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Springhouse Foundation at a glance

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Springhouse Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$270k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$354kYouth Development$310kHuman Services$217kCommunity Improvement$188kFood & Nutrition$182kArts & Culture$145kEducation$100kEnvironment$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $202k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL$55,000
ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$35,000
EXPLORE AUSTIN$30,000
DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$29,000
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN$27,500
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES$25,000
TRAIL CONSERVANCY$25,000
AUSTIN DIAPER BANK$10,000
AFRICAN COMMUNITY & CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$10,000
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK$6,500
SAFE$4,000
ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$3,000
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 (FY19–25, $177k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%STREET SOCCER USA: $7k → 20%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $4k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $10k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $48k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $38k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $33k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 10%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $10k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 10%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 16 repeat orgs$274k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +99% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
20

Total granted

$1.5M
$251k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
+48%

Still filing today

81%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • DC
    DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $325k · revenue +156%
  • AE
    AUSTIN EXPLORE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $218k · revenue +200%
  • TB
    Texas Book Festival
    5× · 2021–2025 · $140k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SETON FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • ST
    SAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -91%
  • MH
    MAGDALENE HOUSE OF AUSTINgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +117%
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
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
2
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
3
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
4
Austin Community Foundation Inc

We mobilize ideas and resources to strengthen central texas.

Philanthropy
5
Austin City Lutherans

Address food and housing insecurity for Austin-area low income families.

Religion
6
Austin Street Center

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…

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7
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation

Support and strengthen austin public libraries

Education
8
Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber's mission is to provide leadership that facilitates the creation of a prosperous regional economy and results in effective advocacy for its members.

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9
Good Work Austin

Good Work Austin's mission is to foster healthy careers in the local food and beverage industry through professional development and advocacy for more equitable practices.

Public Benefit
10
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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11
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc

Any baby can, an austin-based nonprofit, partners with parents so children reach their full potential. with programs that meet clients where they are at home, work or school any baby can provides in-home therapy, parent education, mental…

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12
Texas Children's

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education, and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Generation Serve; 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

28 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. 28 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $325,150 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONKIPP TEXAS FUNDRAISING AUSTIN: $75,000 · OtherKIPP TEXAS FUNDRAISING AUSTINTHE SETON FUND: $50,000 · OtherTHE SETON FUNDTHE TRAIL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $75,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTINCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $31,500 · OtherSAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · OtherMAGDALENE HOUSE OF AUSTIN: $25,000 · Other+14 more: $112,500 · Other+14 moreAUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $217,500 · EducationAUSTIN EXPLORE INCST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $96,500 · EducationST ANDREW'S EPISCOPA…+2 more: $10,500 · EducationTexas Book Festival: $140,000 · Recreation & SportsTexas Book Fes…FUN4SENIORS: $65,000 · Recreation & SportsFUN4SENIORSAUSTIN YMBL SUNSHINE CAMP: $18,000 · Recreation & SportsAUSTIN YMBL SU…HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $132,499 · Human ServicesHELPING HAN…MEALS ON WHEELS: $15,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WH…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S…AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $10,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN DIAP…STREET SOCCER USA INC: $6,500 · Human Services+1 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $135,000 · ReligionTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN INC: $97,500 · Community ImprovementBetter ATX: $15,000 · Community ImprovementThe Trail Conservancy: $75,000 · EnvironmentAFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Environment
Other$744,150Education$324,500Recreation & Sports$223,000Human Services$177,499Religion$135,000Community Improvement$112,500Environment$85,000

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 budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $325,150 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetAUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $217,500 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetTexas Book Festival: $140,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $135,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $132,499 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN INC: $97,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $96,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $75,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetThe Trail Conservancy: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $31,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMAGDALENE HOUSE OF AUSTIN: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN YMBL SUNSHINE CAMP: $18,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBetter ATX: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENERATION SERVE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSTREET SOCCER USA INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRODEO AUSTIN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $3,000 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.

Austin Community Foun…Greater Houston Commu…The Moody FoundationBetter Business BureauTopfer Family Foundat…Buena Vista FoundationUnited Way for Greate…Ecg FoundationShield-Ayres Foundati…United Way WorldwideThe Applied Materials…St David's Foundation
Austin Community Foundation IncTX30.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Topfer Family Foundation · Buena Vista Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Ecg Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Applied Materials Foundation · St David's 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 Springhouse Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Springhouse Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 40 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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