Texas · Public charity
The Onestar Foundation
Onestar strengthens texas communities by creating pathways for individuals and organizations to engage, connect, and accelerate their impact.
- $152k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $91,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $91,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 114
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations The Onestar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.6M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHealthOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $152k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $7.6M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $3.9M | 48% |
| FY2019 | 93 | $41M | 69% |
| FY2018 | 114 | $49M | 92% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $7.0M | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Public Safety & Disaster$96MCrime & Legal$10MHousing & Shelter$2.0MHealth$535kHuman Services$498kEducation$452kPhilanthropy$352kArts & Culture$303kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
MN
IL
NY
PA
CT
VA
MD
NM
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
GA
TX
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Victims of Crime Inc | $7,186,786 | 1 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $4,300,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Kaboom Inc | $3,908,130 | 3 | 6% |
| Education Service Center Region 3 | $3,508,284 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Center for Child and Family Studies | $2,370,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Region V Education Service Center | $2,340,124 | 2 | n/a |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | $2,314,891 | 1 | 8% |
| Houston Responds | $2,175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mennonite Disaster Service | $2,166,445 | 3 | n/a |
| Iconnect Outreach Inc | $2,163,000 | 2 | 76% |
Show all 214 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Victims of Crime Inc | $7,186,786 | 1 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $4,300,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Kaboom Inc | $3,908,130 | 3 | 6% |
| Education Service Center Region 3 | $3,508,284 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Center for Child and Family Studies | $2,370,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Region V Education Service Center | $2,340,124 | 2 | n/a |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | $2,314,891 | 1 | 8% |
| Houston Responds | $2,175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mennonite Disaster Service | $2,166,445 | 3 | n/a |
| Iconnect Outreach Inc | $2,163,000 | 2 | 76% |
| Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group | $2,104,353 | 3 | 45% |
| Liftfund Inc | $2,000,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Learning Undefeated Inc | $1,847,025 | 2 | 36% |
| Golden Crescent Habitat for Humanity | $1,662,836 | 2 | 40% |
| Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation | $1,600,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Wharton Recovery Team | $1,588,985 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $1,493,269 | 1 | 0% |
| Collaborative for Children | $1,482,704 | 1 | 12% |
| Town of Refugio | $1,479,640 | 2 | n/a |
| Mental Health America Greater Houston | $1,369,195 | 2 | n/a |
| Education Service Center Region IV of Texas | $1,332,004 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Brazoria County | $1,265,859 | 2 | 38% |
| Del Mar College Foundation Inc | $1,259,850 | 3 | 10% |
| Good360 | $1,250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Victoria County Long Term Recovery Center | $1,249,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lamar University | $1,154,116 | 1 | n/a |
| Refugio County | $1,131,070 | 2 | n/a |
| Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc | $1,111,880 | 2 | 9% |
| Rockport Fulton Isd Education Foundation Inc | $1,009,658 | 2 | 9% |
| The St Bernard Project Inc | $1,008,878 | 2 | 2% |
| Education Service Center Region II | $1,008,504 | 1 | 6% |
| Family Services of Southeast Texas Inc | $1,004,655 | 2 | 36% |
| Texas A&M University | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Network of Youth Services Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 79% |
| Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $926,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Nehemiah's Vision Inc | $828,195 | 1 | 51% |
| United Corpus Christi Chamber Foundation | $775,000 | 1 | 73% |
| Rio Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church | $750,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Attack Poverty | $750,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area | $750,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools | $737,150 | 2 | 1% |
| Rockport Hands of Hope | $718,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Woodsboro | $708,366 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc | $708,267 | 1 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs in Texas | $694,977 | 2 | 87% |
| Buildingcommunityworkshop | $670,148 | 1 | 41% |
| Missions on Wheels Inc | $667,000 | 2 | 77% |
| The Water Institute of the Gulf | $657,980 | 1 | 7% |
| Victoria Isd Education Foundation Inc | $657,000 | 1 | 83% |
| Family Service Center of Galveston County Texas | $650,151 | 2 | 12% |
| Refugio County Memorial Hospital District | $638,032 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Aransas Pass | $610,172 | 3 | n/a |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc | $600,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $582,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Community Toolbank Inc | $575,500 | 3 | 15% |
| United Way of the Crossroads | $559,243 | 2 | 31% |
