The Bill M and Cecile Autrey Ham
Austin, TX · EIN 74-2610431. Reported 140 grants totalling $3,588,000 to 62 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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. The Bill M and Cecile Autrey Ham 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $200,000. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | $280,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jeremiah Program | Austin, TX | $230,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $220,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Austin Child Guidance Center | Austin, TX | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mobile Loaves and Fishes | Austin, TX | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Youth and Family Alliance | Austin, TX | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sims Foundation | Austin, TX | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ride on Center for Kids (rock) | Georgetown, TX | $150,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of North Texas Foundation | Denton, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hill Country Alliance | Austin, TX | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Safe Alliance | Austin, TX | $102,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA of Central Texas Inc | New Braunfels, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hill Country Conservancy | Austin, TX | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Partnerships for Children | Austin, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cca Texas | Houston, TX | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Austin Pets Alive | Austin, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly | Hunt, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coastal Conservation Association | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Springs Project Inc | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Kansas | Fairway, KS | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Austin Community Foundation | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Eldercare Inc | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Literacy Coalition of Central Texas | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Refugee Services of North Texas | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Travis Audubon Society Inc | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | Austin, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Public for Animal Welfare Inc | Dripping Springs, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Womens Storybook Project of Texas | Westlake Hills, TX | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bookspring | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Health Alliance for Austin Musicians | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partners in Parenting | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Marks Episcopal Church | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Myositis Association | Columbia, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pease Park Conservancy | Austin, TX | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Austin Groups for the Elderly | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caritas of Austin | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Drive a Senior Austin Texas | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Food Pantry Austin | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Book Festival | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tree Folks Inc | Del Valle, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Texas Youth Services Bureau | Belton, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anthropos Arts | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Austin Clubhouse Inc | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bravelove Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flatwater Foundation | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Austin Animal Center | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Helping Hand Home for Children | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hill Country Memorial Hospital | Fredericksburg, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Samaritan Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swan Songs Musical Last Wishes | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Texas Foundation | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Affect Change Dba Carebox Program | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Monarch Sanctuary Project | Leander, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
32 of 62 (52%) 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 65%, 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.
- National Philanthropic Trust
THE AUTREY FAMILY DONOR ADVISED FUND - University of North Texas Foundation
THE BILL M HAM ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN MUSIC BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISES - Ride on Center for Kids (rock)
FOR CECILE AUTREY HAM FAMILY ROOM - Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly
ACCESSIBLE TRAILS, UPPER YOUTH PLAZA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, CHANGE FOR CHILDREN - Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County
TRAVIS COUNTY, AUSTIN BRANCH - Partnerships for Children
PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 92 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | $485,000 | $30,000 |
| 2021 | 38 | $825,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $808,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $698,000 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $772,000 | $20,000 |
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
83% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 The Bill M and Cecile Autrey Ham's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 3126 Duval St, Austin, TX, 78705. 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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