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San Antonio Food Bank

The mission of the SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK is to fight hunger in southwest texas through food distribution, programs, education and advocacy.

$148M
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$7.5M
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, FY2018 to 2023.

Food & Nutrition$92MEducation$5.8MReligion$4.0MHousing & Shelter$2.1MHuman Services$1.5MHealth$262kPublic Benefit$135kEmployment$86kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $7,500,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $148,059,789 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $140,559,789 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.
$7,500,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$117M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE APPLE ORCHARD$7,500,000
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 (FY21–22, $40.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CHRISTIAN CUPBOARD INC: $219k → 10%REDWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $874k → 10%HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $88k → 7%HABITAT FOR SAFE SENIOR: $491k → 7%CAM KERRVILLE: $417k → 13%ENCINAL FOOD PANTRY: $46k → 21%KENDALL COUNTY WOMEN'S SHELTER: $10k → 7%DOYLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER: $80k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $12k → 17%SVDP ST JOSEPH AT HONEYCREEK: $106k → 7%SVDP SACRED HEART CHAPTER: $296k → 11%A CHILD'S PLACE LEARNING CTR: $11k → 13%FAMILY LIFE CENTER OF NB: $202k → 7%SVDP ST PETER PRINCE APOSTLES: $18k → 16%EMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN: $33k → 16%SVDP ST LUKE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $16k → 16%SVDP ST JOHN BOSCO: $85k → 16%COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCSE PARTNERS INC: $275k → 16%SVDP ST HENRY'S CONFERENCE: $142k → 16%SVDP ST PAUL'S: $11k → 16%CORAZON MINISTRIES INC: $65k → 16%LAST CHANCE MINISTRIES: $1.1M → 16%IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - SVDP: $36k → 16%SVDP ST ALPHONSUS: $35k → 16%BCFS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: $82k → 16%A NEW LIFE FOR A NEW GENERATION: $43k → 16%SVDP ST MATTHEW'S: $120k → 16%SVDP ST ROSE OF LIMA: $90k → 16%PROSPERA WEST DURANGO PLAZA APARTMENTS: $10k → 16%THE APPLE ORCHARD: $31.2M → 16%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $284k → 16%SVDP RESURRECTION OF THE LORD: $162k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $471k → 16%MERCY CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO: $131k → 16%RESPITE CARE RESIDENTIAL: $17k → 16%SVDP THE NEST: $158k → 16%COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCE PARTNERS: $1.5M → 16%SVDP ST CECILIA: $705k → 16%ST PAUL UMC: $278k → 16%SVDP ST MARY MAGDALEN: $89k → 16%SVDP ST JOHN NEUMANN CONF: $13k → 16%GREATER LOVE FOOD PANTRY: $14k → 16%STRONG FOUNDATION: $99k → 16%SVDP ST BRIGID: $107k → 16%SVDPOUR LADY OF MT CARMEL: $32k → 16%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $68k → 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
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
2
Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas

To provide shelter to abused families.

Human Services
3
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
4
Texoma Family Shelter

Texoma Family Shelter emplowers homeless families and individuals to achieve self sufficiency by providing safe lodging meals and case managment during extended stays. See Sch O

Human Services
5
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
6
Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry

The mission of the Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry and Support Center is to serve Bastrop County residents going through periods of transition by providing emergency food assistance, education and support.

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7
Under the Bridge Ministries Inc

We are a faith based non-profit organization that serves and cares for members in our community experiencing homelessness in the East Lancaster corridor of Fort Worth, TX. Every Sunday evening, we provide warm meals, drinks, clothes, hair…

Human Services
8
Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas

People of faith responding to needs by serving, teaching, building community and preserving the dignity of individuals and families in Southeast Texas.

Human Services
9
San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic

Sa christian dental clinic's mission is to extend christ's healing by providing charitable dental care to underserved bexar county adults. the vision of the clinic is a commitment to creating a community in which dental care and optimal…

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10
Advocates Social Services of San Antonio Texas

To educate qualified individuals of public benefits that they may be entitled to. we accomplish this by working with local city, state, and federal agencies for the purpose of outreach and verification work. recently we have focused mainly…

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11
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
12
Caritas of Austin

Caritas of austin provides a home and tailored services to prevent and end homelessness.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Haven for Hope of Bexar County; the most unlike its peers is The High Frontier. 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

