Private foundation (trust)EIN 451559309Est. 2012-09

Amherst Foundation

Austin, TX 78721

Total Assets

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$360K

FY 2023

Grants Made

26

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$14K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$750–$116K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$88K

Total Expenses

$365K

Qualifying Distributions

$360K

Distributable Amount

$124K

Min. Investment Return

$125K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

26 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $750 through median $5K to maximum $116K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $1.3M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

77 grants

Dana Farber Cancer Institute
$1.1M
2 grants
Prostate Cancer Center Foundation
$265K
3 grants
Capital City Fund for Eductation
$216K
3 grants
Feeding America
$160K
2 grants
Donee's of 1K - Ft Myer Relief 2022
$150K
1 grant
Mount Sinai Hospital
$125K
2 grants
The Nobelity Project
$85K
3 grants
Discovery Land Company Foundation
$60K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

77 grants

<$10K
48
grants
$10–50K
18
grants
$50–250K
10
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

12 states

Massachusetts
$1.1M
42% of total
Texas
$702K
27% of total
California
$363K
14% of total
Illinois
$160K
6% of total
Ohio
$125K
5% of total
New York
$79K
3% of total
Virginia
$40K
2% of total
Connecticut
$40K
2% of total
Georgia
$13K
0% of total
Florida
$1K
0% of total

+2 more states

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