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The Overstreet Foundation

Austin, TX · EIN 61-1855484. Reported 41 grants totalling $525,000 to 34 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$525,000granted, 2021-2025
34recipients, as named on its returns
15%of grantees funded again the next year
$6,305,018assets, 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 Overstreet 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$10,000 - $25,000
36 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

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
Rotary Club of Lakeway-Lake Travis Foundation IncLakeway, TX$90,000442025
Florence Blue SantaFlorence, TX$40,000222025
Circle of Hope Community CenterPflugerville, TX$25,000112024
City of Florence LibraryFlorence, TX$25,000112023
Jack Jak's Pack Street Dog RescuePflugerville, TX$25,000112024
Foster Angels of Central TexasAustin, TX$20,000222023
Southwest Bell County Volunteer Fire Department IncKilleen, TX$20,000222023
Uprise CircusAustin, TX$20,000222023
Assistance League of Austin Texas IncAustin, TX$10,000112022
Austin Dog RescueBuda, TX$10,000112023
Austin Humane SocietyAustin, TX$10,000112024
Austin Pet Food BankAustin, TX$10,000112022
Bastrop Animal ServicesBastrop, TX$10,000112023
BookspringAustin, TX$10,000112021
Central Texas Table of GraceRound Rock, TX$10,000112022
ChariotorgAustin, TX$10,000112023
EmancipetAustin, TX$10,000112022
Florence Lions ClubhouseFlorence, TX$10,000112023
Florence Volunteer Fire Department IncFlorence, TX$10,000112021
Florence's Comfort House IncAustin, TX$10,000112022
Foster Village IncDripping Springs, TX$10,000112022
Generation ServeAustin, TX$10,000112021
Hopefully SowAustin, TX$10,000112022
Impact Austin FoundationAustin, TX$10,000112021
Junior League of AustinAustin, TX$10,000112021
Ladies of CharityBloomfield Hills, MI$10,000112023
Mended HeartsLeesburg, GA$10,000112023
Oak Ridge Athletics Booster OrganizationConroe, TX$10,000112024
River Run Ranch and Animal RescueLampasas, TX$10,000112025
Sammy's HouseAustin, TX$10,000112021
San Marcos Community and Police AssociationSan Marcos, TX$10,000112023
Therapy Pet Pals of TexasAustin, TX$10,000112022
Travis County Sheriffs Dept Brown Santa Contingency FundAustin, TX$10,000112021
Truth Be ToldAustin, TX$10,000112023

5 of 34 (15%) 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 15%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 30 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.

Human Services
9 grants
Education
7 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants
Youth Development
2 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
1 grant
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202110$100,000$10,000
202210$100,000$10,000
202313$155,000$10,000
20245$95,000$25,000
20253$75,000$15,000

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

96% 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
$505K
Michigan
$10K
Georgia
$10K

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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.

American Online Giving Foundation Inc16 shared recipientsAustin Community Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc12 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund11 shared recipientsThe Blackbaud Giving Fund9 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Overstreet 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: 5305 Arbutus Cove, Austin, TX, 78746. 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 61-1855484 · 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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