Central Texas Food Bank Inc
Austin, TX · EIN 74-2217350. Reported 78 grants totalling $446.3M to 62 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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. For Central Texas Food Bank Inc, the IRS classifies it under food & nutrition rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE K31Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 62 distinct organizations, with 44% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 7% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $17,500. Half of what it reported fell between $7,811 and $93,600; the smallest was $5,749 and the largest $110.6M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
30 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $443.4M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 289 Nonprofit Agencies That Feed Hungry People | $198.3M | 2 | 2 | 2023 | |
| 284 Nonprofit Agencies That Feed Hungry People | $91.3M | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| 281 Nonprofit Agencies That Feed Hungry People | $86.2M | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| 284 Nonprofit Agencies That Feed Hungry People | Austin, TX | $66.1M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cafb of Tx Support Corporation | Austin, TX | $1,757,279 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Travis Heights Christian Outreach | Austin, TX | $175,504 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foundation Communities Inc | Austin, TX | $165,749 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vivent Health Texas Inc | Austin, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Georgetown Caring Place | Georgetown, TX | $140,132 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist | Silver Spring, MD | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Icna Relief USA Programs Inc | New Hyde Park, NY | $129,937 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Inc | Grapevine, TX | $128,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family of Faith Worship Center | Waco, TX | $116,598 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hill Country Community Ministries Inc | Leander, TX | $115,567 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Caritas of Waco | Waco, TX | $114,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southside Church of Christ Food Pantry | Killeen, TX | $113,598 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reveal Resource Center | Cedar Park, TX | $96,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Austin Voices for Education and Youth | Austin, TX | $93,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry Inc | Bastrop, TX | $78,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lorena Shepherds Heart | Lorena, TX | $68,414 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Welcome Table Inc | Austin, TX | $63,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Austin Community College District | Austin, TX | $54,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| General Council on Finance & Admins of the United | Nashville, TN | $52,584 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Waco Shepherds Heart Inc | Waco, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Round Rock Seventh Day Adventist Church | Round Rock, TX | $47,650 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hutto Resource Center | Hutto, TX | $46,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Helping Hands Ministry of Belton Inc | Belton, TX | $45,649 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Concordia University Texas | Austin, TX | $42,966 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Christian Outreach Inc | Temple, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kingsland Sharing the Harvest | Kingsland, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission | Austin, TX | $28,382 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Edwards University | Austin, TX | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Churches Touching Lives for Christ | Temple, TX | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dripping Springs Helping Hands Inc | Dripping Spgs, TX | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hays County Food Bank | San Marcos, TX | $19,644 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mission Waco Mission World Inc | Waco, TX | $18,462 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Samco Freezewear | Arden Hills, MN | $18,356 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Edwards University | Austin, TX | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montopolis Recreation Center | Austin, TX | $15,754 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turner Roberts Recreation Ctr | Austin, TX | $15,701 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Killeen Asymca | Killeen, TX | $15,361 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gatesville Care Center | Gatesville, TX | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Westover Hills Church of Christ | Austin, TX | $13,828 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church of Pflugerville | Pflugerville, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dove Springs Recreation Center | Austin, TX | $12,031 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Galindo Elementary | Austin, TX | $9,437 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gatesville Primary School | Gatesville, TX | $9,110 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zavala Elementary | Austin, TX | $8,054 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Care Center | Killeen, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evant Isd | Evant, TX | $7,604 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camino Real Elementary | Kyle, TX | $7,583 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marlin Elementary | Marlin, TX | $7,244 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Plum Creek Elementary | Lockhart, TX | $7,094 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Caldwell County Christian Foundation | Lockhart, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Richard Allen Community Development Corporation | Killeen, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Agape Food Pantry of Taylor Inc | Taylor, TX | $5,749 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blanco Good Samaritan Center Inc | Blanco, TX | $5,749 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fishes and Loaves | Groesbeck, TX | $5,749 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Love Baptist Church | Austin, TX | $5,749 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Joe Roland Community Center | Dale, TX | $5,749 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lometa Food Pantry | Lometa, TX | $5,749 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
14 of 62 (23%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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.
- 289 Nonprofit Agencies That Feed Hungry People
TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND GROCERY PRODUCTS TO MORE THAN 289 NON-PROFIT HUMAN AND SOCIAL SERVICES - 284 Nonprofit Agencies That Feed Hungry People
FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - Ctfb of Tx Support Corporation
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION - Travis Heights Christian Outreach
CAPACITY GRANT & STARBUCKS FOOD PICKUP PROGRAM - Austin Community College District
COLLEGE FUND ACCESS GRANT - Samco Freezewear
275 WEIGHT BLANKETS PROVIDED TO MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 28 of 62 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 | 35 | $88.7M | $61,816 |
| 2021 | 8 | $88.0M | $14,178 |
| 2022 | 9 | $91.5M | $15,754 |
| 2023 | 22 | $110.7M | $6,598 |
| 2024 | 4 | $67.4M | $657,170 |
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
100% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. 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
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 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 $17,500 -- 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 Texas.
- 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 Central Texas Food Bank Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 286 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: 6500 Metropolis Drive, Austin, TX, 78744.
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