441k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2026, 49 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
61

Total granted

$3.6M
$431k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+4%

Still filing today

67%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • BC
    Boys Club of Brazos County Inc
    9× · 2017–2026 · $466k · revenue +51%
  • BV
    BRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER
    8× · 2019–2026 · $429k · revenue +10%
  • BS
    BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION HABITAT FOR HUMANI
    7× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • TM
    TEMPLE MEMORIAL PEDIATRIC CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -41%
  • ES
    EASTER SEALS EAST TEXAS INC DBA BRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • CA
    CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +4%
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
United Way of Brazoria County

To educate, unite and focus our community's resources in order to efficiently address the most critical needs of Brazoria County

Philanthropy
2
Scott & White Hospital-College Station

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
3
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
4
Brazos Valley Affordable Housing Corporation

To provide quality services and products to the residents and businesses of our community in such a way as to maximize the affordability of safe and decent housing, especially for the low income; and to serve as a vehicle and assist in any…

Community Improvement
5
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
6
Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse

To provide guidance and support for persons affected by alcohol and substance abuse.

Health
7
Bosque School

To create transformative learning experiences that empower a diverse community of students to lead lives of intellectual curiosity, personal integrity, and compassionate contribution to a more just world.

Education
8
Family Promise of Bryan-College Station

To assist homeless families in securing stable housing

Housing & Shelter
9
Baylor University Medical Center

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
10
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
11
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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12
Childrens Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County Inc

The children's advocacy center of van zandt county is committed to ensuring quality services and support to those children impacted by abuse while also building a future where no child in van zandt county experiences abuse.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is S O S Ministries Inc. 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

55 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 55 of the 120 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
39/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BRYAN TEXAS: $302,923 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BRYAN TEXASCENTER FOR SCHOLARSHIP ADMIN INC: $255,750 · OtherCENTER FOR SCHOLARSHIP ADMIN INCTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $220,000 · OtherTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BRYAN: $154,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BRYANFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $140,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHBRYAN-COLLEGE STATION HABITAT FOR HUMANI: $105,500 · OtherBRYAN-COLLEGE STATION HABITAT FOR HUMANIBRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $70,000 · Other+71 more: $727,600 · Other+71 moreBRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER: $429,423 · HealthBRAZOS VALLEY REHAB…Health for All Inc: $142,000 · HealthHealth for All IncTEMPLE MEMORIAL PEDIATRIC CENTER INC: $50,000 · HealthTEMPLE MEMORIAL PED…Brazos County Rape Crisis Center Inc: $36,000 · HealthBrazos Maternal and Child Health Clinic: $32,000 · Health+2 more: $27,500 · HealthBoys Club of Brazos County Inc: $466,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys Club of B…YOUTH INC: $19,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $17,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentHospice Brazos Valley Inc: $86,000 · Human ServicesHospice Br…GOODLAND INC: $74,500 · Human ServicesGOODLAND I…Voices for Children Inc: $57,000 · Human ServicesVoices for…PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES & SERVICES: $49,000 · Human ServicesPRESBYTERI…BRAZOS INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION NETWORK: $20,000 · Human ServicesBRAZOS INT…Still Creek Boys Ranch Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesStill Cree…Unity Partners: $15,000 · Human ServicesCOLLEGE STATION ROTARY CLUB CHARITIES: $13,500 · Human Services+3 more: $29,423 · Human Services+3 moreBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $103,500 · EducationBryan ISD Education Foundation: $81,000 · EducationMOODY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $10,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 · Education+10 more: $36,000 · EducationHEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $52,000 · Arts & CultureBrazos Valley Museum of Natural History: $47,000 · Arts & CultureChildrens Museum of the Brazos Valley: $31,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC: $9,000 · Arts & CulturePRESBYTERIAN MO-RANCH ASSEMBLY: $94,423 · ReligionS O S Ministries INC: $25,150 · Religion
Other$1,976,273Health$716,923Youth Development$507,500Human Services$364,423Education$240,500Arts & Culture$139,500Religion$119,573

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 budgetBoys Club of Brazos County Inc: $466,000 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetBRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER: $429,423 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetHealth for All Inc: $142,000 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetBRYAN-COLLEGE STATION HABITAT FOR HUMANI: $105,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $103,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN MO-RANCH ASSEMBLY: $94,423 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHospice Brazos Valley Inc: $86,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBryan ISD Education Foundation: $81,000 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetGOODLAND INC: $74,500 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetBRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTwin City Mission: $62,850 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetVoices for Children Inc: $57,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetHEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $52,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTEMPLE MEMORIAL PEDIATRIC CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES & SERVICES: $49,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBrazos Valley Museum of Natural History: $47,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $47,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBrazos County Rape Crisis Center Inc: $36,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBrazos Maternal and Child Health Clinic: $32,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetChildrens Museum of the Brazos Valley: $31,500 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetS O S Ministries INC: $25,150 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetScottys House Brazos Valley Child Advocacy Center Inc: $22,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBRAZOS INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION NETWORK: $20,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetStill Creek Boys Ranch Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH INC: $19,500 over 2y, 14% of budgetUnited Way of the Brazos Valley: $19,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJunction Five-O-Five: $16,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUnity Partners: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOLLEGE STATION ROTARY CLUB CHARITIES: $13,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBRAZOS VALLEY CARES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetUnlimited Potential Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $9,423 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCollege Station ISD Education Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCASA OF EL PASO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH BRYAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBrazos Employment Enterprises DBA The BEE Community: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWHEATON COLLEGE: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBrazos Valley Chorale: $4,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR: $3,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds Boys Club of Brazos County Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Health for All Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION HABITAT FOR HUMANI ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN MO-RANCH ASSEMBLY ↗
  • Who funds Hospice Brazos Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bryan ISD Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GOODLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Twin City Mission ↗
  • Who funds Voices for Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds TEMPLE MEMORIAL PEDIATRIC CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES & SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Brazos County Rape Crisis Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Brazos Maternal and Child Health Clinic ↗
  • Who funds Childrens Museum of the Brazos Valley ↗
  • Who funds S O S Ministries INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Scottys House Brazos Valley Child Advocacy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRAZOS INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Still Creek Boys Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of the Brazos Valley ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS ↗

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.

Winkler Nina Astin Tr…Edge Eugene III Chari…Orr Waldon H and Adel…Lucille and John B Do…Gilbert & Thyra Plass…M Bookman Peters Char…Mervin and Annete Pet…Marshall and Ellen Pe…Virginia & Christian …United Way of the Bra…Clifton C & Henrietta…Orr James Donald Char…
Winkler Nina Astin TrustMO68.6× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Winkler Nina Astin Trust · Edge Eugene III Charitable Trust · Orr Waldon H and Adele Charitable Trust · Lucille and John B Dougherty Trust · Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust · M Bookman Peters Charitable Foundation · Mervin and Annete Peters Family Foundation · Marshall and Ellen Peters Family Foundation · Virginia & Christian Groneman Charitable · United Way of the Brazos Valley · Clifton C & Henrietta C Doak Charitable · Orr James Donald 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Friends of Chamber Music: 1% of income from government
  • Wheaton College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 120 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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