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The Andras Foundation

Brenham, TX · EIN 20-2025934. Reported 88 grants totalling $2,538,716 to 39 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$2,538,716granted, 2021-2025
39recipients, as named on its returns
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$14.5Massets, latest filing

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 Andras 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $106 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
1 grant
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
18 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
39 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
15 grants
$100,000 and Up
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Texas Children's HospitalHouston, TX$325,000332023
Young America's FoundationReston, VA$325,000552025
Wyo West Warriors FoundationSheridan, WY$150,000552025
Boys & Girls Club of Washington CountyBrenham, TX$135,000552025
Washington County Healthy Living AssociationBrenham, TX$135,000552025
Washington County Sheriff's DeptBrenham, TX$135,000552025
Breakthrough T1DNew York, NY$100,000222025
JdrfNew York, NY$100,000222023
River Oaks Baptist SchoolHouston, TX$100,000222025
Belle's Buds RescueBrookshire, TX$90,000442025
Grace at the Gathering ChurchHockley, TX$80,000332025
Emerging Grace MinistriesThe Woodlands, TX$75,000332025
Adult Teen ChallengeSan Antonio, TX$65,000442024
Reach Youth GlobalCypress, TX$60,000222025
The TentSignal Mountain, TN$55,000332025
Baylor Scott & White Central Texas FoundationTemple, TX$50,000112022
Bellville Medical CenterBellville, TX$50,000112022
Camp for AllHouston, TX$50,000112025
New BeginningsBrenham, TX$50,000112021
Sunrise Service DogsColorado Springs, CO$50,000112024
Brenham Pregnancy CenterBrenham, TX$45,000332024
Grace at the GatheringJersey Village, TX$40,000112022
Brenham State SchoolBrenham, TX$30,000112021
Hope MommiesKennewick, WA$30,000222022
Boys and Girls CountryHockley, TX$25,000112021
Brenham NextBrenham, TX$25,000112023
CASA for Kids of South Central TexasBrenham, TX$25,000222023
Freedom AllianceDulles, VA$25,000112021
The Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyNew York, NY$25,000112024
Frontier Alliance International IncWheaton, IL$15,000222022
Serenity RetreatHouston, TX$15,000222022
Wounded Warrior ProjectHouston, TX$14,000112021
St James Lutheran ChurchBrenham, TX$10,000112022
Washington County EmsBrenham, TX$10,000112021
Penn Ridge Kennel Club Charitable Foundation IncSaylorsburg, PA$7,500222022
Lighthouse MissionsMandan, ND$6,000112022
Bought BeautifullySheridan, WY$5,000112024
City of BrenhamBrenham, TX$5,000112025
Miscellaneous - Under Enterprise Products PartnersHouston, TX$1,216552025

22 of 39 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 42 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Religion
9 grants
Animal Welfare
7 grants
Youth Development
6 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202120$564,460$22,500
202221$588,764$25,000
202316$530,178$25,000
202416$430,208$25,000
202515$425,106$25,000

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

65% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Texas
$1.6M
Virginia
$350K
New York
$225K
Wyoming
$155K
Tennessee
$55K
Colorado
$50K
Washington
$30K
Illinois
$15K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc6 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc6 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation5 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program4 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Andras Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 9303 Oil Field Rd, Brenham, TX, 77833. 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.

EIN 20-2025934 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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