· Private foundation
Woods Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $135k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $328k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Girls Inc San Antonio | $117,643 |
| JEWISH SENIOR CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO | $110,000 |
| FREDERICKSBURG BIBLE CHURCH | $50,000 |
| ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| CHILDREN'S SHELTER | $30,000 |
| UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO | $25,000 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER | $20,000 |
| OUR DAILY BREAD | $20,000 |
| Blood and Tissue Foundation | $10,000 |
| HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THRU PROJECT | $10,000 |
| ISRAEL AM | $10,000 |
| 1 W 54TH ST FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| UTSA | $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 (FY20–24, $193k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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.
8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 7 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, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GIGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO2× · 2022–2024 · $143k · revenue -4%
- JSJEWISH SENIOR CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO2× · 2023–2024 · $115k
- ANADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITYone grant, 2021 · $25k
- TSTexas State Universityone grant, 2022 · $25k
- LLLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY OF TXone grant, 2021 · $15k
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.
Provides short term shelter, housing and other services for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in bexar county.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.
Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.
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…
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…
The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…
Publishing a local online news source. We believe a well informed and connected community is essential to making San Antonio a better place to live, work and play.
She Is Safe prevents, rescues and restores women and girls from abuse and exploitation in high risk communities across the globe, equipping them to build lives of freedom and faith for a strong future. We accomplish our work in partnership…
Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.
To serve as your most trusted and impactful philanthropic partner.
The montessori school of san antonio (mssa) guides children to be passionate learners, independent thinkers, and engaged citizens. through the guiding principles of montessori curriculum and the school culture, children develop critical…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 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.
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 GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
- Who funds ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER ↗
- Who funds OUR DAILY BREAD INC ↗
- Who funds THRU PROJECT ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Respite Care of San Antonio Inc ↗
- Who funds RBC MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART ↗
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: San Antonio Area Foundation · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Nustar Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Woods Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Woods Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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