· Private foundation
The 908 Alta 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, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $75,000 |
| AMON CARTER MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY | $25,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY OF LOUISIANA | $10,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $2,500 |
| CHAFFEE CO COMM FDN | $1,791 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| INTL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $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 (FY19–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +8% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNATURE CONSERVANCY OF LOUISIANA8× · 2018–2025 · $217k
- ACAMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART6× · 2018–2025 · $175k · revenue -24%
- IGIndividual grant recipient2× · 2024–2025 · $145k
Funded once
- BIBOTANIC INSTITUTE OF TEXASone grant, 2023 · $100k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATone grant, 2023 · $50k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $7k
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.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.
To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.
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…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 20 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 AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART ↗
- Who funds BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Texas Association of Museums ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The 908 Alta Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The 908 Alta Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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