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Nustar Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
134
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.7MHealth$1.3MAnimals$1.2MHuman Services$385kEducation$359kYouth Development$358kRecreation & Sports$217kOther$0
02FY2024 · 134 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 134 grants below total $2,823,145, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,915,602 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $92,457 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k98 grants · $203k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $558k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $563k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
$2,500
Median grant
14
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Antonio Area Foundation$600,000
University Health System Foundation$600,000
Haven for Hope of Bexar County$300,000
University Health System Foundation$200,000
United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County$150,000
Meals on Wheels San Antonio$60,000
Valero Energy Foundation$52,824
City Year Inc$50,000
City Year Inc$50,000
Salvation Army$40,000
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas$35,000
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas$34,329
San Antonio Parks Foundation$30,000
United Negro College Fund Inc$28,800
San Patricio Aransas County A & H Auction$28,325
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 134 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

134 repeat relationships: 92 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

134
303

Total granted

$7.4M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+11%

Still filing today

68%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CABRILLO AQUARIUM
    2× · 2021–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +52%
  • VE
    VALERO ENERGY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $128k · revenue +36%
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $111k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • SC
    SFR Community Fund Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $90k
  • SA
    San Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $52k · revenue +38%
  • HP
    HIGH PLAINS FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +9%
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.

03Its 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
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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2
San Antonio Area Foundation

To serve as your most trusted and impactful philanthropic partner.

Philanthropy
3
San Antonio Foster Care and Adoption and Services

San antonio foster care and adoption services inc. is a licensed child placement agency in the state of texas. the organization cares for children placed in foster care by the state of texas.

Human Services
4
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
5
Communities in Schools of San Antonio

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
6
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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7
Southwest Winners Foundation Inc

The mission of Southwest Winners Foundation is to provide an adaptive and effective learning environment that prepares students for success in the workplace and/or college.

Education
8
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of San Antonio Inc

To provide a safe, caring, and temporary home away from home for the families of children receiving essential medical services in san antonio, texas.

Health
9
Sa Talent Inc Sa Works

The mission of sa talent, inc. is to educate and develop youth and adults into the talent needs of san antonio's current and future employers and provide services for the regional employers for the retention and growth of their local…

Education
10
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
11
Tennis Officials of San Antonio Association
Recreation & Sports
12
Choose to Succeed Inc

To ensure that every family has access to exceptional, tuition-free public education options by attracting the nation's best public charter schools to san antonio, tx.

Philanthropy
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 Spawglass Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

240 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. 240 of the 462 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
237/240
Grantees still filing
157/240
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

San Antonio Area Foundation: $1,205,950 · OtherSan Antonio Area FoundationCity Year Inc: $151,100 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INC: $111,058 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS SAN ANTONIO: $106,400 · Other+133 more: $1,559,700 · Other+133 moreHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $2,129,689 · Housing & ShelterHaven for Hope of Bexar Coun…University Health Foundation: $1,010,000 · HealthUniversity Healt…Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $61,390 · Health+20 more: $165,130 · Health+20 moreFRIENDS OF CABRILLO AQUARIUM: $1,152,500 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF CABR…+2 more: $8,500 · AnimalsUNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY: $169,680 · PhilanthropyVALERO ENERGY FOUNDATION: $128,493 · PhilanthropySan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $51,582 · PhilanthropyRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $16,700 · Philanthropy+10 more: $68,675 · PhilanthropyMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $35,800 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $14,000 · Human ServicesBOYSVILLE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesANUJA SA INC: $9,700 · Human ServicesGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $9,410 · Human ServicesTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $7,740 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $5,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $5,300 · Human ServicesResidential Energy Assistance Partnership Inc REAP: $5,000 · Human ServicesRANSOMED LIFE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $4,600 · Human ServicesCORPUS CHRISTI METRO MINISTRIESINC: $4,500 · Human ServicesIndependent Living Resource Center Inc: $4,450 · Human Services+3 more: $9,440 · Human ServicesWitte Museum: $52,848 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATION BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $28,000 · Arts & CultureSAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10,492 · Arts & CultureASIAN RESOURCE CENTER OF SAN ANTONI: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $6,066 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $5,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,134,208Housing & Shelter$2,129,689Health$1,236,520Animals$1,161,000Philanthropy$435,130Human Services$130,440Arts & Culture$112,906

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $2,129,689 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CABRILLO AQUARIUM: $1,152,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity Health Foundation: $1,010,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY: $169,680 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVALERO ENERGY FOUNDATION: $128,493 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INC: $111,058 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS SAN ANTONIO: $106,400 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $61,390 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWitte Museum: $52,848 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $51,582 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetOLD SPANISH MISSIONS INC: $50,200 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetHIGH PLAINS FOOD BANK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SAN ANTONIO: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO SPORTS FOUNDATION: $43,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSAN ANTONIO PARKS FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $35,800 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $28,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATION BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $28,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $26,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFTFUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMUA FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRO PARTNERSHIP SAN ANTONIO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPHILANTHROPITCH: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPAY IT FORWARD - CLEAN AND SOBER LIVING INC: $24,760 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSAN ANTONIO BOWL ASSOCIATION: $23,120 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $20,920 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $16,700 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJIM WELLS COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION: $16,400 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCurington Elementary School PTO Inc: $15,300 over 2y, 49% of budgetWOMEN'S SHELTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $14,665 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $14,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $12,490 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCANCARE INC: $11,850 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCASA OF GRAYSON COUNTY INC: $11,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVoluntary Protection Programs Participants: $11,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ARC OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $11,330 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLinn San Manuel Community Improvement Corp: $11,250 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetTexas Business Hall of Fame Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL BEND INC: $10,925 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10,492 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST STEP OF WICHITA FALLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $10,000 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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Harvey E Najim Charit…Faye L & William L Co…Pryor Myra Stafford C…John L Santikos Chari…Marcia & Otto Koehler…Methodist Healthcare …The Charity Ball Asso…The Texas Cavaliers C…Elizabeth Huth Coates…United Way of San Ant…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX89.1× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County

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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Nustar Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Nustar 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 462 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home