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Texas Bankers Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$2.0MEducation$1.1MFood & Nutrition$72kPhilanthropy$58kHuman Services$36kCommunity Improvement$34kArts & Culture$18kHousing & Shelter$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$378k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY$18,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY$10,000
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,000
VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION$3,000
NORTH CAROLINA BANKERS ASSOC FOUNDATION$3,000
SCHREINER UNIVERSITY$2,500
SWGSB FOUNDATION$2,500
ABA FOUNDATION$2,500
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY$1,500
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY$1,250
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY$1,250
CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,031
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,025
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 (FY17–21, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $1k → 19%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $1k → 14%SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $1k → 19%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $1k → 14%Military Warriors Support Foundatio: $20k → 16%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

IA
PA
CO
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
TX
FL
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 35 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
791

Total granted

$1.1M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
-12%

Still filing today

77%
2%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TA
    Texas A&M Foundation
    3× · 2018–2022 · $382k · revenue +49%
  • TS
    TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $67k · revenue +46%
  • SU
    Schreiner University
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL COMPASSION FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $360k
  • TS
    TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY PROGRAM
    one grant, 2024 · $33k
  • LI
    LIFTFUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $29k · revenue -49%
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
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
2
Hays County Food Bank

To alleviate hunger by distributing food to families who are food deprived through a network of volunteers and other agencies within Hays County.

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3
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
4
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
5
Regional East Texas Food Bank

Etfb's mission is to fight hunger and feed hope in east texas.

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6
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc

The mission of the regional food bank of oklahoma is to lead a network that provides nutritious food and pathways to self-sufficiency for people facing hunger. our vision is an oklahoma where no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
7
Community Food Bank of San Benito County

Our mission is to provide food, nutritional education, and advocacy for those in need within san benito county, while pursuing our ultimate vision that no resident will suffer from hunger or malnutrition in san benito county.

Education
8
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
9
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama

To feed people in need today and foster collaborative solutions to end hunger tomorrow.

Food & Nutrition
10
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The food bank of northeast arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need in twelve counties in northeast arkansas by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs.

Human Services
11
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
12
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Texas Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Llano Chamber of Commerce. 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

54 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. 54 of the 842 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
24/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $450,292 · OtherSAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNATIONAL COMPASSION FUND: $360,000 · OtherNATIONAL COMPASSION FUND+177 more: $604,431 · Other+177 moreTexas A&M Foundation: $382,000 · EducationTexas A&M FoundationTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $66,667 · EducationTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOU…Schreiner University: $30,000 · EducationSchreiner UniversityTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC+3 more: $24,500 · EducationAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $8,038 · PhilanthropyCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,038 · PhilanthropyEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyODESSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,025 · Human ServicesLIFTFUND INC: $28,500 · Community ImprovementTEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS' FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ODYSSEY AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM: $8,038 · Arts & CulturePaso del Norte Community Foundation: $5,000 · HealthCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $4,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,414,723Education$533,167Philanthropy$41,076Human Services$36,025Community Improvement$28,500Arts & Culture$18,038Health$5,000Food & Nutrition$4,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $382,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $66,667 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSchreiner University: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFTFUND INC: $28,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS' FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOLDEN CRESCENT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $8,038 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $8,038 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,038 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA BANKERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTexas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REFUGE FOR DMST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetODESSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPaso del Norte Community Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $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.

First Community Foundation IncTX32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Community Foundation Inc · Feeding Texas · Beaumont Foundation of America · Feeding America · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · The Houston Food Bank · Shell USA Company Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Collaborative for Fresh Produce

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 Texas Bankers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Texas Bankers 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
19report 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.

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 842 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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