The Ewing Halsell Foundation
San Antonio, TX · EIN 30-0654055. Reported 174 grants totalling $28.9M to 67 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. The Ewing Halsell 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 $77,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $250,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $1,150,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hearts Texas | Phoenix, AZ | $3,650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Btx Schools Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $2,700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Choose to Succeed | San Antonio, TX | $1,980,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Texas Facilities Fund | New York, NY | $1,875,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Idea Public Schools | Edinburg, TX | $1,716,000 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| 50CAN | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| KIPP San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $1,250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Compass Rose Education Inc | San Antonio, TX | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| School of Science and Technology- Public Charter School | San Antonio, TX | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Texas Agricultural Land Trust | San Antonio, TX | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| School for Excellence in Education Dba Legacy Traditional Schools | San Antonio, TX | $917,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Botanical Society | San Antonio, TX | $900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Promesa Academy Inc | San Antonio, TX | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Valor Texas Education Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $800,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texas Charter School Association | Austin, TX | $580,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Legacy Traditional Public Charter School - See | San Antonio, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Royal Public Schools | San Antonio, TX | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Museum of Art | San Antonio, TX | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Texas Biomedical | San Antonio, TX | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trinity University | San Antonio, TX | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cibolo Nature Center | Boerne, TX | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Old Spanish Missions Inc | San Antonio, TX | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Alamo Public Telecommunications Council (klrn) | San Antonio, TX | $250,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Essence Preparatory Public School | San Antonio, TX | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harnony Public Schools | San Antonio, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prelude Prepatory | San Antonio, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Somerset Academy Inc | San Antonio, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Charter Moms | San Antonio, TX | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Remember the Alamo Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Agricultural Land Trust Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Public Radio | San Antonio, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hill Country Youth Ranch | Ingram, TX | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Families Empowered | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Antonio Preparatory Public Charter School | San Antonio, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Frontiers Public Schools | San Antonio, TX | $137,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Area Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Antonio Food Bank | San Antonio, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Antonio Zoo | San Antonio, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Opera San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Mary's Hall | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Teach for America | New York, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Antonio River Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County | San Antonio, TX | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Futuro Education Sa | San Antonio, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Sports | San Antonio, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Celebrate Dyslexia Schools | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Catholic High School | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Texas Military Institute | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Texas Public Charter School Association | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas State Historical Association | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Utsa | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boy Scouts of America- Alamo Area Council | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of South Texas | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mcnay Art Museum | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Nonprofit Council | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Texas Brigades | New Braunfels, TX | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greater San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Youth Orchestra of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Haven for Hope of Bexar County | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City Kid Adventures | Devine, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texas Wildlife Association Foundation | New Braunfels, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Skew the Script | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
44 of 67 (66%) 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 80%, across 3 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 89 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | $6,976,700 | $81,350 |
| 2021 | 38 | $6,264,700 | $81,350 |
| 2022 | 42 | $7,667,700 | $100,000 |
| 2023 | 48 | $7,967,200 | $75,000 |
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. 66% 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 $77,500. 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 The Ewing Halsell Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 711 Navarro 737, San Antonio, TX, 78205. 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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