· Private foundation
The Emmett G Donegan 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $39k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARMIN AUFDEHAUER SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $14,400 |
| PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION | $14,400 |
| TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $8,300 |
| SUSAN G KOMEN | $8,300 |
| TEXAS WATER MISSION | $8,000 |
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 (FY20–23, $630) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
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 +45% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLTEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY5× · 2020–2024 · $14k · revenue +16%
- GRGUADALUPE REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION3× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +211%
- MSMID-TEXAS SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC3× · 2020–2022 · $2k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $5k
- SPSEGUIN PUBLIC LIBRARYone grant, 2022 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $500
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.
The society is a multidisciplinary professional medical organization dedicated to improving human health by advancing nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy.
Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…
Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…
The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…
See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.
The purpose of american gastroenterological association, inc. is to promote the common business interests of its members by promoting the image of the industry as a whole; to serve as a central, unified voice for the specialty of…
Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…
The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.
Supporting and advancing the science of medicine and educating its members.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
How this is measured
25 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. 25 of the 75 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 TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Texas Water Mission Inc ↗
- Who funds GUADALUPE REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MID-TEXAS SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SEGUIN ART LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
- Who funds Seguin Sports Boosters ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN CUPBOARD INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS ↗
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.
Open a dossier: San Antonio Food Bank · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Emmett G Donegan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Emmett G Donegan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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