· Private foundation
Stephens Charitable 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 $10k18 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION - DEAN'S SCHOL | $50,000 |
| TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION - ARCH ENDOWME | $10,000 |
| TEACH BEYOND INC | $5,500 |
| FREE THE OPPRESSED | $5,000 |
| MAGDALENA MINISTRIES INC | $5,000 |
| WITTE MUSEUM | $3,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,400 |
| TEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSN | $3,000 |
| AUDUBON NATURE INSTITUTE | $2,500 |
| NEW ORLEANS MISSION | $2,500 |
| GREATER NEW ORLEANS TEXAS A&M FDTN | $2,500 |
| MISSION OF MERCY | $2,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARITIES | $2,000 |
| JUNIOR LEAGUE OF NEW ORLEANS | $1,500 |
| HINSDALE COUNTY EMS | $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 (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 49% of Stephens Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 85% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 88%.
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 +34% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 14 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, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMAGDALENA MINISTRIES INC4× · 2022–2025 · $26k · revenue +34%
- ANAudubon Nature Institute Inc3× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +37%
- NONEW ORLEANS MISSION INC3× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- TATEXAS A&M FOUNDATION - DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIPone grant, 2024 · $50k
- TATEXAS A&M UNIVERSTY CORPUS CHRISTI - DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENTone grant, 2023 · $40k
- TATexas A&M Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $22k · revenue +74%
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.
Mission: Connect communities with animals, inspiring action to save wildlife. Vision: Be a leader in the global movement to save wildlife. (Continued on Schedule O) Houston Zoo, Inc. (HZI) strives to be a zoo that practices exemplary…
The mission of the Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa a/k/a ZooTampa at Lowry Park, is to rescue, rehabilitate and care for animals.(Expanded mission on Schedule O)ZooTampa creates exceptional personalized experiences that connect…
Coastal bend bays & estuaries program is dedicated to protecting and restoring bays and estuaries of the texas coastal bend. coastal bend bays and estuaries remain a vital part of the environmental and economic landscape by preserving and…
The texas state aquarium's mission is engaging people with animals, inspiring appreciation for our seas, and supporting wildlife conservation. its vision is to be a global leader in fostering support for the conservation of the gulf of…
To provide a safe, caring, and temporary home away from home for the families of children receiving essential medical services in san antonio, texas.
The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.
We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.
The San Antonio Museum of Art brings people together with art by collecting, preserving, and presenting significant works of art representing a broad range of history and cultures, advancing human connection and understanding, and…
The state fair of texas celebrates all things texan by promoting agriculture, education, and community involvement through quality entertainment in a family-friendly environment. the state fair of texas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit…
The primary mission or purpose of methodist health system is to serve people in defined service areas by meeting their health needs effectively and in a manner that reflects a "commitment to the christian concepts of life and learning" as…
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 35 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 MAGDALENA MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
- Who funds Audubon Nature Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW ORLEANS MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds CITY PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES SOUTH TEXAS ↗
- Who funds Free the Oppressed ↗
- Who funds PANDAS NETWORKORG ↗
- Who funds Witte Museum ↗
- Who funds TEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MISSION OF MERCY INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF NEW ORLEANS INC ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stephens Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephens Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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