| Otr Resources | $550,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Port Aransas Education Foundation | $520,700 | 2 | 27% |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $516,318 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Bayside | $512,006 | 2 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Rockport | $511,875 | 1 | n/a |
| Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Rockport Art Association Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Kaleidoscope Youth Development Service Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| University of Houston Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $495,065 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church | $493,400 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Rockport | $460,822 | 1 | n/a |
| Digital Workforce Academy | $450,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Target Hunger Inc | $441,193 | 2 | 7% |
| West Street Recovery | $439,230 | 2 | 11% |
| Just Do It Now Inc | $390,923 | 1 | n/a |
| Aransas County | $388,398 | 2 | n/a |
| Disaster Services Corporation-Society of St Vincent de Paul USA | $375,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Buckner Children & Family Services Inc | $370,803 | 2 | 1% |
| Town of Fulton | $363,162 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Association of Regional Councils | $355,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church of Rockport | $351,367 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelter Providers of Houston Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Hardin Jefferson Education Foundation Inc | $348,334 | 1 | 92% |
| Port Arthur Education Foundation Inc | $348,204 | 1 | 36% |
| Urban Harvest Inc | $347,435 | 1 | 15% |
| Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc | $324,531 | 1 | 10% |
| Refugio County Community Foundation | $321,383 | 2 | n/a |
| Depelchin Children's Center | $315,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History | $303,394 | 1 | 10% |
| Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Harris Montgomery Community College District | $300,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Houston Community College Foundation | $300,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Nueces County | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Medical Center | $298,373 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Port Aransas | $279,500 | 1 | n/a |
| McLennan Community College | $278,332 | 2 | n/a |
| 4b Disaster Response Network | $275,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Jefferson County | $269,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Salvation Army | $263,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rockport-Fulton Chamber Foundation | $252,500 | 1 | 47% |
| Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Odyssey After-School Enrichment Program | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rebuilding Together San Antonio Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Bend Center for Independent Living | $239,415 | 2 | 5% |
| Lifeshare Blood Center | $204,672 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Houston | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ingleside Isd Education Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Victoria College Foundation Inc | $190,000 | 1 | 9% |
| City of Bay City | $181,191 | 1 | n/a |
| Eight Days of Hope Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Victoria County Long-Term Recovery Group | $167,952 | 1 | 24% |
| YES Prep Public Schools Inc | $165,870 | 1 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools Southeast Texas | $160,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Meals on Wheels South Texas | $154,753 | 2 | 24% |
| Rushing Estes Knowles Mortuary Inc | $152,153 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $151,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Utmb Galveston | $140,226 | 2 | n/a |
| Humble Area Economic Development Foundation Inc | $134,248 | 2 | 56% |
| Aransas Pass for Youth Inc | $131,700 | 1 | 40% |
| Orange County | $128,434 | 2 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels Texas | $125,000 | 1 | 35% |
| United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce | $125,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Toolbank USA Inc | $112,450 | 1 | 9% |
| Texana Center | $108,868 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Casa Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| BakerRipley | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avenue Community Development Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Recovery Houston Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sandcastle Ministries Church | $100,000 | 1 | 85% |
| New Hope Housing Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Ingleside | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Port Neches | $97,762 | 2 | n/a |
| Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools | $95,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sabine County | $94,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Childrens Coalition of Aransas Co | $93,600 | 1 | 64% |
| Communities in Schools of San Antonio | $91,800 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Sweeny | $91,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Texas Nonprofit Development Center | $88,173 | 1 | 70% |
| The Devereux Foundation | $87,363 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Coastal Bend Inc | $87,085 | 1 | 8% |
| Alvin Community College Foundation | $87,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Palacios | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Assistance Ministries | $84,700 | 1 | 1% |
| National Association of Social Workers | $82,891 | 2 | 1% |
| Tri County Emergency Medical Services Inc | $82,789 | 1 | 8% |
| Colorado County | $81,460 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson County Texas | $81,180 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Youth Corps | $79,495 | 1 | n/a |
