Circle Bar Foundation

• The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so you should not send a cold application; the filing offers no route in except an invitation.
• Its recorded grants cover operating expenses for a varied group of charities, including education, youth and family services, food assistance, arts and culture, animal welfare, community services and churches.
• No geographic focus is stated, although nearly all recorded grant dollars went to Texas organisations, which describes past giving rather than a rule.
• If you are invited, a request near the median grant of about $17,000 is a sound benchmark, since about 8 in 10 grants fall between $6,000 and $100,000 and the largest was $235,000.
• In its latest filing, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations the foundation had also funded in its earlier filings, so its giving is largely to established grantees.

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

• San Antonio Zoo · Operating expenses
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children · Operating expenses
  $133,7172024 tax year
• Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Operating expenses
  $106,2502024 tax year
• Remember the Alamo Foundation · Operating expenses
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Christ Episcopal Church · Operating expenses
  $100,0002024 tax year
• San Antonio Christian School · Operating expenses
  $60,0002024 tax year
• Charity Ball Association · Operating expenses
  $53,4002024 tax year
• Pathways Youth & Family Services · Operating expenses
  $50,0002024 tax year

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

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.