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Raba Kistner Charitable Foundation

The foundation's primary activity will be to support public charities which are qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations by annually making direct qualifying distributions to such organizations as approved by the board of directors.

$133k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$29kHealth$27kHuman Services$26kEducation$20kFood & Nutrition$14kReligion$12kCrime & Legal$7kEmployment$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $61,070, the rows itemized in this filing. The $133,450 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $72,380 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $22k
$6,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$151k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$22,000
HALEY RASCO FOUNDATION$8,000
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE$6,800
COMMUNITY UNDER THE BRIDGE$6,500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$6,070
RITA B HUFF ADOPTION CENTER$6,000
SAN ANTONIO CHRISTIAN DENTAL CLINIC INC$5,700
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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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC: $7k → 6%THE ROAD HOME: $5k → 8%SA HOPE CENTER: $6k → 16%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 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
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
2
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
3
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Milam County
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4
Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc

Sunny Glen Childrens Home, Inc. cares for children in need. Our care will be competent, compassionate and professional. We will help every child achieve their greatest potential-physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically.

Human Services
5
Court Appointed Special Advocates Casa of Liberty/Chambers Counties

None

Human Services
6
Court Appointed Special Advocates in the Heart of Texas

Training and supporting quality volunteers who speak out for the best interest of abused and neglected children in court in an effort to find each child a safe, permanent, nurturing home.

Civil Rights
7
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hidalgo Count

To provide services for the protection of abused and neglected children that are in the custody of the State of Texas.

Civil Rights
8
Texas Foster Care & Adoption Serv

A state of texas licensed foster care and adoption agency that identifies and provides approved healing foster homes for children.

Human Services
9
Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc

Fort Bend County Child Advocates, Inc. provides a voice, heals the hurt and breaks the cycle of abuse and neglect for children in Fort Bend County.

Civil Rights
10
San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association Foundation Inc
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11
Children's Alliance of South Texas

To provide a neutral, child friendly organization that facilitates a multi-disciplinary approach to the investigation, intervention and treatment of child abuse.

Crime & Legal
12
Atx Helps

ATX Helps was created to fill gaps in the spectrum of services available to people in Austin who are experiencing homelessness.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fundacion Teleton Usa; the most unlike its peers is The Haley Rasco Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
7/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH UNDER THE BRIDGE: $12,000 · OtherCHURCH UNDER THE BRIDGEPASADENA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE OFFICERS ASSN: $10,000 · OtherPASADENA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT POLI…SAN ANTONIO CHRISTIAN DENTAL CLINIC: $5,700 · OtherSAN ANTONIO CHRISTIAN DENTAL CLINICMURRAY COMMUNITY CATS: $5,125 · OtherMURRAY COMMUNITY CATSFUNDACION TELETON USA: $7,000 · OtherFUNDACION TELETON USASLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $6,800 · OtherSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INCRITA B HUFF HUMANE SOCIETY OF WALKER COUNTY: $6,000 · OtherRITA B HUFF HUMANE SOCIETY OF WALKER COUN…MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $5,600 · OtherMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INCTHE HALEY RASCO FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Human ServicesTHE HALEY RASCO FO…BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesBROOKWOOD IN GEORG…SA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $5,800 · Human ServicesSA CHRISTIAN HOPE …THE ROAD HOME: $5,125 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOMESPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $22,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPIC…Warrior Benefit: $7,000 · PhilanthropyWarrior Benef…NAMI GREATER HOUSTON: $6,250 · PhilanthropyNAMI GREATER …THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $6,070 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY…CY-FAIR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationCY-FAIR EDUC…CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $8,200 · EducationCHILDREN'S B…BE KIND SAN ANTONIO INC: $8,000 · Food & NutritionCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $7,300 · Civil Rights
Other$58,225Human Services$25,925Recreation & Sports$22,000Philanthropy$19,320Education$18,200Food & Nutrition$8,000Civil Rights$7,300

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 budgetCY-FAIR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $8,200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HALEY RASCO FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBE KIND SAN ANTONIO INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $7,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWarrior Benefit: $7,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUNDACION TELETON USA: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAMI GREATER HOUSTON: $6,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $6,070 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRITA B HUFF HUMANE SOCIETY OF WALKER COUNTY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $5,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $5,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $5,125 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.

Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Harvey E Najim Charit…Carl C Anderson Sr an…San Antonio Area Foun…Enterprise Holdings F…Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…
Nancy Smith Hurd FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Raba Kistner Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Raba Kistner Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 20 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 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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