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Steeg Family Foundation at a glance

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Steeg 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$171kHealth$118kRecreation & Sports$18kReligion$6kArts & Culture$5kScience & Tech$3kEnvironment$3k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$895k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION$35,000
ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$15,000
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$5,000
WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION$5,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $5k → 8%CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $3k → 10%THE ATHLIFE FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%THE ASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION: $35k → 10%TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10k → 16%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $3k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $3k → 10%THE ATHLIFE FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $20k → 10%TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $5k → 16%SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART: $17k → 10%THE ATHLIFE FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $15k → 10%TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $5k → 16%SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART: $13k → 10%THE ATHLIFE FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $15k → 10%TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1k → 16%SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART: $8k → 10%THE ATHLIFE FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $15k → 10%LEARNUP CENTERS: $5k → 10%THE SETON FUND: $15k → 10%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $5k → 10%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $10k → 10%LEARNUP CENTERS: $3k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $29k → 10%LEARNUP CENTERS: $3k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%GRACE CATHEDRAL: $3k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%GRACE CATHEDRAL: $3k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $8k → 10%GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $5k → 10%WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $5k → 10%WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN: $3k → 10%WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN: $3k → 10%WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $1k → 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$265k · 12 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
6

Total granted

$265k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+9%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SA
    ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +62%
  • AF
    ATHLIFE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +332%
  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospital
    4× · 2021–2025 · $21k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SETON FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -45%
  • CA
    CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +35%
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
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
2
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
3
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
4
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
5
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
6
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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7
Austin College

The mission of austin college is to educate students in the liberal arts and sciences in order to prepare them for rewarding careers and for full, engaged and meaningful lives.

Education
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
10
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
11
Epacenter

Epacenter's mission is to increase opportunities for youth to discover and amplify their talents, realize their potential, and impact the world through art, design, and technology.

Arts & Culture
12
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ascension Seton Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Learnup Centers. 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

12 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. 12 of the 19 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $46,000 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONSCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART-SAN FRANCISCO: $36,500 · OtherSCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART-SAN FRANCISCOASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherASCENSION SETON FOUNDATIONTHE SETON FUND: $15,000 · OtherTHE SETON FUNDWEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $13,510 · OtherWEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATIONHARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $12,500 · OtherHARVARD LAW SCHOOLGOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $12,500 · OtherGOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL SCHOOL+3 more: $7,000 · OtherST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $75,000 · EducationST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHO…ATHLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 · Youth DevelopmentTexas Children's Hospital: $21,000 · HealthEDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1,000 · HealthLearnup Centers: $10,000 · Food & NutritionTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsThe Trail Conservancy: $3,000 · Environment
Other$178,010Education$75,000Youth Development$24,500Health$22,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Arts & Culture$8,000Recreation & Sports$3,000Environment$3,000

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 budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $46,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATHLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $13,510 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLearnup Centers: $10,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trail Conservancy: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ATHLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Learnup Centers ↗
  • Who funds THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds The Trail Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds EDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ↗

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.

United Way WorldwideAustin Community Foun…Raymond James Charita…The Moody FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Ibm International Fou…Tides FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…
United Way WorldwideVA19.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Worldwide · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Moody Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Ibm International Foundation · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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 Steeg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steeg Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 19 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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