· Private foundation
Shepherd 5 Points 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $202k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $679k
- $250k+3 grants · $2.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | $1,050,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS | $993,393 |
| FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES | $333,334 |
| UATX | $240,000 |
| INTEGRAL CARE | $168,750 |
| EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD | $100,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS | $70,000 |
| PRESERVATION AUSTIN | $50,000 |
| AUSTIN ANGELS | $50,000 |
| OTHER ONES FOUNDATION INC | $47,500 |
| HUNTRY HILL FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| MISSION ACCOMPLISHED | $25,000 |
| I LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE | $25,000 |
| TRINITY CENTER | $20,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB | $17,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $179k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 12 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; $609k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BBREAKTHROUGH5× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +137%
- FCFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC4× · 2017–2025 · $443k · revenue +99%
- BTBREAKTHROUGH T1D5× · 2019–2023 · $129k · revenue +26%
Funded once
- TOTHE ONESTAR FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -94%
- KKIPPone grant, 2018 · $14k
- AHAmerican Heart Association Incgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +25%
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.
Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.
Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.
The texas academy of family physicians is dedicated to the promotion of a health care environment that values the vital role of family physicians in providing quality, comprehensive care to all texans.
The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…
At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…
Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.
How this is measured
56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 105 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 BREAKTHROUGH ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds UATX ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY MHMR CENTER DBA INTEGRAL CARE ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds PRESERVATION AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds LSU IN SHREVEPORT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KIPP Texas Inc ↗
- Who funds Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges ↗
- Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
- Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc ↗
- Who funds SWITCH ENERGY ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ↗
- Who funds THE ONESTAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds I LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE ↗
- Who funds Hungry Hill Foundation ↗
- Who funds HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds DAVID PHILLIPS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Pease Park Conservancy ↗
- Who funds TEXSAR 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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin · St David's Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Rwh Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Shepherd 5 Points Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shepherd 5 Points Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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