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Rusty & Connie Pace Family Foundation at a glance

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Rusty & Connie Pace 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.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$74kReligion$57kAnimals$41kHuman Services$35kInternational$30kEducation$16kFood & Nutrition$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$1k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$46k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH$5,000
CHARLES FOSTER JOHNSON MINISTRIES$2,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION$1,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$1,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$500
DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES$500
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 (FY17–25, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MEALS ON WHEELS: $5k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $5k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $500 → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $5k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $5k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $5k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $5k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $5k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $4k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $4k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
IL
MI
NY
VA
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$249k · 16 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
8

Total granted

$249k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
0%

Still filing today

63%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationReligionInternationalOther
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
    FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $36k · revenue +93%
  • GD
    Guide Dogs of Texas Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $33k · revenue +304%
  • TC
    THE CARTER CENTER INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $29k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • TP
    TRAVIS PARK CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIOgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +124%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
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.

04Its 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
Safe in Austin Rescue Ranch

Our healing hearts program rescues animals from abuse, neglect or have a special need and introduces them to children and adults that suffer from the same backgrounds for some healing time at no cost.

Animals
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
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
4
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
5
San Antonio Pets Alive Inc

The mission of San Antonio Pets Alive! is to save every adoptable dog and cat in danger of being killed at the City of San Antonio Shelter.

Animals
6
Meals On Wheels San Antonio

To provide services which focus on nourishing lives, enabling independence and caring for the most frail and isolated residents in the greater san antonio region.

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7
Prevent Blindness Texas

to prevent blindness and preserve sight through education, certified vision screening and training, advocacy, research and community and patient service programs

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8
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
9
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
10
San Antonio Community Hospital Health Care Service Plan

The san antonio community hospital health care service plan provides health care insurance to the employees of san antonio regional hospital. the mission of the organization has not been formally adopted by the governing body.

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11
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation

We are dedicated to delivering life-saving services, revitalizing health systems during crisis and promoting medical education via a network of humanitarians in syria, the us, and beyond.

Health
12
Sai Global Mission

Sai Global Mission (SGM) is a Non-Profit Organization focused on Societal advancement initiatives for helping rural communities and offering free services to the underserved in the areas of healthcare, education, nutrition and rural care…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. 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

16 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. 16 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARLES FOSTER JOHNSON MINISTRIES: $34,500 · OtherCHARLES FOSTER JOHNSON MINISTRIESALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $11,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATIONTravis Park United Methodist Church: $10,000 · OtherTravis Park United Methodist Churc…CORAZON MINISTRIES - DEBORAH'S HOUSE: $6,500 · OtherCORAZON MINISTRIES - DEBORAH'S HOU…DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES: $6,500 · OtherDAILY BREAD MINISTRIESCOMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCHBAPTIST UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS: $3,000 · Other+3 more: $3,500 · OtherFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $36,000 · HealthFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCU…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION I…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $33,000 · Human ServicesGuide Dogs of Texa…MEALS ON WHEELS: $10,500 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELSJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $27,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INST…ALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER: $11,000 · AnimalsALASKA RAPTOR REH…ETOSHA RESCUE & ADOPTION CENTER: $2,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $29,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER C…THE FOUNDATION OF THE BULVERDE AREA RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT: $10,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $1,500 · EducationSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 · ReligionED NEWTON MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · ReligionBexar Bulverde Volunteer Fire Department: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$80,000Health$56,000Human Services$43,500Animals$41,000International$29,000Education$11,500Religion$2,000Arts & Culture$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $36,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $33,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $29,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER: $11,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $10,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE BULVERDE AREA RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT: $10,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetETOSHA RESCUE & ADOPTION CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAUSE FOR PAWS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetED NEWTON MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBexar Bulverde Volunteer Fire Department: $500 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…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
San Antonio Area FoundationTX17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rusty & Connie Pace Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rusty & Connie Pace Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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