Texas · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON
FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,300 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($55,800). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $98k
- Net assets
- $46k
What Friends of Hondo Canyon does
Mission
Protect water in hondo canyon
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Legal expenses supporting bandera county river authority and groundwater district's denial of a large volume groundwater withdrawal permit. We represented members (n=253) and residents of the city of bandera (n=856). Expenses included depositiions, 3 day soah trial, and the hiring of 3 expert witnesses who presented scientific evidence that the groundwater requested was not available without causing harm to the availability of groundwater to other residents in bandera county, and other counties that rely on the trinity aquifers for their water supply.
$121,084 spent71% of program spendingAs part of our mission to assist the bandera county river authority and groundwater district, we raised funds to drill dedicated aquifer monitor wells so that the district could track aquifer levels using usgs satellite tracking. Two monitor wells on private land were completed in hondo canyon (middle trinity 2022 and lower trinity 2025). Funds for two additional wells monitoring the most western part of bandera county (sabinal canyon) were also raised. We presented a partner 501(c)(3) organization, bandera canyonlands alliance, with 50,000 to help fund drilling of monitor wells, asking them to identify a suitable site for the wells. Affected persons: residents of bandera county (n=2,300).
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants29% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $171,084.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $28k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON’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
FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
57% 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 FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 80% · 2023 91% — 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.
Where its funders are
57% of FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON'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 $43k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $98k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON?
- FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,300 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($55,800). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $98,300 in grants to FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $55,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF HONDO CANYON 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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