| Good News Inc | $79,101 | 1 | 68% |
| Peoplefund | $78,550 | 2 | 5% |
| Liberty County | $77,749 | 1 | n/a |
| Aup | $75,046 | 1 | 5% |
| Texas Health & Human Scvs Commission | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Somebody Cares America Inc | $69,130 | 1 | 8% |
| Jewish Family Service | $69,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rosenberg Animal Control and Shelter | $68,638 | 1 | n/a |
| Communities in Schools-Bay Area Inc | $66,300 | 1 | 3% |
| Communities in Schools of Central Texas | $60,169 | 1 | 0% |
| Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce | $60,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Austin County | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lone Star Assoc Charitable Clinics | $60,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Latinitas Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Sharing Hands A Respite Experience Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Mental Health America of Southeast Texas | $59,493 | 1 | 32% |
| Brazoria County | $57,175 | 1 | n/a |
| Bayou City Waterkeeper Inc | $56,644 | 1 | 25% |
| Odyssey 2020 Academy Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Wharton | $54,696 | 1 | n/a |
| Polk County | $50,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Combined Arms | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| First United Methodist Church of Wharton | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Area Women's Center | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Little League Baseball Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Parks Board | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Laredo | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Antonio Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| City of Port Arthur | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri County Fire Department Inc | $49,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Tejano Center for Community Concerns Inc | $44,475 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M University | $43,285 | 1 | n/a |
| Refugee Services of Texas Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Arts Alliance | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Wallis | $37,172 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc | $36,225 | 2 | 0% |
| City of Cuero | $35,985 | 1 | n/a |
| Twef International Inc | $32,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Onegoal | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Genesys Works | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lamar Educational Awards Foundation | $28,762 | 1 | 4% |
| Waller County | $25,280 | 1 | n/a |
| Hand to Hold | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| San Patricio County | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Bend County Women's Center Inc Sos/Shelter-Outreach-Solutions | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orange Chamber of Commerce | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| San Jacinto Community College Foundation Inc | $24,056 | 1 | 1% |
| Beeville County Elections Administration | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Outdoorsmen in Action Inc | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Alvin | $21,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Ut Health Science Center - Houston | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home | $17,847 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Bend County | $14,038 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Schulenburg | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Calhoun County Elections Office | $12,828 | 1 | n/a |
| North Channel Assistance Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Episcopal Church | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Chamber of Commerce | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| City Missouri City | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Simonton | $6,978 | 1 | n/a |
| So Tx Reg Planning Comm | $3,917 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($596k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Onestar Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 29 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 125 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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 125.
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.
Center for Disaster Philanthropy IncDC71.6× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc · Coastal Bend Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · Houston Endowment Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Save The Children Federation Inc · Ed Rachal Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Houston Food Bank · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · The Brown 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.
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About The Onestar Foundation
- How much does The Onestar Foundation give?
- The Onestar Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $151,969 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 114 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Onestar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (86%), Crime & Legal (9%), Housing & Shelter (2%).
- Who are The Onestar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Center for Victims of Crime Inc ($7.2M), Donorschooseorg ($4.3M), Kaboom Inc ($3.9M).
- Does The Onestar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Onestar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc, Coastal Bend Community Foundation, United Way of Greater Houston.
- Where is The Onestar Foundation based?
- The Onestar Foundation is based in TX.
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