· Private foundation
Stark Martin Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FAMILIES IN NATURE | $20,000 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF FREDERICKSBURG | $20,000 |
| CARITAS OF AUSTIN | $15,000 |
| CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK | $15,000 |
| HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY NEEDS COUNCIL | $13,000 |
| ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| GIRLSTART | $7,500 |
| FREDERICKSBURG ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF PHOENIX | $5,000 |
| BALLET AUSTIN | $5,000 |
| AUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR | $2,000 |
| AUSTIN MONTESSORI SCHOOL | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $119k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FIFAMILIES IN NATURE8× · 2017–2024 · $151k · revenue +211%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $119k · revenue +12%- COCARITAS OF AUSTIN8× · 2017–2024 · $104k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- GSGOOD SAMARITAN CENTERone grant, 2017 · $15k
- ATAUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCEgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +140%
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.
To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…
Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.
The mission of Austin Creative Alliance is to advance, connect, and celebrate Austin's arts, culture, and creative communities in order to nourish and strengthen the character, quality of life, and economic prosperity of our region.
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.
Support and strengthen austin public libraries
Austin Classical School exists to glorify Jesus Christ by co-laboring with families to cultivate wise, virtuous, and humble students through an excellent classical, Christian education.
To offer a community where students love learning, teachers love teaching, and families thrive.
ATX KIDS CLUB's mission is to empower youth through educational adventures that promote independence, confidence, and a deeper connection to their community - one field trip at a time.
Austin together enables sustained collaborations that strengthen the nonprofit community to create better outcomes for central texans through our unique grant and community engagement model.
Support nonprofit organizations by managing & distributing charitable gifts
Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 16 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 FAMILIES IN NATURE ↗
- Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY NEEDS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation ↗
- Who funds CREATE HEALTHY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HILL COUNTRY FILM SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Delivering Dreams of Arizona ↗
- Who funds GIRLSTART ↗
- Who funds FREDERICKSBURG ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BALLET AUSTIN INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN MONTESSORI SCHOOL 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: Better Business Bureau · The Seawell Elam Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stark Martin Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stark Martin Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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