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Abundant Grace Foundation

Wimberley, TX · EIN 26-2281076. Reported 106 grants totalling $212,081 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500median grant
$212,081granted, 2021-2024
56organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$243,201assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Abundant Grace Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $1,000; the smallest was $14 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
74 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
19 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Wimberley Village Library FoundationWimberley, TX$50,000222023
Bridges to LifeHouston, TX$35,705442024
Zoe EmpowersRaleigh, NC$29,500332023
Cypress Creek ChurchWimberley, TX$24,850442024
Camp CommunityWimberley, TX$20,308112024
Wimberley Good NeighborWimberley, TX$4,858112022
Barnabas ConnectionWimberley, TX$4,500442024
St Lukes UMCHouston, TX$4,500222024
Hill Country AllianceDripping Springs, TX$4,000332024
Emerge FellowshipHouston, TX$2,000332024
Empowering Women LeadersWimberley, TX$2,000112024
St Luke's UMCHouston, TX$2,000112021
TespaAustin, TX$2,000332024
Wimberley Valley Arts and Cultural AllianceWimberley, TX$1,800332024
Crisis BreadbasketWimberley, TX$1,500332024
Friends of Wimberley Village LibraryWimberley, TX$1,500222024
Child Fund InternationalRichmond, VA$1,404332024
Wimberley Community Civic ClubWimberley, TX$1,355442024
Wimberley Institute of CulturesWimberley, TX$1,300332024
Start Up Kids ClubWimberley, TX$1,100222023
Austin Speech LabsAustin, TX$1,040112024
Amigos De JesusWimberley, TX$1,000112021
Emily Ann TheatreWimberley, TX$1,000332024
Houston RevisionHouston, TX$1,000112024
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower CenterAustin, TX$1,000222024
MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX$1,000112024
Raise Up FamiliesHouston, TX$1,000332024
Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX$1,000112023
Let's Go Adventure CampWimberley, TX$710112023
Klru-TvAustin, TX$615442024
Texas Fair Defense ProjectAustin, TX$600332024
Freedom CaninesWimberley, TX$515112024
Friends of Wimmberley Village LibraryWimberley, TX$500112021
Good SamaritanFredericksburg, TX$500112023
Good Samaritan Community ServiceSan Antonio, TX$500112021
Justice for All ImmigrantsHouston, TX$500112023
Houston Junior LeagueHouston, TX$400332023
Kut Public RadioAustin, TX$365332024
Campus Crusade for ChristOrlando, FL$250112023
Campus Crusade for ChristHouston, TX$250112021
Center for Action and ContemplationAlbuquerque, NM$250112021
Justice for Our NeighborsHouston, TX$250112021
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterAustin, TX$250112021
Make a WishAustin, TX$250112022
Earth Mission AsiaSiloam Springs, AR$200112021
PropublicaNew York, NY$200222023
Childfund InternationalRichmond, VA$132112021
Kut Public Media StudiosAustin, TX$120112021
Strength Through StridesBeaumont, TX$100112023
Texas TribuneAustin, TX$100112024
University of TexasAustin, TX$100112023
Wikipedia Foundation IncWashington, DC$55332024
The ChosenNorthlake, TX$50112021
Internet ArchiveSan Francisco, CA$39222024
Native Plant SocietyWimberley, TX$35112022
Wimberley Community ChorusWimberley, TX$25112021

26 of 56 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 19 grants to individuals totalling $39,960 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 51 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
10 grants
Crime & Legal
9 grants
International Affairs
7 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Religion
5 grants
Education
5 grants
Environment
4 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202127$56,686$250
202218$32,583$384
202333$65,926$500
202428$56,886$532

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 85% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$180K
North Carolina
$30K
Virginia
$2K
Florida
$250
New Mexico
$250
New York
$200
Arkansas
$200
District of Columbia
$55

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Abundant Grace Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3000 Flite Acres Road, Wimberley, TX, 78676. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 26-2281076 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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