· Private foundation
The Neill 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $2,200 |
| VORTEX THEATER | $2,161 |
| UNITY CHURCH OF THE HILLS | $1,489 |
| FIRST SPIRITUALIST CHURCH | $1,466 |
| AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL | $1,353 |
| JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN | $800 |
| SMALL THEATER COMPANY | $384 |
| KUT | $317 |
| AUSTIN THEATER ALLIANCE | $300 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $234 |
| CITY THEATER | $200 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $175 |
| Individual grant recipient | $161 |
| TAYLOR PRIDE | $150 |
| AUSTIN ZOO | $150 |
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 (FY22–22, $81) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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 +23% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 9 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFAustin Film Festival Inc2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +23%
- TJTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN INC4× · 2021–2024 · $3k · revenue +54%
- COCARITAS OF AUSTIN4× · 2020–2024 · $326 · revenue +40%
Funded once
- GFGO FUND ME - ADDIE KINNEY CANCERone grant, 2023 · $1k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $1k
- TATHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTEone grant, 2023 · $517 · revenue +1%
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.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.
Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…
We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.
Aahi is a nonprofit biotech research institute, bringing together the best experts, technologies, and platforms to create accessible, high-quality products and solutions for harnessing the immune system to alleviate disease.
The mission of the american tinnitus association is to promote relief, help prevent, and research tinnitus cures, evidenced by its core values of compassion, credibility, and responsibility.compassion: evidenced in a spirit of hope…
Aaro, a non-partisan thought leader for central texas, has worked behind the scenes on critical regional issues since 1980. the membership is an intentionally diverse group of central texas leaders drawn from business, industry, education,…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
To advance knowledge, foster intellectual curiosity, build community, and empower lives of purpose, service, and leadership.
2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…
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
12 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. 12 of the 44 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 Austin Film Festival Inc ↗
- Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN INC ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGETOWN PALACE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN ZOO INC ↗
- Who funds BACKPACK FRIENDS INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Neill Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Neill Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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