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The Alex and Sally Halff Family Foundation at a glance

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The Alex and Sally Halff 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.

$93k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$160kPhilanthropy$150kHealth$77kReligion$76kFood & Nutrition$43kYouth Development$38kRecreation & Sports$24kInternational$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,100
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH TEXAS$10,000
TEMPLE BETH EL$8,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO$7,500
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$6,000
SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK$5,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO$5,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO$3,300
CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL$3,000
GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES$3,000
RAPE CRISIS CENTER$2,500
BOYSVILLE INC$2,500
FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC$2,100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $2k → 14%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $2k → 16%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $2k → 16%SELAH NEIGHBORHOOD HOMELESS COALITION: $2k → 14%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $2k → 16%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $2k → 16%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $2k → 16%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $3k → 16%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $3k → 16%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $2k → 16%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $2k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $3k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $3k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $2k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $2k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $2k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $2k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $2k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $2k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $2k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $1k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $500 → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $2k → 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

WA
NY
MA
CA
CO
AR
NC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$444k · 23 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
6

Total granted

$444k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+33%

Still filing today

74%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsCivil RightsEducationInternationalOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $46k · revenue +57%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $43k · revenue +60%
  • GS
    GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • HC
    HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +59%
  • TC
    THE CAMPUS OF THE SAN ANTONIO JEWISH COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue +33%
  • AA
    ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $4k
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
Communities in Schools of San Antonio

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
2
Jewish Care System of San Antonio

Jcssa focuses on growing its endowment in order to continue supporting the work of golden manor, inc., dba san antonio jewish senior services, which addresses the needs and enriches the quality of life for san antonio jewish older adults…

Housing & Shelter
3
Child Advocates San Antonio

To recruit, develop, and lead court-appointed volunteer advocates who provide constancy for abused and neglected children and youth while advocating for services and placement in safe and permanent homes.

Civil Rights
4
Casa of South Texas Inc

Child Advocacy

Human Services
5
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the san antonio hispanic chamber of commerce is to advocate in building a better san antonio through the growth and prosperity of hispanic, small minority, women-owned businesses, and hispanic professional and trade…

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6
Children's Alliance of South Texas

To provide a neutral, child friendly organization that facilitates a multi-disciplinary approach to the investigation, intervention and treatment of child abuse.

Crime & Legal
7
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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8
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
9
Lone Star Justice Alliance

Lone star justice alliance (lsja) was established in 2017 as a non-profit legal organization to boldly address systemic failures in the justice system through advocacy and innovative evidence-based programs that improve life outcomes for…

Crime & Legal
10
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
11
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
12
San Antonio Foster Care and Adoption and Services

San antonio foster care and adoption services inc. is a licensed child placement agency in the state of texas. the organization cares for children placed in foster care by the state of texas.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas; the most unlike its peers is National Jewish Health. 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

27 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. 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE BETH EL: $75,400 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ELJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $57,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $42,500 · OtherSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANKJUMP-START PERFORMANCE CO: $9,000 · OtherUNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM: $9,000 · OtherUNITED COMMUNITIES OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $15,000 · OtherUNITED COMMUNITIES OF SAN ANTONIO INC+10 more: $38,550 · Other+10 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $150,300 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN A…GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $19,500 · Human ServicesGOLD STAR TEEN…BOYSVILLE INC: $19,000 · Human ServicesBOYSVILLE INCCHILDSAFE: $18,000 · Human ServicesCHILDSAFEFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $14,700 · Human ServicesFAMILY VIOLENC…CHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS BERE…+2 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $19,000 · HealthTHE TRANSPLA…ALAMO AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $19,000 · HealthALAMO AREA R…NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $13,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEW…Planned Parenthood South Texas: $10,000 · HealthPlanned Pare…CHILDREN'S ASSOC FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL (: $8,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S A…JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $46,000 · Recreation & SportsJEWISH CO…HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsHEMISFAIR…HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $13,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $9,000 · InternationalLITERACY SAN ANTONIO INC DBA TXREADS: $10,000 · EducationSUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN: $9,000 · Education
Other$246,450Philanthropy$150,300Human Services$80,200Health$69,500Recreation & Sports$53,000International$22,500Education$19,000

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $150,300 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $46,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $42,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $19,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $19,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetALAMO AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $19,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBOYSVILLE INC: $19,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDSAFE: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITIES OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $15,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $14,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $13,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $13,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY SAN ANTONIO INC DBA TXREADS: $10,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ASSOC FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL (: $8,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSAY SI: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CAMPUS OF THE SAN ANTONIO JEWISH COMMUNITY: $6,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAGARITA CHAMBER PLAYERS: $5,300 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $5,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECUMENICAL CENTER FOR RELIGION AND HEALT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSELAH NEIGHBORHOOD HOMELESS COALITION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES ↗
  • Who funds THE TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds ALAMO AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BOYSVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDSAFE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITIES OF SAN ANTONIO INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY SAN ANTONIO INC DBA TXREADS ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood South Texas ↗
  • Who funds SUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ASSOC FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL ( ↗
  • Who funds SAY SI ↗
  • Who funds HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPUS OF THE SAN ANTONIO JEWISH COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds AGARITA CHAMBER PLAYERS ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Health Fund ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ECUMENICAL CENTER FOR RELIGION AND HEALT ↗
  • Who funds SELAH NEIGHBORHOOD HOMELESS COALITION ↗

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.

San Antonio Area Foun…The Texas Cavaliers C…Faye L & William L Co…John L Santikos Chari…St Luke's Lutheran He…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Harvey E Najim Charit…Marcia & Otto Koehler…Pryor Myra Stafford C…Elizabeth Huth Coates…United Way of San Ant…Methodist Healthcare …
San Antonio Area FoundationTX33.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · St Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries Inc · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc

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 The Alex and Sally Halff Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Alex and Sally Halff Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    10report 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 35 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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