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The Phoenix Charitable Foundation

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.

$281k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$106k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$1.1MEducation$877kCommunity Improvement$543kHuman Services$288kYouth Development$213kPhilanthropy$179kReligion$152kArts & Culture$51kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $177k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$957k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY EDUCATION PARTNERS$106,000
SAISD FOUNDATION$70,500
CHILD BRIDGE$35,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$10,000
YOUNG LIFE - SAN ANTONIO$10,000
ESSSNCE PREPARATORY PUBLIC SCHOOL$10,000
SUNSET RIDGE CHURCH$5,000
ALAMO TRUST$5,000
ASCEND CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE$5,000
CLASSICAL MUSICAL INSTITUTE$5,000
ALAMO HEIGHTS SCHOOL FOUNDATION$3,750
MISSION ROAD MINISTRIES$2,500
MONTANA REVIVAL$2,500
THE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO$1,400
TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$1,150
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 (FY17–25, $325k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILD BRIDGE: $35k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $35k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $35k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $35k → 18%BK ASHER FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%CHILD BRIDGE: $35k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $35k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $10k → 18%GIRLS INC OF SAN ANTONIO: $1k → 16%HOPE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $1k → 16%NONPROFIT COUNCIL: $1k → 16%THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL: $1k → 16%THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL: $600 → 16%SAN ANTONIO NONPROFIT COUNCIL: $600 → 16%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 33 repeat orgs$291k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
32

Total granted

$3.4M
$263k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+21%

Still filing today

55%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • TB
    TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +68%
  • CB
    CHILD BRIDGE INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $220k · revenue +324%
  • E
    Edify
    3× · 2017–2019 · $125k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $101k
  • BA
    BK ASHER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue -98% · 100% of their budget
  • GO
    GOODWILL OF CENTRAL TEXAS
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
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
San Antonio Medical Foundation

The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.

Health
2
Sa Cancer Council

The mission of the sa cancer council is to provide financial resources for patient assistance services and cancer research to support the mays cancer center, home to ut health san antonio md anderson.

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3
Greater Satx

The mission of greater:satx is to lead the developemnt and diversification of san antonio regional economy through the recruitment and expansion of qualify employers and job producing investments.

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4
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
5
San Antonio Area Foundation

To serve as your most trusted and impactful philanthropic partner.

Philanthropy
6
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
7
Valor Texas Education Foundation

Valor's mission is to educate the whole person in authentic communities for a full human life. Through our K-12 tuition-free classical charter schools and the Valor Institute, we build communities dedicated to wisdom, virtue, and…

Education
8
Lone Star Flight Museum

Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) celebrates flight and achievements in Texas aviation, engages youth through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and believes aviation inspires achievement and endless possibilities.

Arts & Culture
9
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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10
San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association Foundation Inc
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11
Scott & White Hospital-College Station

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
12
Texas Medical Association

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…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bk Asher Foundation. 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

38 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. 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
29/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIPP TEXAS FUNDRAISING SAN ANTONIO: $540,000 · OtherKIPP TEXAS FUNDRAISING SAN ANTONIOCITY YEAR SAN ANTONIO: $170,000 · OtherCITY YEAR SAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $131,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $101,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Services: $70,000 · OtherIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Ser…YOUNG LIFE - SAN ANTONIO: $55,000 · Other+44 more: $172,168 · Other+44 moreTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,052,730 · HealthTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTI…+6 more: $8,625 · HealthTeach for America Inc: $491,500 · EducationTeach for Ameri…+3 more: $17,250 · EducationSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $326,500 · PhilanthropySan Antonio Fo…WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $76,000 · PhilanthropyWHITEFISH COMM…THE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $50,100 · PhilanthropyTHE CHARITY BA…KALISPELL REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $23,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $3,500 · PhilanthropyCHILD BRIDGE INC: $220,000 · Human ServicesCHILD BRI…BK ASHER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesBK ASHER …+3 more: $5,300 · Human ServicesEdify: $125,000 · InternationalSan Antonio Report: $22,500 · Arts & CultureWitte Museum: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAlamo Trust Inc: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,239,168Health$1,061,355Education$508,750Philanthropy$479,100Human Services$325,300International$125,000Arts & Culture$37,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,052,730 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $491,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $326,500 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetCHILD BRIDGE INC: $220,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetEdify: $125,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBK ASHER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $76,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Services: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $50,100 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetKALISPELL REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSan Antonio Report: $22,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBEXAR COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FDN TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART: $10,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWitte Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClassical Music Institute CMI: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMISSION ROAD MINISTRIES: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALAMO HEIGHTS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSA Life Academy: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHRIST HEALING CENTER MINISTRIES: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DEE HOWARD FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE NONPROFIT COUNCIL: $3,300 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL FORUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $1,625 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPregnancy Care Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetProject MEND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Kids Adventures: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSchreiner University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECUMENICAL CENTER FOR RELIGION AND HEALT: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF TEXAS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TEXAS CAVALIERS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds San Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD BRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Edify ↗
  • Who funds BK ASHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services ↗
  • Who funds THE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC ↗
  • Who funds KALISPELL REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds San Antonio Report ↗
  • Who funds BEXAR COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FDN TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART ↗
  • Who funds Witte Museum ↗
  • Who funds Classical Music Institute CMI ↗
  • Who funds MISSION ROAD MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ALAMO HEIGHTS SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SA Life Academy ↗
  • Who funds Alamo Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST HEALING CENTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE DEE HOWARD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds RISE RECOVERY ↗

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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Betty Stieren Kelso F…Greater Houston Commu…The Texas Cavaliers C…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Elizabeth Huth Coates…John L Santikos Chari…Mays Family FoundationPryor Myra Stafford C…Harvey E Najim Charit…Circle Bar FoundationThe Independent Chari…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX41× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · Mays Family Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Circle Bar Foundation · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund

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 Phoenix Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Phoenix Charitable 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 75 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.

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