Texas · Private foundation
Seven Cities 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.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,147,586
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,147,586
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Seven Cities Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $3.1M | 100% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $146k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $114k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 45 | $140k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $150k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $77k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 49 | $103k | 2% |
| FY2018 | 50 | $141k | 6% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upbring | $62,412 | 8 | n/a |
| Red Arena Inc | $32,820 | 8 | 1% |
| Diocese of West Texas | $30,069 | 8 | n/a |
| Texas Military Institute | $29,395 | 8 | n/a |
| St Therese Academy | $28,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Warrior Canine Connection Inc | $25,797 | 8 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $25,564 | 8 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $24,395 | 8 | 0% |
| The Independence Fund Inc | $18,272 | 7 | 0% |
| Museum of South Texas History | $18,048 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Seven Cities Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation · Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation · Tony L Talbott & Carmen C Talbott Foundation Inc · Klinck Foundation · The Betty Bentsen Winn Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
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About Seven Cities Foundation
- How much does Seven Cities Foundation give?
- Seven Cities Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $3,147,586 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Seven Cities Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Health (5%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Seven Cities Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Upbring ($62k), Red Arena Inc ($33k), Diocese of West Texas ($30k).
- Does Seven Cities Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Seven Cities Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Seven Cities Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation, Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation, Tony L Talbott & Carmen C Talbott Foundation Inc.
- Where is Seven Cities Foundation based?
- Seven Cities Foundation is based in TX.
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