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The Zachry Foundation at a glance

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The Zachry 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.

$190k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$168k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$388kReligion$355kEducation$110kHuman Services$78kEnvironment$61kYouth Development$30kRecreation & Sports$18kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $168k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$794k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio$167,500
Sunset Ridge Church$10,000
Good Samaritan Community CEnter$7,500
John R McFarlin Tennis Foundation$5,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The University of Texas Foundation INc: $10k → 10%MORGANS WONDERLAND INCLUSION FUND: $10k → 16%THE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 12%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%Eposcopal Diocese of West Texas: $175k → 16%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF WEST TEXAS: $80k → 16%EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF WEST TEXAS: $50k → 16%San Antonio Botanical Garden Society Inc: $41k → 16%HEADWATERS AT INCARNATE WORD: $10k → 16%Sunset Ridge Church: $10k → 16%SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL SOCIETY: $10k → 16%WITTE MUSEUM: $10k → 16%WITTE MUSEUM: $10k → 16%Remember the Alamo Foundation: $50k → 16%YOSA: $25k → 16%YOSA: $15k → 16%HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $10k → 16%John R McFarlin Tennis Foundation: $5k → 16%Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc: $30k → 16%Good Samaritan Community Center of Sa: $15k → 16%AVANCE SAN ANTONIO: $15k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY CENTER SA: $15k → 16%AVANCE SAN ANTONIO: $15k → 16%Good Samaritan Community CEnter: $8k → 16%SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $10k → 16%Youth Orchestras of San Antonio: $168k → 16%Youth Orchestras of San Antonio: $150k → 16%SAISD Foundation: $25k → 16%SA YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP: $15k → 16%SA YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP: $15k → 16%SAN ANTONIO SPORTS FOUNDATION: $3k → 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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$598k · 7 repeat orgs$454k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +221% since the first grant, against +118% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$598k
$431k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+221%
+118%

Still filing today

43%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • YO
    YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO
    2× · 2023–2024 · $318k · revenue +221%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +88%
  • WM
    Witte Museum
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +370%

Funded once

  • ED
    Eposcopal Diocese of West Texas
    one grant, 2023 · $175k
  • RT
    Remember the Alamo Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +336%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $41k · revenue -12%
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
San Antonio Area Foundation

To serve as your most trusted and impactful philanthropic partner.

Philanthropy
3
University of Texas At San Antonio Alumni Association

To engage our alumni in activities that will advance utsa as a top-tier institution. our focus is to deliver value-added services and events where our alumni can connect with each other, with current students and/or with the university. we…

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4
San Antonio River Foundation

Through its outreach, whether through educational field trips or public art, the san antonio river foundation's goal is to inspire stewardship and broader public conservation of the 240 miles of the san antonio river and its native…

Environment
5
Arboretum San Antonio

Arboretum San Antonio (ASA), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2021, is building a world-class arboretum on the former Republic Golf Course in the heart of San Antonios historic Southside. The first in San Antonio and the…

Environment
6
Texas a&M San Antonio Foundation

To furnish Texas AM University-San Antonio with provisions for future and perpetual financial support for its students to help them succeed during college and in the future as valuable contributing members of the community

Education
7
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
8
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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9
Tennis Officials of San Antonio Association
Recreation & Sports
10
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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11
Symphony Society of San Antonio

The san antonio symphony's mission is to delight, engage, and inspire the entire community through excellent performance, education, and outreach

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12
San Antonio Association for Financial Professionals

The san antonio association for financial professionals [saafp] is a regional educational forum for individuals involved in all aspects of the finance profession. saafp hosts educational luncheons and networking events to facilitate the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Washington and Lee University. 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

13 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. 13 of the 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO: $317,500 · OtherYOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIOEposcopal Diocese of West Texas: $175,000 · OtherEposcopal Diocese of West TexasDIOCESE OF WEST TEXAS: $130,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF WEST TEXASYOSA: $40,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · OtherSA YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP: $30,000 · OtherAVANCE SAN ANTONIO: $30,000 · Other+10 more: $87,500 · Other+10 moreRemember the Alamo Foundation: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWitte Museum: $20,000 · Arts & CultureALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationWashington and Lee University: $25,000 · EducationSAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $41,000 · EnvironmentSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $25,000 · PhilanthropyHeadwaters at Incarnate Word Inc: $10,000 · Crime & LegalHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$840,000Arts & Culture$70,000Education$55,000Environment$41,000Philanthropy$25,000Crime & Legal$10,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

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 budgetYOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO: $317,500 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetRemember the Alamo Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $41,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWitte Museum: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHeadwaters at Incarnate Word Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO SPORTS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Pryor Myra Stafford C…Elizabeth Huth Coates…Faye L & William L Co…Greater Houston Commu…John R & Greli N Less…The Texas Cavaliers C…San Antonio Area Foun…William & Salome McAl…RICHTER RESPONSIBILIT…Pat & Tom Frost Found…The Nancy Wood Moorma…80-20 Foundation
Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100TX17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust #FE324 · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation · William & Salome McAllen Scanlan Foundation · RICHTER RESPONSIBILITY FUND FKA Holt Family Foundation · Pat & Tom Frost Foundation F0731600 · The Nancy Wood Moorman Foundation · 80-20 Foundation

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 Zachry Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Zachry Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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