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Robert & Kathey Anderson Foundation

Victoria, TX · EIN 74-3015784. Reported 183 grants totalling $2,363,400 to 67 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$2,363,400granted, 2020-2024
67organizations funded
78%of grantees funded again the next year
$129,942assets, 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. Robert & Kathey Anderson 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $233,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
34 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
57 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
66 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
16 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants
$100,000 and Up
3 grants

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
Concordia Lutheran ChurchSan Antonio, TX$585,000552024
Turning PointSan Diego, CA$125,000552024
Heritage FoundationWashington, DC$85,000332022
Haven for HopeSan Antonio, TX$80,000442024
The Salvation ArmySan Antonio, TX$80,000442024
Ut Health Science CenterSan Antonio, TX$75,000442024
Doctor's Without Borders USANew York, NY$60,000442024
Pregnancy Care CenterSan Antonio, TX$60,000552024
Saa MinistriesSan Antonio, TX$60,000222021
Texas Biomedical Research InstituteSan Antonio, TX$60,000222024
UpbringAustin, TX$60,000222023
Dallas Theological SeminaryDallas, TX$55,000552024
Texas Biomedical Research CenterSan Antonio, TX$51,900332022
San Antonio Food BankSan Antonio, TX$50,000442024
San Antonio Metropolitan MinistrySan Antonio, TX$50,000332024
Heritage Foundation USADeerfield, IL$45,000222024
San Antonio Meals on WheelsSan Antonio, TX$45,000442024
Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, MI$40,000552024
San Antonio River FoundationSan Antonio, TX$40,000442024
Respite CareSan Antonio, TX$35,000552024
San Antonio Humane SocietySan Antonio, TX$35,000222024
American Center for Law & JusticeWashington, DC$31,000552024
Lutheran Social Services UpbringAustin, TX$30,000112021
Mercy ShipsGarden Valley, TX$30,000222024
Mission Heritage PartnersSan Antonio, TX$30,000442024
Tunnel to TowersPhiladelphia, PA$30,000222024
Humane Society Bexar CountySan Antonio, TX$23,000332022
Tax FoundationWashington, DC$22,500442024
Hill Country Daily Bread MinistriesBoerne, TX$20,000442024
Judicial WatchWashington, DC$20,000442024
Mays Cancer Center at Ut Health SanSan Antonio, TX$20,000222021
The National Wwii MuseumNew Orleans, LA$20,000222024
Turning Point USAPhoenix, AZ$20,000222024
Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL$18,000442024
Children's BereavementSan Antonio, TX$18,000442024
The Leadership InstituteArlington, VA$17,500442024
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$15,000222024
The Blood & Tissue Center FoundatioSan Antonio, TX$15,000222024
The Joshua FundWashington, DC$15,000222024
Love Worth FindingMemphis, TN$14,000222021
Boysville IncConverse, TX$13,000442024
Intercollegiate Studies Institute IWilmington, DE$12,500332023
American Institute for Economic ResGreat Barrington, MA$10,000332023
Cato InstituteWashington, DC$10,000222021
Charity Ball AssociationSan Antonio, TX$10,000222021
Las Casas FoundationSan Antonio, TX$10,000222021
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyWhite Plains, NY$10,000222021
Precept Ministries InternationalChattanooga, TN$10,000222021
Roy Mass Youth AlternativeSan Antonio, TX$10,000222024
San Antonio SymphonySan Antonio, TX$10,000112020
South Texas Blood & Tissue CenterSan Antonio, TX$10,000222021
St Jude's Children's Research HospHouston, TX$10,000112024
Citizens Against Government WasteWashington, DC$6,000222021
Concordia SeminarySt Louis, MO$6,000222021
Concordia University of TexasAustin, TX$6,000222021
Krln Endowment Fund IncSan Antonio, TX$5,000112024
Shriners Children's HospitalGalveston, TX$5,000112024
Texas Public Policy FoundationAustin, TX$5,000112023
University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX$4,000222021
Shades of Green Legacy FoundationSan Antonio, TX$3,000112024
Texas Historical FoundationAustin, TX$3,000222021
Lutheran Bible TranslatorAurora, IL$2,000222021
Mount Vernon Ladies AssociationMount Vernon, VA$2,000222021
Ut Law School FoundationAustin, TX$2,000222021
Southwest School of Art & CraftSan Antonio, TX$1,500332022
Cjf MinistriesSan Antonio, TX$1,000112024
University of Texas San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$500112024

58 of 67 (87%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 78%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Public & Societal Benefit
18 grants
Education
12 grants
Human Services
8 grants
Religion
6 grants
Environment
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202047$617,450$5,000
202146$569,450$5,000
202212$237,500$15,000
202338$461,000$10,000
202440$478,000$10,000

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.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 73% 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
$1.7M
District of Columbia
$190K
California
$125K
New York
$70K
Illinois
$65K
Michigan
$40K
Pennsylvania
$30K
Tennessee
$24K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 Robert & Kathey Anderson Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 466, Victoria, TX, 77902. 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 74-3015784 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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