Skip to content

Texas · Private foundation

The Barilla Foundation Inc

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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$7.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The Barilla Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $222k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureCrime & LegalMembership BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving29$1.6M10%
FY202426$2.9M19%
FY202324$1.3M17%
FY202232$1.3M41%
FY202136$1.4M6%
FY202036$1.2M11%
FY201935$345k9%
FY201835$170k60%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$2.6MEducation$2.5MYouth Development$1.4MHuman Services$1.3MHousing & Shelter$801kCrime & Legal$534kHealth$437kCommunity Improvement$338kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$1,523,66690%
Breakthrough$1,405,73994%
Tri-Angel Unlimited Inc$1,117,58878%
Family Eldercare Inc$407,88791%
The Safe Alliance$405,73880%
Youth and Family Alliance$400,55941%
Abundant Life Foundation$360,000336%
Meals on Wheels$342,064477%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc$295,48270%
Health Alliance for Austin Musicians$203,79081%
Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of The Barilla Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$1,523,66690%
Breakthrough$1,405,73994%
Tri-Angel Unlimited Inc$1,117,58878%
Family Eldercare Inc$407,88791%
The Safe Alliance$405,73880%
Youth and Family Alliance$400,55941%
Abundant Life Foundation$360,000336%
Meals on Wheels$342,064477%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc$295,48270%
Health Alliance for Austin Musicians$203,79081%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$86,38990%
Austin Wildlife Rescue$70,00023%
Austin Explore Inc$47,51390%
Songwritingwithinc$42,01031%
Refugee Services of Texas Inc$41,62540%
CASA of Williamson County Texas$38,12223%
Austin Zoo Inc$35,95780%
I Live Here I Give Here$35,70032%
Boys & Girls Club of Georgetown$32,62052%
Inside Books Project$30,95685%
Helping Hands of Georgetown Inc$30,000212%
The Sims Foundation Inc$18,90660%
Creative Action$17,96070%
Safe House Project Inc$15,00011%
The Junior League of Austin Inc$12,39270%
Humane Heroes Inc$11,00250%
Austin Disaster Relief Network$10,57720%
The Houston Food Bank$10,00010%
Operation Blue Santa$6,500232%
Austin Creative Alliance$5,4071n/a
Austin Dog Alliance$5,29130%
Texas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc$5,29030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,25010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,12510%
Justin J Watt Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Georgetown Animal Outreach$4,5003n/a
Austin Police Association$4,00020%
Austin Police Operation Blue Santa$2,12311%
Faith in Action$2,06011%
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc$2,00010%
Williamson County Brown Santa Inc % Treasurer$1,50012%
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc$1,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Barilla Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $1,523,666 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBreakthrough: $1,405,739 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetTri-Angel Unlimited Inc: $1,117,588 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetFamily Eldercare Inc: $407,887 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetThe Safe Alliance: $405,738 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetYouth and Family Alliance: $400,559 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAbundant Life Foundation: $360,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetMeals on Wheels: $342,064 over 4y, 77% of budgetMobile Loaves & Fishes Inc: $295,482 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHealth Alliance for Austin Musicians: $203,790 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetAustin Pets Alive Inc: $86,389 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Wildlife Rescue: $70,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetAustin Explore Inc: $47,513 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSongwritingwithinc: $42,010 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetRefugee Services of Texas Inc: $41,625 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCASA of Williamson County Texas: $38,122 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAustin Zoo Inc: $35,957 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetI Live Here I Give Here: $35,700 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Georgetown: $32,620 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetInside Books Project: $30,956 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetHelping Hands of Georgetown Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetThe Sims Foundation Inc: $18,906 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCreative Action: $17,960 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSafe House Project Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Junior League of Austin Inc: $12,392 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Heroes Inc: $11,002 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Disaster Relief Network: $10,577 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Blue Santa: $6,500 over 2y, 32% of budgetAustin Dog Alliance: $5,291 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTexas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc: $5,290 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJustin J Watt Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAustin Police Association: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAustin Police Operation Blue Santa: $2,123 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFaith in Action: $2,060 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAustin Habitat for Humanity Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliamson County Brown Santa Inc % Treasurer: $1,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetThe Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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 Foundation IncTX43.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Topfer Family Foundation · I Live Here I Give Here · United Way for Greater Austin · St David's Foundation · Rwh Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Ecg Foundation · Central Texas Community Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation · United Way Worldwide

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.

Compare The Barilla Foundation Inc with peer funders

About The Barilla Foundation Inc

How much does The Barilla Foundation Inc give?
The Barilla Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $1,568,032 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Barilla Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (25%), Education (25%), Youth Development (13%).
Who are The Barilla Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central Texas Food Bank Inc ($1.5M), Breakthrough ($1.4M), Tri-Angel Unlimited Inc ($1.1M).
Does The Barilla Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Barilla Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Barilla Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Topfer Family Foundation, I Live Here I Give Here.
Where is The Barilla Foundation Inc based?
The Barilla Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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 84 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Barilla’s filings →

More from the funding graph