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Southwest Research Institute

Southwest Reseach Institute(SwRI) exists to benefit government, industry & the public by conducting innovative applied & basic research; developing/transferring technology; establishing, maintaining & operating research facilities; & providing a challenging and rewarding work environment to fulfill its scientific, charitable, testing for…

$640k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$396k
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 2024.

Philanthropy$2.1MEducation$244kRecreation & Sports$204kHealth$108kReligion$72kCommunity Improvement$30kScience & Tech$18kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $514,352, the rows itemized in this filing. The $640,152 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $125,800 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
  • $250k+1 grant · $396k
$17,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way$396,000
ESSAR Recreation Association$53,352
University of Texas at Austin$20,000
The University of Texas at Sa$17,000
Texas Biomedical Forum$10,000
Meals on Wheels San Antonio$9,000
Texas A&M University$9,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%West Point: $56k → 14%The Academy of Medicine Engineering & Science of Texas: $20k → 10%Texas Biomedical Forum: $17k → 16%Texas A&M University: $9k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RE: $7k → 14%West Point Association of Graduates: $45k → 14%Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science & Technology: $15k → 10%Texas Biomedical Forum: $10k → 16%West Point Association of Graduates: $29k → 14%University of Texas at Austin: $20k → 10%Texas Biomedical Forum: $10k → 16%West Point Association of Graduates: $22k → 14%Texas Biomedical Forum: $8k → 16%West Point Association of Graduates: $20k → 14%Texas Biomedical Forum: $5k → 16%West Point Association of Graduates: $19k → 14%San Antonio Economic Development Corporation: $20k → 16%San Antonio Economic Development Corporation: $10k → 16%ESSAR Recreation Association: $23k → 16%City of San Antonio: $8k → 16%ESSAR Recreation Association: $23k → 16%San Antonio Report: $8k → 16%Meals on Wheels San Antonio: $9k → 16%United Way: $396k → 16%United Way: $357k → 16%United Way: $355k → 16%United Way: $313k → 16%Texas Biomedical Research Institute: $5k → 16%The Dee Howard Foundation: $10k → 16%The University of Texas at Sa: $17k → 16%San Antonio ISD Foundation: $7k → 16%The University of Texas at San Antonio: $10k → 16%SAISD Foundation: $6k → 16%The University of Texas at San Antonio: $6k → 16%University of Texas Health Science Center: $6k → 16%Clarity Guidance Center: $5k → 16%Communities of Churches for Social Action: $28k → 16%Communities of Churches for Social Action: $28k → 16%BIOMED SA: $10k → 16%Mission Road Ministries: $7k → 16%Communities of Churches for Social Action: $16k → 16%ESSAR Recreation Association: $53k → 16%ESSAR Recreation Association: $49k → 16%ESSAR Recreation Association: $45k → 16%ESSAR Recreation Association: $35k → 16%ESSAR Recreation Association: $31k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 10 repeat orgs$101k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$3.2M
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+7%

Still filing today

60%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
PhilanthropyScience & TechHealthPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +12%
  • ER
    ESSAR Recreation Association
    7× · 2017–2025 · $257k · revenue +69% · 59% of their budget
  • ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $190k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • BS
    BIOMED SA
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -17%
  • TD
    THE DEE HOWARD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +144%
  • UC
    UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -7%
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
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

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…

Education
2
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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3
University of Texas At San Antonio Alumni Association

To engage our alumni in activities that will advance utsa as a top-tier institution. our focus is to deliver value-added services and events where our alumni can connect with each other, with current students and/or with the university. we…

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4
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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5
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
6
Sigma Xi the Scientific Research Honor Society Inc

To enhance the health of the research enterprise, foster integrity in science and engineering and promote the public's understanding of science for the purpose of improving the human condition.

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7
Austin Area Research Organization

Aaro, a non-partisan thought leader for central texas, has worked behind the scenes on critical regional issues since 1980. the membership is an intentionally diverse group of central texas leaders drawn from business, industry, education,…

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8
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
9
Texas Society of Anesthesiologists

The purpose of the texas society of anesthesiologists is to advance, promote and support the practice of the medical specialty of anesthesiology in the state of texas.

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10
Texas Osteopathic Medical Association

To promote health care excellence for the people of texas, the philosophy and principles of osteopathic medicine, and loyally embrace the family of the osteopathic profession and serve their unique needs.

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11
Tennis Officials of San Antonio Association
Recreation & Sports
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Biomed Sa; the most unlike its peers is The Dee Howard Foundation. 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 23 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
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY: $2,444,565 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY+2 more: $22,000 · PhilanthropyESSAR Recreation Association: $257,482 · OtherESSAR Recreation…COMMUNITY OF CHURCHES FOR SOCIAL ACTION CCSA: $72,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY OF CHU…UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $39,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TE…UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO: $33,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TE…SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO ECON…+6 more: $45,250 · Other+6 moreASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $190,200 · Public BenefitTEXAS BIOMEDICAL FORUM: $50,204 · Science & TechUNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH: $10,000 · Science & TechNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $8,000 · Science & TechTEXAS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: $35,000 · HealthTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5,250 · HealthCLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $5,000 · HealthBIOMED SA: $10,000 · Community ImprovementSan Antonio Report: $7,500 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$2,466,565Other$476,732Public Benefit$190,200Science & Tech$68,204Health$45,250Community Improvement$10,000Arts & Culture$7,500

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY: $2,444,565 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetESSAR Recreation Association: $257,482 over 7y, 59% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $190,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL FORUM: $50,204 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTEXAS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBIOMED SA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE DEE HOWARD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS SAN ANTONIO: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Report: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION ROAD MINISTRIES: $6,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $5,000 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.

The Phoenix Charitabl…The Charles Butt Foun…Methodist Healthcare …San Antonio Area Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Phoenix Charitable FoundationTX15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Phoenix Charitable Foundation · The Charles Butt Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · San Antonio Area Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Southwest Research Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southwest Research Institute. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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