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Still Water Foundation: 91 grants to organizations, $19.8 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Still Water Foundation, a private foundation in Austin, TX, paid 91 grants to organizations totaling $19,756,834 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $3,000,000 to St Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, TX for educational - for the capital campaign..
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- EIN
- 473532637
- Based in
- Austin, TX
- Assets
- $147,119,911
- Grants paid
- $19,756,834
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202533189349101403. It reported $19,756,834 in grants paid; 91 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Stephen's Episcopal School | Austin, TX | Educational - for the capital campaign. | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Zen Center | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - for general operating support. | Religion-related | $2,833,334 | apps.irs.gov |
| Blanton Museum of Art | Austin, TX | Cultural - for the grounds redevelopment capital campaign. | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hardin-Simmons University | Abilene, TX | Educational - to support new nursing facilities. | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Landmarks - the University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| West Texas Rehab Center | Abilene, TX | Charitable - to support capital campaign. | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Waterloo Greenway Conservancy | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Community improvement and capacity building | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Permian Basin Area Foundation | Midland, TX | Charitable - still water foundation ii donor-advised fund. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $625,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Abilene Heritage Square | Abilene, TX | Cultural - to support the revitalization project. | Arts, culture and humanities | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Abilene Zoological Society | Abilene, TX | Charitable - to support a bold adventure capital campaign | Animal-related | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hendrick Health | Abilene, TX | Charitable - to support west texas care collaborative. | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Stephen's Episcopal School | Austin, TX | Educational - for the annual fund | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Austin (cicero Research) | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Zen Center | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - to support the tasajara winter 2024 practice. | Religion-related | $280,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Zen Center | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - for general operating support. | Religion-related | $278,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brookwood in Georgetown | Georgetown, TX | Charitable - big's capital campaign. | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Retina Foundation | Dallas, TX | Education - to support age-related macular degeneration research. | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St John's College | Santa Fe, NM | Educational - to support financial aid for the students on the santa fe campus. | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas Science & Natural History Museum | Austin, TX | Charitable - for glen rose dinosaur trackways | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Landmarks - the University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Cultural - for general operating support. | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mindpop | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Arts, culture and humanities | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ut School of Architecture | Austin, TX | Charitable - for landscape first conference. | $190,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation Communities | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hill Country Conservancy | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Texas Agricultural Land Trust | San Antonio, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Blanton Museum of Art | Austin, TX | Charitable - for the larry faulkner excellence fund. | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| School of Civic Leadership | Austin, TX | Charitable - general operating support. | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texan By Nature | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hill Country Alliance | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Stephen's Episcopal School | Austin, TX | Educational - to support the school's endowment. | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Barton Springs Conservancy | Austin, TX | Charitable - to support barton springs bathhouse construction. | Recreation and sports | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Blanton Museum of Art | Austin, TX | Cultural - for print aquisitions and print programming. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kmfa Classical 895 | Austin, TX | Charitable - for the dear music capital campaign. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | Charitable - to support the breast cancer research. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Preservation Austin | Austin, TX | Charitable - for the capital campaign | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skystone Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | Charitable - for the roden crater leadership circle. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | Charitable - in support of the texas wellspring fund. | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| William County Historical Museum | Georgetown, TX | Charitable - for the stones are speaking. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Austin Community Foundation | Austin, TX | Charitable - to support the friends of the elizabeth ney museum | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $95,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City of Paducah - Cottle County Friends of the Community Paducah TX | Paducah, TX | Charitable - for paducah swimming pool. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Old Jail Art Center | Albany, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Talitha Koum Institute | Waco, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Community improvement and capacity building | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Zen Center | Houston, TX | Charitable - to support strategic and master plan. | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas Beef Initiative | Dripping Springs, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Contemporary Austin | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Land Trust Alliance | Washington, DC | Charitable - to be used for general operating support. | Environment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Louise House | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Water Finance Exchange | Washington, DC | Charitable - for general operating support. | Environment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amarillo Area Foundation | Amarillo, TX | Charitable - to support disaster relief | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Austin Classical Guitar | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Austin Film Society | Austin, TX | Charitable - for cinema exhibition program. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Austin PBS | Austin, TX | General - for general operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Big Medium | Austin, TX | Charitable - for the growth fund. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cibolo Center for Conservation | Boerne, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Down Home Ranch | Elgin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harry Ransom Center | Austin, TX | Charitable - for elizabeth olds exhibition and ansel adams exhibition. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Headwaters at the Comal | New Braunfels, TX | Charitable - in support of the phase 2 capital campaign. | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Preservation Texas | San Marcos, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Schoolhouse | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas Book Festival | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Recreation and sports | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Treefolks | Del Valle, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ut School of Architecture | Austin, TX | Educational - to establish the gordon white, md, graduate fellowship. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Waco Foundation | Waco, TX | Charitable - for the texas rural funders administrative fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildlife Habitat Federation | Cat Spring, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Austin Foundation for Architecture | Austin, TX | Charitable - general support. | Community improvement and capacity building | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Confluence Zen Center | St Louis, MO | Charitable - translation of transmission of illumination. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conspirare | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Arts, culture and humanities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Humanities Texas | Austin, TX | Charitable - for emergency retainer wall replacement | Arts, culture and humanities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Scenic Texas | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sustainable Food Center | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas State University Development Foundation | San Marcos, TX | Educational - to support the musical theater scholarships and dance productions. | Education | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Austin Chamber Music Center | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library | Center, TX | Charitable - for new furnishings. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philanthropy Advocates | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Schleicher County Public Library | Eldorado, TX | Charitable - for new furnishings. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Wallace Theater | Levelland, TX | Charitable - for capital campaign. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Austin History Center | Austin, TX | Charitable - for master plan development. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Decatur County Public Library | Decatur, TX | Charitable - for new furnishings. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Austin, TX | Charitable - to support summer 2024 production of the yeomen of the guard. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jolly Greens | Henderson, NV | Charitable - general operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas State History Museum Foundation | Austin, TX | Educational - for 2024 texas independence day dinner. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Grace Museum | Abilene, TX | Charitable - for art storage renovation project. | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alvord Public Library | Alvord, TX | Charitable - for new furnishings | $23,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Caseta | San Angelo, TX | Charitable - to support the 2025 symposium. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Contemporary Austin | Austin, TX | Charitable - to support the 2024 art dinner. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shoal Creek Conservancy | Austin, TX | Charitable - match epa award. | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Printaustin Collective | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Austin Classical Guitar | Austin, TX | Charitable - for general operating support. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| James Dick Fountation for the Performing Arts | Rount Top, TX | Charitable - to support poetry at round top festival | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Safe Alliance | Austin, TX | Charitable - to support the safe together event | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Campo Garzon | Costa Jose Ignacio, UY | Charitable - for general operating support. | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Religion-related | $3,391,334 |
| Education | $1,040,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $870,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $845,000 |
| Environment | $590,000 |
| Animal-related | $500,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $150,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Texas | $15,723,000 |
| California | $3,491,334 |
| New Mexico | $250,000 |
| District of Columbia | $120,000 |
| Arizona | $100,000 |
| Missouri | $40,000 |
| Nevada | $25,000 |
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Updated November 14, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.