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Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$23,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$249,500
Organizations funded a year
21 to 32
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$26M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $197k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving33$1.2M27%
FY202331$808k35%
FY202228$727k29%
FY202121$555k24%
FY202026$1.0M8%
FY201929$768k17%
FY201832$927k19%
FY201729$814kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$6.5MPhilanthropy$1.8MEnvironment$155kEducation$66kCrime & Legal$50kReligion$20kHealth$20kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Opera San Antonio Dba Opera San An$525,000616%
McNay Art Museum$524,66742%
Magik Childrens Theatre of San Antonio Dba the Magik Theatre$483,00084%
Musical Bridges Around the World Inc$435,00086%
Texas Public Radio$375,00071%
Cactus Pear Music Festival$290,000723%
San Antonio Museum of Art$260,00041%
Witte Museum$180,00052%
Agarita Chamber Players$170,000422%
Bexar County Performing Arts Center Fdn Tobin Center for the Performing Art$160,00021%
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio$130,93585%
Ballet San Antonio$130,00083%
San Antonio Botanical Garden Society Inc$130,00050%
San Pedro Playhouse$100,00015%
Classical Music Institute CMI$100,00014%
Arts San Antonio$100,00034%
San Antonio Chamber Music Society$90,750627%
Soli Chamber Ensemble$90,61088%
San Anto Cultural Arts$80,00076%
Alamo City Opera$80,000217%
Artpace Inc (Audit)$64,00031%
University of the Incarnate Word$60,00020%
Olmos Ensemble$58,600810%
Carver Development Board$58,000210%
San Antonio Mastersingers$48,700520%
Conspirare Inc$40,00041%
Foundation for Cultural Arts in San Antonio dba Las Casas Foundation$35,00024%
Classic Theatre of San Antonio$30,00034%
San Antonio Broadway Theatre$27,500213%
San Antonio River Foundation$25,00022%
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word$20,0001n/a
Musical Offerings$20,0002n/a
Childrens Chorus of San Antonio$20,00022%
Fiesta Cornyation Inc$20,000111%
San Antonio Philharmonic$16,8501n/a
San Antonio Parks Foundation$15,00011%
Barshop Jewish Community Center of San Antonio$10,00010%
Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc$5,60010%
Dreams Fulfilled Through Music$5,0001n/a
Rhythmics School of Kathak Dance$5,0001n/a
Guitar San Antonio Inc$4,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Opera San Antonio Dba Opera San An: $525,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetMcNay Art Museum: $524,667 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetMagik Childrens Theatre of San Antonio Dba the Magik Theatre: $483,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetMusical Bridges Around the World Inc: $435,000 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetTexas Public Radio: $375,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCactus Pear Music Festival: $290,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetSan Antonio Museum of Art: $260,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWitte Museum: $180,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetAgarita Chamber Players: $170,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetBexar County Performing Arts Center Fdn Tobin Center for the Performing Art: $160,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYouth Orchestras of San Antonio: $130,935 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetBallet San Antonio: $130,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetSan Antonio Botanical Garden Society Inc: $130,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSan Pedro Playhouse: $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetClassical Music Institute CMI: $100,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetArts San Antonio: $100,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSan Antonio Chamber Music Society: $90,750 over 6y, 27% of budgetSoli Chamber Ensemble: $90,610 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetSan Anto Cultural Arts: $80,000 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetAlamo City Opera: $80,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetArtpace Inc (Audit): $64,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of the Incarnate Word: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOlmos Ensemble: $58,600 over 8y, 10% of budgetCarver Development Board: $58,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetSan Antonio Mastersingers: $48,700 over 5y, 20% of budgetConspirare Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFoundation for Cultural Arts in San Antonio dba Las Casas Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetClassic Theatre of San Antonio: $30,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSan Antonio Broadway Theatre: $27,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetSan Antonio River Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetChildrens Chorus of San Antonio: $20,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFiesta Cornyation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSan Antonio Parks Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBarshop Jewish Community Center of San Antonio: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlamo Colleges Foundation Inc: $5,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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 FoundationTX50.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Muriel F Siebert Foundation Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Jack and Doris Smothers and Bud Smothers Memorial Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · The Williamson Foundation

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.

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About Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts

How much does Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts give?
Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts reported 34 grants totaling $1,400,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (75%), Philanthropy (21%), Environment (2%).
Who are Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Opera San Antonio Dba Opera San An ($525k), McNay Art Museum ($525k), Magik Childrens Theatre of San Antonio Dba the Magik Theatre ($483k).
Does Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992, Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation.
Where is Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts based?
Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts is based in TX.

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 76 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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