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Tejemos Foundation at a glance

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Tejemos Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.5MEducation$1.5MRecreation & Sports$1.0MHealth$645kEnvironment$410kCommunity Improvement$400kHuman Services$385kCivil Rights$303kOther$0
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k36 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+10 grants · $3.9M
$75,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$52M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Waterloo Greenway Conservancy$1,000,000
Austin Theatre Alliance (Paramount Theatre)$500,000
University of Texas Foundation$500,000
Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council (Austin PBSKLRU)$400,000
LifeWorks aka Youth and Family Alliance$250,000
Communities In Schools of Central Texas$250,000
Driscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation Inc$250,000
St Edward's University$250,000
International African American Museum$250,000
Communities In Schools of Central Texas$250,000
St John's Austin United Methodist Church$200,000
Terrewode Women's Fund$200,000
Miracle Foundation$200,000
Center for Reproductive Rights$150,000
Thinkery (Austin Children's Museum)$150,000
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 (FY24–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Healing Hands of Joy: $30k → 10%Swan Songs Musical Last Wishes: $10k → 10%Helping Hand Home for Children: $25k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
NY
OR
CA
CO
NC
SC
GA
TX
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 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
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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2
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc

Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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3
Leadership Austin

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

Youth Development
4
Trees for Houston

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

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5
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
6
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
7
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation

Support and strengthen austin public libraries

Education
8
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
9
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
10
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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11
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Austin Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Families in Nature. 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

44 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. 44 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
13/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: $18,120,105 · OtherVARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS+27 more: $3,461,000 · Other+27 moreWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $500,000 · EducationSt Edwards University: $250,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH: $50,000 · EducationThe Ann Richards School Foundation: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Greater Texas Family Planning and Preventative Health: $100,000 · HealthPEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $100,000 · HealthWE CARE SOLAR: $100,000 · HealthTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $50,000 · Health+1 more: $20,000 · HealthINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $250,000 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $150,000 · Arts & CultureTONALITY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AUSTIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureSpaceflight Mission: $50,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Cancer Association: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDriscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation: $250,000 · PhilanthropyRISE EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 · PhilanthropyRESCUE ONE MORE INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $150,000 · Civil RightsACLU Foundation of Texas Inc: $100,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $2,500 · Civil Rights
Other$21,581,105Community Improvement$1,000,000Education$865,000Health$670,000Arts & Culture$665,000Philanthropy$375,000Civil Rights$252,500

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 budgetWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $1,000,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $500,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetDriscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $250,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSt Edwards University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTERREWODE WOMENS FUND: $200,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $150,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Book Festival: $135,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTreeFolks Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater Texas Family Planning and Preventative Health: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMERLIN TUTTLES BAT CONSERVATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTONALITY: $100,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetPEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWE CARE SOLAR: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLIVING GOODS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetACLU Foundation of Texas Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetEVERGREEN AUSTIN: $75,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetTHE AUSTIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPease Park Conservancy: $75,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetSpaceflight Mission: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetFAMILIES IN NATURE: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRISE EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRESCUE ONE MORE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetThe Ann Richards School Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetOneWorld Health: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHealing Hands of Joy: $30,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIBRARIES OF LOVE: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAUSTIN CHAMBER MUSIC CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSwan Songs Musical Last Wishes: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSave Our Springs Alliance Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACEJAM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Better Business BureauTres Grace Family Fou…The Webber Family Fou…St David's FoundationShield-Ayres Foundati…The Powell FoundationThe Cynthia & George …The Moody FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Alice Kleberg Reynold…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX39.6× affinity18 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 · Better Business Bureau · Tres Grace Family Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation · St David's Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800

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 Tejemos Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tejemos Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tejemos Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Tejemos Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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