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British American Foundation of Texas
British American Foundation of Texas (Texas) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,651 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($83,119). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $275k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What British American Foundation of Texas does
Mission
See Schedule O.The British American Foundation of Texas (BAFTX) enables financially challenged, Texas-based students who excel academically to fulfill their exceptional potential by supporting their US college education. We also provide a unique student learning experience in the UK, giving an early opportunity to broaden perspective and personal vision. Together, these support their aspirations to become leaders in their chosen fields, changing their lives and communities by increasing access to education and meeting the needs of tomorrow's STEM and business workforce.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
BAFTX no longer awards the Women in STEM Scholarship. Instead, eligible students are now awarded a general undergraduate scholarship that is available to all applicants who meet BAFTX's established criteria.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The Undergraduate Scholarship program provides funds to cover educational expenses at a university in Texas for the 2025-2026 school year. It also provides for up to four undergraduate students from Swansea University in the UK to attend a semester at a Texas university, based on the same criteria. In 2025, 122 undergraduate scholarships were awarded.
$627,533 spentof which $575,659 as grants90% of program spendingThe International STEM program provides High School Juniors the opportunity to attend the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) in the UK. In 2025, ten International STEM scholarships were awarded.
$72,623 spentof which $72,623 as grants10% of program spendingIn 2025, the Susan Howard Community Service Scholarship Award was granted to one deserving student. This student has deferred their payment so no funds were issued in 2025.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $700,156.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.7M (+30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
93% of British American Foundation of Texas’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kay Thomson
Executive Director
Board chair
Kevin Howard
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $24k → $48k.
8 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of British American Foundation of Texas’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
British American Foundation of Texas has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund British American Foundation of Texas.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 63% · 2020 67% · 2021 47% · 2022 40% · 2023 33% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
20% of British American Foundation of Texas's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
63% of British American Foundation of Texas's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $101k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $174k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
British American Foundation of Texas holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like British American Foundation of Texas
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for British American Foundation of Texas: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds British American Foundation of Texas?
- British American Foundation of Texas (Texas) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,651 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($83,119). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does British American Foundation of Texas have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $274,651 in grants to British American Foundation of Texas, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of British American Foundation of Texas?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $83,119 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like British American Foundation of Texas find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing