Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts
San Antonio, TX · EIN 74-2403914. Reported 117 grants totalling $4,509,835 to 56 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. Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $496,227. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Area Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $1,270,069 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Magik Theatre | San Antonio, TX | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Book Festival | San Antonio, TX | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musical Bridges Around the World | San Antonio, TX | $245,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opera San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Public Radio | San Antonio, TX | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Agarita Chamber Players | San Antonio, TX | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cactus Pear Music Festival | San Antonio, TX | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Botanical Garden Society | San Antonio, TX | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Classical Music Institute | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Pedro Playhouse | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Theatre of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Klrn - Public Television | San Antonio, TX | $85,556 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Opera | San Antonio, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Majestic Empire Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Artpace San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $64,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carver Development Board | San Antonio, TX | $58,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tuesday Musical Artist Series | San Antonio, TX | $57,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ballet San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Las Cases Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Cultural Arts | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Soli Chamber Ensemble | San Antonio, TX | $49,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Witte Museum | San Antonio, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth Orchestras of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $44,410 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gemini Ink | San Antonio, TX | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Mastersingers | San Antonio, TX | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Olmos Ensemble | San Antonio, TX | $31,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Classic Theatre of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Chamber Music Society | San Antonio, TX | $29,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Antonio Broadway Theatre | San Antonio, TX | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| College of Liberal and Fine Arts University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Las Casas Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Antonio River Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| College of Liberal and Fine Arts Utsa | Austin, TX | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Contemporary at Blue Star | San Antonio, TX | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carver Community Cultural Center | San Antonio, TX | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carver Cultural Arts Center | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Courus of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cornyation | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cornyation 2024 | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fiesta Cornyation | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Musical Offerings | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Philharmonic | San Antonio, TX | $16,850 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Contregation of the Sisters of Charity | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club | San Antonio, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barshop Jewish Community Center | Sann Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Classic Theatre San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Antonio River Foundatin | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Texas San Antonio Friends of Shakespeare | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alamo Colleges Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dreams Fulfilled Through Music | Sann Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rhythmics School of Kathak Dance | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Youth Ballet | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Guitar San Antonio | Austin, TX | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alamo Theatre Arts Council | San Antonio, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
28 of 56 (50%) 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 69%, 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.
- San Antonio Area Foundation
FUNDING FOR THE SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY, CACTUS PEAR MUSIC FESTIVAL, STRING RESIDENCY FUND, GENERAL FUND - San Antonio Book Festival
13TH ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO BOOK FESTIVAL - San Pedro Playhouse
2024 - 2025 SEASON OF LEGENDS - DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR MATCHING GRANT UP TO $100,000 - Classical Music Institute
PRESENTING SPONSOR OF 210 FESTIVAL CONCERT SERIES - Magik Theatre
PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE BFG - Musical Bridges Around the World
RUSSELL HILL ROGERS MUSICAL EVENINGS AT SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 60 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $599,760 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $1,206,342 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 32 | $1,303,733 | $18,425 |
| 2024 | 34 | $1,400,000 | $21,500 |
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
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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 $20,000. 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 Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts'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: Po Box 120097, San Antonio, TX, 78212. 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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