Georgetown Area Community Foundation
Georgetown, TX · EIN 74-2786718. Reported 142 grants totalling $5,484,376 to 68 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Georgetown Area Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 68 distinct organizations, with 25% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 56% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $16,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,415 and the largest $989,140. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Georgetown Parks and Rec | Georgetown, TX | $1,355,417 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Central Texas Community Foundation Inc | Round Rock, TX | $864,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| R O C K Ride on Center for Kids | Georgetown, TX | $435,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Central Texas | Round Rock, TX | $324,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grace Academy | Georgetown, TX | $224,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Project | Georgetown, TX | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA of Williamson County Texas | Georgetown, TX | $131,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Honor Flight Austin | Austin, TX | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Caring Place | Georgetown, TX | $108,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gratitude Initiative | Ft Worth, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club of Georgetown Foundation | Georgetown, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Georgetown | Killeen, TX | $92,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First United Methodist Church | Georgetown, TX | $79,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Backpack Buddies | Georgetown, TX | $78,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Worship Place | Georgetown, TX | $70,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hill Country Bible Church of Georgetown | Georgetown, TX | $65,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Baptist Church of Round Rock | Round Rock, TX | $64,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southwestern University | Georgetown, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Williamson Burnet County Opportunities Inc | Georgetown, TX | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Living Grace Canine Ranch | Georgetown, TX | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Williamson County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc | Georgetown, TX | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Baptist Church | Georgetown, TX | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Isd Education Foundation | Georgetown, TX | $47,237 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rotary International | Georgetown, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seeds of Strength Giving Circle | Georgetown, TX | $42,498 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Georgetown Public Library | Georgetown, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter | Georgetown, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wellspring United Methodist Church | Georgetown, TX | $39,928 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Austin Groups for the Elderly | Austin, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A Gift of Time-Adult Day Care | Georgetown, TX | $33,470 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Helping Hands of Georgetown Inc | Georgetown, TX | $25,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Service Organizations Inc | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faith in Action Georgetown | Georgetown, TX | $24,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ann Richards School Foundation | Austin, TX | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Palace Theatre Inc | Georgetown, TX | $23,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Calvary Chapel of Austin | Pflugerville, TX | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Austin Ymbl Sunshine Camp | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brookwood in Georgetown Vocational | Georgetown, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Central Texas Philharmonic Inc | Georgetown, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Georgetown, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hutto Resource Center | Hutto, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of | New York, NY | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nw Collegiate Ministries | West Linn, OR | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Genaustin | Austin, TX | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girlstart | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jail to Jobs | Leander, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest Sports Foundation | Georgetown, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bay Island Impact Inc | Blanchard, OK | $12,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hutto Evangelical Lutheran Church | Hutto, TX | $12,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | Franklin, TN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sandbox at Madelines Place | Hutto, TX | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Classical Sound Inc | Georgetown, TX | $10,510 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillvets Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lifelong Learners Gtx | Georgetown, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care Inc | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Senior Access Tx | Round Rock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Society for Classical Learning | Richmond, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Samantha and Kyle Busch Bundle of Joy Fund | Mooresville, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Lifecare Inc | Austin, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grace International Churches and Ministries Inc | Cedar Park, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teaching in the Son Inc | Edmond, OK | $6,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gateway Events | Magnolia, TX | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Restoring Gods Family | Leander, TX | $6,151 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christian Ministry Alliance | Phoenix, AZ | $5,415 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
36 of 68 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- First United Methodist Church
GENERAL SUPPORTING SUPPORT - Samantha & Kyle Busch Bundle of Joy Fund
GENERAL OPERAITNG SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 of 68 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $1,045,868 | $16,500 |
| 2022 | 41 | $692,655 | $11,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $1,793,833 | $18,750 |
| 2024 | 32 | $1,952,020 | $20,250 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $16,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Georgetown Area Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 32 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 32 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 116 W 8TH Street, Georgetown, TX, 78626.
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