William Knox Holt Foundation
San Antonio, TX · EIN 74-6084245. Reported 89 grants totalling $1,293,600 to 42 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. William Knox Holt 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Rocky Mountain School | Carbondale, CO | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Just Keep Livin Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Witte Museum | San Antonio, TX | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawrence Hall of Science | Berkeley, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | Monterey, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes | Austin, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of the Pacific | Stockton, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holdsworth Center | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mcnay Art Museum | San Antonio, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Antonio River Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Muny Conservancy | Austin, TX | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pease Park Conservancy | Austin, TX | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Biomedical Research Institute | San Antonio, TX | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Austin Sunshine Camps | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alamo Community College | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Antonio Botanical Gardens | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Haggin Museum | Stockton, CA | $24,550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Center | Kingsville, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mind Science Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Musical Bridges Around the World | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Joaquin Pioneer & Historical Society | Stockton, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Highland Park Elementary PTA | Austin, TX | $14,050 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Ymbl Sunshine Camp | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Center- Texas A&m Kingsville | Kingsville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cmc Foundation of Central Texas | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dell Children's Foundation | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Academy | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Antonio Botanical Garden Society Inc | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Foundation for Free Enterprise | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas A&m University - Kingsville Foundation Inc | Kingsville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Explorer's Club - Texas Chapter | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meeker Education Foundation | Meeker, CO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Film Society of Austin Inc | Austin, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Long Center | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Butterfly Ranchsan Antonio River Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Health Foundation | Gallup, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Mary's Hall | San Antonio, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
20 of 42 (48%) 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 70%, 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.
- Colorado Rocky Mountain School Inc
TO FUND ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. - Just Keep Livin Foundation
TO FUND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. - University of the Pacific
TO FUND THE LIBRARY PROJECT. - Mobile Loaves & Fishes
COMMUNITY FIRST! VILLAGE PROGRAM - Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc
TO FUND COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE PROGRAM. - University of California Berkeley Foundation
TO FUND THE LAWRENCE HALL OF SCIENCE OUTDOOR NATURE LAB.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 65 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $325,050 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $300,050 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $332,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $336,000 | $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. 51% 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 $10,000. 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 William Knox Holt 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: 134 Wyckham Rise St, San Antonio, TX, 78209. 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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