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Winkler Family Foundation at a glance

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Winkler Family 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2022
37
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$1.0MEducation$683kRecreation & Sports$380kPublic Benefit$365kScience & Tech$307kArts & Culture$254kHealth$190kFood & Nutrition$185kOther$0
02FY2022 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $1,854,799, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,033,299 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $178,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $386k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $955k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$30,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CarbonPlan$250,000
Nature Conservancy of Texas$250,000
Swift River Valley Trust$150,000
One to One, Inc$150,000
Land Institute$100,000
University of Texas- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences$100,000
University of Texas- Biodiversity Center$80,000
Panthera Corporation$75,000
2Seeds Foundation$50,000
Go Austin/Vamos Austin$50,000
Jeremiah Program$50,000
The Breakthrough Institute$50,000
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County$50,000
ACLU Foundation of Texas$50,000
Brennan Center for Justice$40,000
02Its 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.
$3.2M · 37 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2022, 28 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
35

Total granted

$3.2M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+9%

Still filing today

35%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’22
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsEmploymentOther
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
    The Breakthrough Institute
    4× · 2017–2022 · $425k · revenue +101%
  • WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $115k · revenue +206%
  • ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc
    2× · 2018–2022 · $100k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • SL
    SCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT
    one grant, 2018 · $165k · revenue -57% · 27% of their budget
  • GL
    Genetic Literacy Project
    one grant, 2019 · $160k
  • SL
    Science Literacy Project
    one grant, 2017 · $120k
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.

03Its 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
Texas Water Foundation

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…

Environment
2
Texas a&M Research Foundation

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

Education
3
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

—
4
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
5
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
6
Texas Campaign for the Environment

Empowering Texans to fight pollution through sustained grassroots organizing campaigns that shift corporate and governmental policy.

Environment
7
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

—
8
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
9
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation

Support and strengthen austin public libraries

Education
10
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
11
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
12
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas; the most unlike its peers is Johnson City Vol Fire Dept. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

37 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. 37 of the 100 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
29/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Nature Conservancy of Texas: $375,000 · OtherNature Conservancy of TexasWaller Creek Convervancy WCC: $320,000 · OtherWaller Creek Convervancy WCCUniversity of Texas: $261,800 · OtherUniversity of TexasKLRU: $200,000 · OtherCornell Alliance for Science: $175,000 · OtherGenetic Literacy Project: $160,000 · OtherOne to One, Inc: $150,000 · OtherUniversity of Texas- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences: $150,000 · OtherSwift River Valley Trust: $150,000 · Other+70 more: $2,345,648 · Other+70 moreThe Breakthrough Institute: $425,000 · EnvironmentThe Breakthrough…CarbonPlan: $250,000 · EnvironmentCarbonPlanLAND TRUST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $50,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST OF SA…+8 more: $97,350 · Environment+8 moreSCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT: $165,000 · Public BenefitACLU Foundation of Texas Inc: $100,000 · Civil RightsTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 · Civil RightsWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $115,000 · EducationESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationSt Edwards University: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $5,500 · EducationPANTHERA CORPORATION: $75,000 · AnimalsCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $60,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,287,448Environment$822,350Public Benefit$165,000Civil Rights$150,000Education$140,500Animals$75,000Food & Nutrition$60,000

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 budgetThe Breakthrough Institute: $425,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCarbonPlan: $250,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetSCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT: $165,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Land Institute: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetACLU Foundation of Texas Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAND TRUST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGo AustinVamos Austin: $50,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN YOUTH RIVER WATCH: $25,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE COLORADO RIVER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHill Country Alliance: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Edwards University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE RIVER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE TEXAS DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetInformation Technology and Innovation Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $9,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFilm Society of Austin Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNSON CITY VOL FIRE DEPT: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWimberley Valley Watershed Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH BLANCO COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $500 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 The Breakthrough Institute ↗
  • Who funds CarbonPlan ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Land Institute ↗
  • Who funds ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds PANTHERA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds LAND TRUST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Go AustinVamos Austin ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS ↗

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.

Austin Community Foun…Silicon Valley Commun…Jacob and Terese Hers…United Way for Greate…Greater Houston Commu…Shield-Ayres Foundati…The Applied Materials…The Cynthia & George …Rockefeller Philanthr…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX22.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America

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.

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 100 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.5M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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