Ascension Seton
St Louis, MO · EIN 74-1109643. Reported 140 grants totalling $59.2M to 66 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 66 distinct organizations, with 31% 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. 62% 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 $28,655. Half of what it reported fell between $12,000 and $200,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $13.9M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
1 of those grants was non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $183,036 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Seton Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $18.1M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dell Childrens Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $17.7M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ascension Seton Williamson Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $4,315,686 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| County of Travis | Austin, TX | $4,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Central Texas Community Health Centers | Austin, TX | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Austin Community Foundation | Austin, TX | $2,255,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ascension Seton Hays Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $2,116,104 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $1,600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Diocese of Austin | Austin, TX | $958,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Health Alliance for Austin Musicians | Austin, TX | $825,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Integrated Care Collaboration | Austin, TX | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| San Juan Diego Catholic High School | Austin, TX | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lone Star Circle of Care | Georgetown, TX | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Leadership Austin | Austin, TX | $253,460 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trail of Lights Foundation | Austin, TX | $243,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quality of Life Foundation of Austin Inc | Austin, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Medical Bridges Inc | Houston, TX | $183,036 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St John Paul II Life Center | Austin, TX | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Public Education Foundation | Austin, TX | $136,271 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central Texas Inc | Austin, TX | $123,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $106,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Gateways | Austin, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Divinc | Austin, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce | Austin, TX | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Capital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc | Austin, TX | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $87,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Champions Off the Field | Austin, TX | $85,360 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Seton Heritage Ministries Inc | Emmitsburg, MD | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Round Rock Isd Education Foundation | Round Rock, TX | $76,693 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation Communities Inc | Austin, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Central Texas | Round Rock, TX | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Austin Symphony Orchestra Society | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Travis County Parks Foundation | Austin, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Austin Black Physicians Association Inc | Austin, TX | $44,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hand to Hold | Austin, TX | $44,580 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Travis County Medical Society Foundation | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Texas Community Foundation Inc | Round Rock, TX | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| West Austin Youth Association | Austin, TX | $33,933 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Cedar Park | Cedar Park, TX | $31,050 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Austin Area Research Organization Inc | Austin, TX | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| NAMI Central Texas | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Championship Hearts Foundation | Manor, TX | $29,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ann Richards School Foundation | Austin, TX | $28,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Austin-Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center | Austin, TX | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seton Family of Doctors | Saint Louis, MO | $27,123 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wonders & Worries Inc | Austin, TX | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hays Cisd Education Foundation Inc | Kyle, TX | $25,884 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Austin Area Heritage Council | Austin, TX | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation | Austin, TX | $22,440 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Any Baby Can of Austin Inc | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rosedale Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Optimal Health | Austin, TX | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Academy of Communication in Healthcare Inc | Lexington, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Cultural Trust Council | Austin, TX | $12,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Austin Childrens Museum | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals-Central Texas Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vela | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $9,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| R O C K Ride on Center for Kids | Georgetown, TX | $9,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sergio and Angela Garcia Foundation | Austin, TX | $7,570 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Austin Area Urban League Inc | Austin, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Dripping Springs | Dripping Springs, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Child Protection | Austin, TX | $6,297 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
43 of 66 (65%) 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.
- Seton Fund of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul Inc
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - Central Texas Community Health Centers
Support for operation of clinics for AIDS and HIV Services and the homeless. - Austin Community Foundations
Support building a better Austin for today and tomorrow. - Austin Community Foundation
Donation to Austin Community Foundation to support investments according to the Ascension Texas' 2021 CHNAs priorities; also in support of Austin Community Foundation for Austin in Common - Travis County
To support Travis County STAR Flights Program - County of Travis
To support the STAR flight program that provides 24/7 aerial emergency medical services.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 45 of 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 26 | $32.9M | $97,500 |
| 2021 | 35 | $9,854,441 | $93,460 |
| 2022 | 36 | $7,381,733 | $21,750 |
| 2023 | 43 | $9,031,718 | $25,000 |
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
71% of its giving went to organizations in Missouri. 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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Funders that support the same organizations
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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 $28,655 -- 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 Missouri.
- 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 Ascension Seton's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 43 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: C/O Tax Department Po Box 45998, St Louis, MO, 63145.
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