· Private foundation
Vickrey 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, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARBORETUM SAN ANTONIO | $25,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH | $5,000 |
| CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AT CASTLE HILLS | $5,000 |
| ST JUDES CHILDREN HOSPITAL | $2,000 |
| CASTLE HILLS FIRST BAPTIST SCHOOL | $1,200 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $1,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $500 |
| TEXAS VALUES ACTION | $500 |
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 (FY21–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +62% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 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, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCHRISTIAN SCHOOL AT CASTLE HILLS4× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +105%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +112%- SASAN ANTONIO MEDICAL FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2022 · $6k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- TUTHE UNITED WAY INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -9%
- SASTELOS ALLIANCEgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +27%
- OLOUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIOone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +22%
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.
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…
Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
To inspire and influence the culture in Fort Worth by joyfully engaging our students with the classics, which are the foundation of Western civilization and point to the most important historical even of humanity, the Incarnation of our…
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Letourneau university is a comprehensive institution of christian higher education where educators engage learners to nurture christian virtue, to develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, to integrate faith and work,…
Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.
St. Peter Catholic High School empowers students to be models of faith through Catholic spiritual formation, while providing a creative and comprehensive education in career and technical pathways.
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 26 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 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AT CASTLE HILLS ↗
- Who funds Arboretum San Antonio ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TEXAS VALUES ACTION ↗
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds STELOS ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
- Who funds LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Vickrey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vickrey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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