· Private foundation
Nystrom Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k8 grants · $162k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Rockport-Fulton Good Samaritans | $50,000 |
| Rockport-Fulton ISD Foundation Inc | $50,000 |
| Aransas County Council on Aging | $40,000 |
| Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute | $24,000 |
| Wings Rescue Center | $20,000 |
| Access Inc | $20,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Aransas County | $17,000 |
| Corpus Christi Chamber Music Society Inc | $15,000 |
| Rockport Cultural Arts District | $14,000 |
| Friends of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | $12,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $427k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RGROCKPORT-FULTON GOOD SAMARINC8× · 2018–2025 · $217k · revenue +0%
- RFROCKPORT FULTON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC4× · 2020–2023 · $100k · revenue +141%
- CDChihuahuan Desert Research Institute7× · 2018–2025 · $96k · revenue +145%
Funded once
- AAAquarium At Rockport Harbor Incone grant, 2018 · $23k · revenue -75% · 53% of their budget
- RCROTARY CLUB OF ROCKPORTone grant, 2021 · $15k
- FOFRIENDS OF ARANSAS NATIONALone grant, 2023 · $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.
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.
To ensure that the history of aransas county is perserved, showcased and celebrated through unique venues
Historical museum
Provide veterinary and shelter services for displaced and wayward animals in the township and outlying area of port aransas, texas.
To provide the general public with the rich heart of texas heritage
Preserve flatonias artifacts and history of the town
Foster a balance of conservation and economically sustainable uses for port aransas while recognizing dependence of community and economy on tourism
Operate a nutrician center providing meals and social interaction to the elderly
Management and operation of the arboretum.
We support our community by advocating for sensible development and leading the marketing of port aransas & mustang island
Humane animal shelter
Through unique collections, exhibitions, public programs and outreach in the visual arts, the mission of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas is to provide education, inspiration and creative visions throughout Southeast Texas.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ROCKPORT-FULTON GOOD SAMARINC ↗
- Who funds THE ARANSAS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
- Who funds ACCESS INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKPORT FULTON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute ↗
- Who funds WINGS RESCUE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Keep Aransas County Beautiful Inc ↗
- Who funds ROCKPORT CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT ↗
- Who funds AIM HOME HEALTH AGENCY INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ARANSAS COUNTY TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds CORPUS CHRISTI CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETYINC ↗
- Who funds Aquarium At Rockport Harbor Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM I ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF FULTON MANSION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Margaret Sue Rust Foundation · Steps Foundation fka The Powers Private Foundation · Ed Rachal Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nystrom Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nystrom Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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