Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your organisation is a 501(c)(3) working in the arts, private education or medical research, the foundation's stated priorities may suit you, with Texas as its priority area and special emphasis on Bexar County.
- Organisations that are not 501(c)(3)s fall outside its stated eligibility.
- Most of its grants fall between $10,000 and $100,000, with a median of $15,000, so that is a typical request size rather than a guaranteed one, though its largest grant was $300,000.
- Applications are submitted online through its grant-management portal and are due by December 31 each year.
- In its most recent filing, 86% of grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier years, so a first-time applicant should plan for a foundation whose giving is concentrated among existing grantees.
Overview
Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 is a US private foundation based in San Antonio, TX.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation makes distributions only on an annual basis to 501(c)(3) organisations whose work falls within its principal charitable purposes. Its assistance is intended primarily for use in the State of Texas, with special emphasis on Bexar County. Its stated purposes include the promotion, encouragement, understanding, appreciation and love of the arts; support for educational institutions, with primary emphasis on private educational institutions rather than public ones; and medical research. It operates exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. Eligible organisations submit a completed grant application through the online grant-management portal.
Themes
- Arts
- Private education
- Medical research
Geographic Focus
Priority: State of Texas; Bexar County.
How to apply
Submit a completed grant application online through the grant management portal.
Deadlines: Applications are due by December 31 each year.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 86% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 167 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Requests should come from 501(c)(3) organisations and fall within the foundation's principal charitable purposes.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 11% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 86% of grant dollars went to organisations Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 60 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $15,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- TMI Episcopal · Unrestricted$300,0002025 tax year
- Sa Zoological Society · Unrestricted$300,0002025 tax year
- Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Unrestricted$270,0002025 tax year
- Remember the Alamo Foundation · unrestricted$213,0002025 tax year
- San Antonio River Foundation · unrestricted$150,0002025 tax year
- Alamo Heights School Foundation · Unrestricted$100,0002025 tax year
- McNay Art Museum · unrestricted$100,0002025 tax year
- San Antonio Botanical Garden · Unrestricted$75,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Barry Roberts — Distribution Committee
- Amy Stieren — Distribution Committee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $2,156,472 | $1,975,000 | $44,834,647 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,140,327 | $2,009,999 | $46,981,382 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $2,671,421 | $2,500,000 | $50,070,792 | Filing for 2025 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.
Sources
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