· Private foundation
RL & DG Tusch 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, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEXAS LAND CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| UATX | $10,000 |
| COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY | $4,000 |
| TEXAS 4-H | $2,000 |
| TEXAS 4-H | $2,000 |
| TEXAS 4-H | $2,000 |
| LOWELL AREA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| SAN MARCOS RIVER FOUNDATION INC | $2,000 |
| HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY BAND INC | $1,000 |
| ADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 54% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLTexas Land Conservancy6× · 2020–2025 · $42k · revenue +70%
- UUATX4× · 2022–2025 · $21k · revenue +401%
- SMSan Marcos River Foundation5× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +95%
Funded once
- PFPIONEER FLIGHT MUSEUMone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -51%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE WIMBERLEY VILLAGELIBRARYone grant, 2020 · $600
- TPTURNING POINT USA INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +43%
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.
Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) celebrates flight and achievements in Texas aviation, engages youth through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and believes aviation inspires achievement and endless possibilities.
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
The Museum of Western Art in the Texas Hill Country is dedicated to excellence in the collection, preservation and display of Western art.
To collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history of the North Texas Area to inspire an interest in the past for the education and enrichment of people of all ages.
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…
The Association is developing, distributing and archiving oral histories, atlas maps and descriptive essays, and wildlife illustrations to expand public appreciation and grasp of Texas environmental history.
The Texas Association of Museums strengthens the Texas museum community through collaborations, connections, professional development, and advocacy.
To collect and preserve significant historical materials that relate to the early history and culture of Texas and to promote the study of the history of Texas through exhibits, publications, and educational programs.
Texas library association (tla) was established in 1902 to promote, support, and improve library services in texas.
Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 17 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 Texas Land Conservancy ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UATX ↗
- Who funds Wimberley Village Library Foundation ↗
- Who funds San Marcos River Foundation ↗
- Who funds Coastal Prairie Conservancy ↗
- Who funds Lowell Area Historical Museum ↗
- Who funds THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE ↗
- Who funds Ada Historical Society ↗
- Who funds PIONEER FLIGHT MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization RL & DG Tusch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from RL & DG Tusch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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