Abundant Grace Foundation
Wimberley, TX · EIN 26-2281076. Reported 106 grants totalling $212,081 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. Abundant Grace 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $1,000; the smallest was $14 and the largest $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimberley Village Library Foundation | Wimberley, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridges to Life | Houston, TX | $35,705 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Zoe Empowers | Raleigh, NC | $29,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cypress Creek Church | Wimberley, TX | $24,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Community | Wimberley, TX | $20,308 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wimberley Good Neighbor | Wimberley, TX | $4,858 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barnabas Connection | Wimberley, TX | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Lukes UMC | Houston, TX | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hill Country Alliance | Dripping Springs, TX | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emerge Fellowship | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Empowering Women Leaders | Wimberley, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Luke's UMC | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tespa | Austin, TX | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wimberley Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance | Wimberley, TX | $1,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crisis Breadbasket | Wimberley, TX | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Wimberley Village Library | Wimberley, TX | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Child Fund International | Richmond, VA | $1,404 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wimberley Community Civic Club | Wimberley, TX | $1,355 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wimberley Institute of Cultures | Wimberley, TX | $1,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Start Up Kids Club | Wimberley, TX | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Austin Speech Labs | Austin, TX | $1,040 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amigos De Jesus | Wimberley, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emily Ann Theatre | Wimberley, TX | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Houston Revision | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center | Austin, TX | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Raise Up Families | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Let's Go Adventure Camp | Wimberley, TX | $710 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Klru-Tv | Austin, TX | $615 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Fair Defense Project | Austin, TX | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom Canines | Wimberley, TX | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Wimmberley Village Library | Wimberley, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Samaritan | Fredericksburg, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Samaritan Community Service | San Antonio, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justice for All Immigrants | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Houston Junior League | Houston, TX | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kut Public Radio | Austin, TX | $365 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ | Orlando, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ | Houston, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | Albuquerque, NM | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justice for Our Neighbors | Houston, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | Austin, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make a Wish | Austin, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Mission Asia | Siloam Springs, AR | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Propublica | New York, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childfund International | Richmond, VA | $132 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kut Public Media Studios | Austin, TX | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Strength Through Strides | Beaumont, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Tribune | Austin, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas | Austin, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wikipedia Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $55 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Chosen | Northlake, TX | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Internet Archive | San Francisco, CA | $39 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Native Plant Society | Wimberley, TX | $35 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wimberley Community Chorus | Wimberley, TX | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
26 of 56 (46%) 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 64%, 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.
- Cypress Creek Church
OPERATIONS, MISSIONS& BUILDING PROJECT - St Luke's UMC
OPERATIONS & BUILDING FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 51 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | $56,686 | $250 |
| 2022 | 18 | $32,583 | $384 |
| 2023 | 33 | $65,926 | $500 |
| 2024 | 28 | $56,886 | $532 |
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. 85% 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 $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 Abundant Grace 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: 3000 Flite Acres Road, Wimberley, TX, 78676. 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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