195 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. 195 of the 304 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)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
182/195
Grantees still filing
111/195
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION OF TEXAS: $2,514,434 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $2,197,824 · OtherGENERAL COUNCIL ON FINANCE & ADMINS OF THE UNITED: $2,019,880 · OtherGENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST INC: $1,802,363 · Other+154 more: $39,928,248 · Other+154 moreSAFB REAL ESTATE INC: $31,209,540 · Human ServicesSAFB REAL ESTATE INCNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC: $2,538,501 · Human ServicesNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VIN…COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCE PARTNERS INC: $1,786,798 · Human Services+20 more: $5,320,129 · Human Services+20 moreTHE APPLE ORCHARD: $7,500,000 · Food & NutritionTHE APPLE OR…HILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD: $1,526,703 · Food & NutritionHILL COUNTRY…ST VINNYS BISTRO: $733,413 · Food & NutritionST VINNYS BI…BULVERDE FOOD PANTRY INC: $561,734 · Food & NutritionDEVINE FOOD PANTRY MINISTRY INC: $444,566 · Food & Nutrition+5 more: $624,636 · Food & Nutrition+5 moreALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $1,363,964 · EducationCOMPADRES FOR SCHOLARSHIPS: $97,910 · EducationConverse Child Care Center: $73,042 · Education+1 more: $42,993 · EducationSOLDIERS' ANGELS: $717,984 · Public Safety & DisasterHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $214,383 · Housing & ShelterFISHER HOUSE INC: $195,111 · Housing & ShelterNEW BRAUNFELS COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $52,993 · Housing & ShelterCRRC OF CANYON LAKE INC: $288,128 · Recreation & Sports
Other$48,462,749Human Services$40,854,968Food & Nutrition$11,391,052Education$1,577,909Public Safety & Disaster$717,984Housing & Shelter$462,487Recreation & Sports$288,128

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE APPLE ORCHARD: $7,500,000 over 3y, 85% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC: $2,538,501 over 9y, 32% of budgetHILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD: $1,526,703 over 9y, 18% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $1,363,964 over 8y, 18% of budgetST VINNYS BISTRO: $733,413 over 1y, 53% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS: $717,984 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetBULVERDE FOOD PANTRY INC: $561,734 over 8y, 58% of budgetBANDERA COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING: $560,082 over 7y, 32% of budgetBLESSED ANGELS COMMUNITY CENTER: $547,063 over 9y, 15% of budgetHABITAT FOR SAFE SENIORS: $490,593 over 8y, 68% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $311,289 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCRRC OF CANYON LAKE INC: $288,128 over 9y, 20% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $214,383 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY LIFE CENTER OF NEW BRAUNFELS: $201,873 over 8y, 42% of budgetAdult and Teen Challenge of Texas: $201,696 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetFISHER HOUSE INC: $195,111 over 4y, 28% of budgetALPHA HOME INC: $178,058 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $135,442 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Post 9174: $134,542 over 3y, 65% of budgetHOPE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $130,643 over 4y, 64% of budgetSA TX INNER CITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $111,585 over 8y, 51% of budgetPORTFOLIO RESIDENT SERVICES INC: $102,363 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF VICTORIA DBA FOOD BANK OF THE GOLDEN CRESCENT: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOASTAL BEND FOOD BANK: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAVANCE INC: $99,018 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $98,729 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetBANDERA COUNTY HELPING HANDS: $95,140 over 8y, 39% of budgetHILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $88,488 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetFuerza Unida: $86,410 over 6y, 26% of budgetBCFS Health and Human Services: $82,111 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOYLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER: $79,646 over 4y, 11% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AIDS FOUNDATION: $76,186 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetConverse Child Care Center: $73,042 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetCOMFORT TABLE AND FOOD PANTRY: $67,092 over 8y, 39% of budgetCorazon Ministries Inc: $65,151 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetSHELTERING A NATION INC: $54,125 over 5y, 15% of budgetNEW BRAUNFELS COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $52,993 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetRespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $50,322 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $45,638 over 9y, 9.0% of budgetNEW LIFE FOR A NEW GENERATION: $43,269 over 4y, 13% of budgetBRAINATION INC: $42,993 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSISTEMA INFANTIL TELETON USA: $39,338 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetGUADALUPE REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 1y, 4.4% 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.

  • Who funds SAFB REAL ESTATE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE APPLE ORCHARD ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCE PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds HILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD ↗
  • Who funds ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLES FLIGHT ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST VINNYS BISTRO ↗
  • Who funds SOLDIERS' ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds BULVERDE FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds BANDERA COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds BLESSED ANGELS COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR SAFE SENIORS ↗
  • Who funds GUADALUPE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗

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…Harvey E Najim Charit…Methodist Healthcare …United Way of San Ant…John L Santikos Chari…Faye L & William L Co…St Luke's Lutheran He…Pryor Myra Stafford C…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…The Texas Cavaliers C…The Charity Ball Asso…Marcia & Otto Koehler…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX101.6× affinity80 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · St Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries Inc · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · Marcia & Otto Koehler 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 San Antonio Food Bank funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from San Antonio Food Bank. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 304 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $168M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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