Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation
Kerrville, TX · EIN 74-1109626. Reported 199 grants totalling $7,930,911 to 106 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Hal & Charlie Peterson 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $666,667. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schreiner University | Kerrville, TX | $676,923 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital | Kerrville, TX | $666,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hill Country Youth Ranch | Ingram, TX | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raphael Community Free Clinic Inc | Kerrville, TX | $416,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Kerrville, TX | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heart of the Hills Heritage Foundation | Kerrville, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arthur Nagel Community Clinic Inc | Bandera, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Health Development Inc | Uvalde, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hill Country Christian Counseling Center Inc | Kerrville, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hill Country Mission for Health Inc | Boerne, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Lion's Camp | Kerrville, TX | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity - Kerr County | Kerrville, TX | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doyle School Community Center | Kerrville, TX | $178,746 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hill Country Dailiy Bread Ministries | Boerne, TX | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kerr County YMCA | Kerrville, TX | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercy Gate Ministries | Ingram, TX | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rainbow Senior Center Foundation | Boerne, TX | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Texas Hill Country | Fredericksburg, TX | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christian Women's Job Corps of Kerr County | Kerrville, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Comfort Public Library | Comfort, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frio Canyon Ems | Leakey, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kimble Rural Fire Department | Junction, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Men's Job Corps of Kerr County | Kerrville, TX | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Schreiner University (landers Fund) | Kerrville, TX | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Food Bank | San Antonio, TX | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Heritage Music Foundation Inc | Fredericksburg, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Bandera County | Bandera, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Playhouse 2000 Inc | Kerrville, TX | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Grace Center | Fredericksburg, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Notre Dame Catholic School | Kerrville, TX | $60,477 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bandera County Committee on Aging Inc | Bandera, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Silver Sage (bandera Committee on Aging Inc) | Bandera, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Child's Place Learning Center | Kerrville, TX | $56,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bandera Natural History Museum | Bandera, TX | $54,750 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arcadia Live | Kerrville, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charlotte Mason Schools International | Kerrville, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Families & Literacy Inc | Kerrville, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ingram Little League | Ingram, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kerr County Christian Action Council | Kerrville, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Hearts Child Development Center | Fredericksburg, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sight Savers America | Pelham, AL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kerr County Vincentenian Organization | Kerrville, TX | $48,490 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Art 2 Heart | Kerrville, TX | $47,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital (lapham Fund) | Kerrville, TX | $41,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Castle Lake Ranch Volunteer Fire Department | Pipe Creek, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center Point Area Historic Preservation Association | Center Point, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country | Kerrville, TX | $40,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kstar Inc | Kerrville, TX | $37,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hill Country Arts Foundation | Ingram, TX | $36,193 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center Point Volunteer Fire Department | Center Point, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hill Country Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Inc | Kerrville, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hill Country SPCA | Fredericksburg, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ems of Nueces County Inc | Camp Wood, TX | $33,116 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fredericksburg Commuinity Health Center | Kerrville, TX | $32,195 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Men's Job Corps | Kerrville, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christian Women's Job Corps | Kerrville, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Cibolo Wilderness | Boerne, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Any Baby Can | San Antonio, TX | $26,825 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kerrville Pets Alive | Kerrville, TX | $25,450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blessings in a Backpack | Lousiville, KY | $25,350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Admiral Nimitz Foudnation | Fredericksburg, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas Inc | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Fredrickburg | Fredericksburg, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Echo Hill Inc | Medina, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Library Association (ral County Public Library) | Leakey, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hill Country CASA | Kerrville, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hill Country District Junior Livestock Show Association | Kerrville, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junction Isd | Junction, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moonlight Fund Inc | Bandera, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pathways Youth & Family Services | Kerrville, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas A&m Foundation | College Station, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas Inc | Kerrville, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bandera Public Library | Bandera, TX | $24,225 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kerr County Young Life | Kerrville, TX | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kerr County United Way | Kerrville, TX | $23,550 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bandera City Marshal's Office | Bandera, TX | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Symphony of the Hills Association | Kerrville, TX | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junction Community After School Program & Family Center | Junction, TX | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hill Country Rehabilitation House | Kerrville, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ingram Isd | Ingram, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kerrconnect | Kerrville, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Services Council for Kerrville State Hospital | Kerrville, TX | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Doggie 4 You | Pipe Creek, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christian Job Corps of Gillespie County | Fredericksburg, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clarity Child Guidance Center | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Comfort Golden Age Center Foundation | Comfort, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Kerrville, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Light on the Hill | Kerrville, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yes Center of the First Prebyterian Church | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hill Country Youth Orchestras Inc | Kerrville, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bandera Foster Closet | Bandera, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Church of the Colored People of Gillespie County | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kendall County Partnership for Parks | Boerne, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kerr County 4-H | Kerrville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kerrville Isd | Kerrville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Hill Country Higher Education Development Foundation | Fredericksburg, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Round Up Animal Alliance | Center Point, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bandera 4-H Shotgun Club | Bandera, TX | $9,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dietert Center | Kerrville, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Ultimate Gift of Life | Kerrville, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medina Community Public Library | Medina, TX | $5,879 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frontier Times Museum | Bandera, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Honor Veterans Now | Fredericksburg, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Public Radio | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kerr County United Way (johnson Fund) | Kerrville, TX | $1,375 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
45 of 106 (42%) 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 57%, 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.
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.
- Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital
1ST OF 3 INSTALLMENTS FOR $2M GRANT FOR "TODAY. TOMORROW. ALWAYS." CAMPAIGN - Heart of the Hills Heritage Foundation
ASSIST FUNDING FOR DISPLAY COSTS, INTERACTIVE AUDIO/VIDEO FEATURES & START UP COSTS - Hill Country Youth Ranch
OPERATING SUPPORT FOR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS - Salvation Army
ASSIST WITH THE REMODEL OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES BUILIDING - Community Health Development Inc
FUNDING TO EXPAND COMPREHENSIVE CARE IN REAL COUNTY - Schreiner University
FUNDING FOR NURSING PROGRAM, HILL COUNTRY COLLEGE FUND, AND COMMNUITY SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 120 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | $2,887,924 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $1,744,145 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 50 | $1,465,692 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 49 | $1,833,150 | $25,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation has 25 of them, worth $2,449,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital | Kerrville, TX | $1,333,333 |
| Salvation Army | Kerrville, TX | $140,000 |
| West Kerr County Chamber of Commerce | Ingram, TX | $127,000 |
| The Salvation Army | Kerrville, TX | $110,000 |
| City of Kerrville | Kerrville, TX | $106,002 |
| Kerr County Christian Action Council | Kerrville, TX | $50,000 |
| Kerr County Christian Action Council | Kerrville, TX | $50,000 |
| Kerr County YMCA | Kerrville, TX | $50,000 |
| Admiral Nimitz Foudnation | Fredericksburg, TX | $50,000 |
| Kerr County Christian Action Council | Kerrville, TX | $50,000 |
| Hill Country Arts Foundation | Ingram, TX | $49,500 |
| Kerrville Isd | Kerrville, TX | $40,000 |
| Kerr County Area Christian Assistance Ministry | Kerrville, TX | $36,915 |
| Playhouse 2000 Inc | Kerrville, TX | $30,000 |
| Hill Country District Junior Livestock Show Association | Kerrville, TX | $30,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% 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.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- 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.
- 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 Hal & Charlie Peterson 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: P O Box 293870, Kerrville, TX, 78029. 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.
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