· Private foundation
W D Kelley 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $61k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $281k
- $50k–250k16 grants · $1.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| TEMPLE COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $142,600 |
| BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN | $120,997 |
| CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS | $105,000 |
| YMCA OF CENTRAL TX | $100,000 |
| ROUND ROCK ISD EDUCATION FDN | $91,964 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE GEORGETOWN AREA | $90,000 |
| CASA OF WM COUNTY | $87,097 |
| GEORGETOWN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | $75,000 |
| TAYLOR EDUC ENRICHMENT FDN | $63,000 |
| GEORGETOWN ISD EDUCATION FDN | $61,569 |
| AUSTIN COLLEGE | $60,000 |
| LEANDER EDUC EXCELLENCE FDN | $53,200 |
| LADDERS FOR LEADERS | $50,000 |
| HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $472k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
40 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 18 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, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $540k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BIBROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC8× · 2017–2024 · $353k · revenue +217%
- RRROUND ROCK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION3× · 2022–2024 · $211k · revenue +51%
- SUSOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY4× · 2017–2021 · $121k · revenue +59%
Funded once
- CTCENTRAL TX PHILHARMONIC INCone grant, 2023 · $50k
- JTJAILS TO JOBSone grant, 2023 · $50k
- FUFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $35k
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.
The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…
Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.
The texas association for the gifted and talented connects and empowers educators and parents to meet the unique needs of gifted & talented individuals through awareness, advocacy and action.
Our School provides an intellectually challenging education for girls in a supportive and creative environment, and inspires girls to achieve personal excellence and to go on to lead distinguished and fulfilling lives.
Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…
Cultural development and charity work for the state of telangana
The mission of the texas higher education foundation is to increase participation and success in higher education for all texans. the foundation is a support organization for the texas higher education coordinating board. it exists to…
The primary goal of Great Hearts America-Texas is to graduate thoughtful leaders of character who will contribute to a more philosophical, humane, and just society.
Texas water foundation is a statewide nonprofit that provides educational resources and educational services on water in texas for decision makers, water professionals, and everyday texans. texas water foundation works in the areas of…
Opportunity austin is a regional economic development initiative aimed at fostering job-creating investment across the austin and central texas region.
How this is measured
46 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. 46 of the 101 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 BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds TEMPLE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROUND ROCK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Simple Sparrow ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GEORGETOWN AREA ↗
- Who funds CASA of Williamson County Texas ↗
- Who funds LADDERS FOR LEADERS ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC ↗
- Who funds HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds KEEP TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGETOWN PALACE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLSTART ↗
- Who funds TEMPLE COMMUNITY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds A GIFT OF TIME - ADULT DAY CARE ↗
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: Georgetown Healthcare System Inc · Georgetown Area Community Foundation · Central Texas Community Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Topfer Family Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · United Way of Williamson County · Shell USA Company Foundation · Bud & Norma Johnson Family Foundati · Nolan Ryan Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization W D Kelley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W D Kelley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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