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The Muller Family Foundation at a glance

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The Muller Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$62k
Granted FY2020
18
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Philanthropy$100kReligion$44kFood & Nutrition$12kHuman Services$4kEducation$4kYouth Development$3kAnimals$3kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2020 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k16 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$200
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country$29,989
San Antonio Jewish Federation$20,000
St Mark Presbyterian Church$7,500
Hill Country Daily Bread$1,500
Joel Olsteen Ministries$500
UTRGV Surgical Ed Fund$500
Shriners Hospital for Children$300
Legacy of Hope$250
Salvation Army$200
Hill Country Family Services$200
Wish for Our Heroes$200
Leonard Cemetary Association$100
Kendall County Women's Shelter$100
San Antonio Rescue Mission$100
KLRN$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Brookwood in Georgetown: $1k → 6%Houston Welcomes Refugees: $500 → 16%Wounded Warrior Project: $250 → 16%Hill Country Family Services: $825 → 7%Kendall County Women's Shelter: $250 → 7%Hill Country Family Services: $200 → 7%Kendall County Women's Shelter: $100 → 7%Kendall County Women's Shelter: $100 → 7%Hill Country Family Services: $100 → 7%Kendall County Women's Shelter: $100 → 7%Hill Country Family Services: $100 → 7%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

OH
CA
WV
VA
NM
KS
DC
OK
GA
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$61k · 22 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2020, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
26

Total granted

$61k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+58%

Still filing today

55%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HC
    HILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD
    4× · 2017–2020 · $11k · revenue +39%
  • IT
    IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $1k · revenue +40%
  • KC
    KENDALL COUNTY WOMEN'S SHELTER
    4× · 2017–2020 · $550 · revenue +185%

Funded once

  • CC
    Comfort Constr Booster Club Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue -90%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE KENDALL COUNTY HISTORIC JAIL
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • GB
    Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Meating the Need

Supplying high-quality food to local individuals in need.

Food & Nutrition
2
Any Woman Can Np

Any woman can, np (dba awc centers) is a christ-centered ministry that provides a place for people to make informed decisions on unplanned pregnancy, sexual health and related mental health (emotional) health issues.

Human Services
3
Paws - Gulf Coast Humane Society

To provide facilities and veterinarian service to care for homeless and abandoned animals, while promoting animal adoption and public education as to the care and treatment of animals.

Animals
4
Hill Country Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To give every pet in the hill country the best life possible through successful rescue, adoption, community relationships, awareness, and advocacy.

Animals
5
Alamo Heights United Methodist Church Foundation Inc

The foundation was organized to receive endowment gifts given in support of alamo heights united methodist church (ahumc), to invest and manage these funds, to provide periodic distributions to ahumc, and to assist in carrying out ahumc's…

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6
Beefmaster Breeders United

To enhance breeders' ability to raise and promote cattle

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7
Border Missions

We distribute food, clothing, and toiletry items to the poor and needy along the TX-Mexico Border as well as ministering to their spiritual needs through services, health programs, and other humanitarian efforts.

Religion
8
Bexar County Medical Library Association

Maintenance of a public medical library and the advancement of the science and art of medicine.

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9
Harbor Playhouse Company Inc

Promotion/production of live theatre

Arts & Culture
10
Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council

To reduce death/disability related to trauma, disaster and acute illness through implementation of a well-planned and coordinated regional emergency response system.

Health
11
Waller Assist & Restor Ministries

The organization's mission is to provide emergency assistance with the goal of restoration for individuals and families who are experiencing economic stress. the organization operates a resale store.

Human Services
12
Fyims Inc

We save animals' lives. we find creative ways to do it and are passionate about success at it. animals are our primary clients and everything we do is based on what is in their best interest individually, or as a group.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Myelin Project. 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

32 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. 32 of the 55 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/32
Grantees still filing
23/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $79,989 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTR…St Mark Presbyterian Church: $39,000 · OtherSt Mark Presbyterian ChurchSan Antonio Jewish Federation: $20,000 · OtherSan Antonio Jewish Federation+38 more: $20,442 · Other+38 moreHILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD: $11,333 · Food & NutritionHILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,225 · Human ServicesBROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesKENDALL COUNTY WOMEN'S SHELTER: $550 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 · Human ServicesHOUSTON WELCOMES REFUGEES: $500 · Human ServicesComfort Constr Booster Club Inc: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,250 · Youth DevelopmentANIMAL FRIENDS OF PORT ARANSAS INC: $1,800 · AnimalsHILL COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE SPCA INC: $250 · AnimalsANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF TEXAS: $250 · AnimalsThe Georgetown Project: $1,250 · HealthHILL COUNTRY MISSION FOR HEALTH: $300 · Health+1 more: $50 · Health
Philanthropy$79,989Other$79,442Food & Nutrition$11,333Human Services$3,775Youth Development$3,250Animals$2,300Health$1,600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $79,989 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD: $11,333 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetComfort Constr Booster Club Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Georgetown Project: $1,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $1,234 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,225 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENDALL COUNTY WOMEN'S SHELTER: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON WELCOMES REFUGEES: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY MISSION FOR HEALTH: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE SPCA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF TEXAS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISH FOR OUR HEROES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRotary Club of Boerne: $200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChristian Journey Courses: $200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTrinity University: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBANDERA FIRE & RESCUE: $50 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

United Way of San Ant…The Community Foundat…San Antonio Area Foun…Shell USA Company Fou…Perry & Ruby Stevens …Faye L & William L Co…San Antonio Food BankStuart Griffin Perlit…Cb and Anita Branch T…John R & Greli N Less…Hal & Charlie Peterso…The Gvtc Foundation I…
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar CountyTX19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County · The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc · San Antonio Area Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Perry & Ruby Stevens Charitable Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · San Antonio Food Bank · Stuart Griffin Perlitz Foundation · Cb and Anita Branch Trust James L Drought Trustee · John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust #FE324 · Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation & Fd Mgmt Trust · The Gvtc Foundation 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 Muller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Muller Family 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% 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
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to The Muller Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Muller Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 55 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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