80|20 Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 20-0683200 · since 20048020foundation.com·San Antonio·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$3.1M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$4,300 to $210k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$25,000

Typical grant (median)

38 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work is in San Antonio and connects to attracting, growing or keeping its workforce or job-creating entrepreneurs, it matches the foundation's stated themes of talent attraction, workforce development and talent retention.
Its stated priority is San Antonio, and about 8 in 10 of its 96 grants fall between $4,300 and $210,000, with a median of about $50,000, so a request near that level fits its typical giving, though its largest grant was $5,000,000.
Apply through the online grant application process on its website; the filing gives no deadlines and says it accepts applications, so there is no set window to aim for.
Repeat funding is a notable part of its giving, with 58% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had funded in earlier filings, so a first approach should describe concrete local stories of entrepreneurs, relocations or young professionals that match its stated wish to find, share and replicate stories.

Overview

80|20 Foundation is a US private foundation based in San Antonio, TX.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The 80|20 Foundation makes grants to public charities working to attract, grow and retain San Antonio’s future workforce and job-creating entrepreneurs. Its attraction work includes sharing stories of entrepreneurs, companies that relocate to San Antonio and young professionals whose careers began and progressed there. It aims to connect existing local talent with the current workforce and jobs of the future, in a city whose educational offerings support a fast-growing technology industry. For talent retention, it focuses on quality of life and radical experiments that elevate the city, including multi-modal transportation and dynamic urban spaces. It describes its approach as investing in the part of the non-profit sector that drives a large share of social impact.

Themes

Talent attraction
Workforce development
Talent retention

Geographic Focus

Priority: San Antonio.

How to apply

Organisations apply through the online grant application process on the foundation’s website.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 58% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 96 grants to organisations were about $50,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The foundation seeks public-charity partners who find, share and replicate stories in its ecosystem.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Texas77%

Ohio12%

Massachusetts7%

New York2%

Illinois2%

Nevada<1%

The largest single recipient received 35% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 58% of grant dollars went to organisations 80|20 Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
34% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

38 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $25,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 38 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$1k–$2.5k3%

$2.5k–$5k8%

$5k–$10k18%

$10k–$25k18%

$25k–$50k13%

$50k–$100k11%

$100k–$250k18%

$250k–$500k8%

$500k–$1M3%

Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

San Antonio Area Foundation · Support for the Student + Startups and San Antonio Startup Week & San Antonio Startup Day Program Grants
$836,0002024 tax year
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Two Oceans Charitable Gift Fund Contributon
$250,0002024 tax year
New Braunfels Youth Collaborative · General Support
$250,0002024 tax year
Artpace San Antonio · Support for rooftop renovations at Artpace
$250,0002024 tax year
University of Texas - San Antonio · Support for Phase 1 of the AI Security Program at UTSA School of Data Science
$176,0002024 tax year
NPower · Support for the Cybersecurity Enrollment Program
$156,0002024 tax year
Witte Museum · General Support
$150,0002024 tax year
Center for Applied Science Tech Net · Support for Alumni Success: Direct to Industry program
$145,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Alexandra Frey — Executive Director
James E Irwine — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$8,414,095	$8,326,375	$420,582	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$3,475,905	$3,390,210	$7,109,232	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$3,373,363	$3,124,729	$4,086,290	Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.