Funding search · EIN 264573567 · Austin, TX
The James & Edith Spain Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 84
- grants reported
- $597,000
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error
Funding pattern
What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.
Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of Chicago3 grants · $115,000
- Opportunity International3 grants · $59,000
- Guatestar2 grants · $30,000
- Marbridge Foundation3 grants · $29,500
- Mobile Loaves & Fishes3 grants · $26,500
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America3 grants · $22,500
- Linc3 grants · $20,500
- Good Shepherd Center3 grants · $19,500
- Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $18,500
- Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan'S Wonderland3 grants · $17,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 84 reported grants, largest first.
- $100,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for library
- $50,000
Opportunity International · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $20,000
Guatestar · Golden, CO · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $20,000
Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $14,000
Marbridge Foundation · Manchaca, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $13,500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $13,500
Good Shepherd Center · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $13,500
Linc · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $13,000
Marbridge Foundation · Manchaca, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $12,000
Pursuit of History · Marlborough, MA · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Guatestar · Golden, CO · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Aclu Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Austin Habitat for Humanity · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Community Health Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Kut Radio · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan'S Wonderland · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Our Place · Littlefield, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
Turkish Philanthropy Funds · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $10,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for library
- $9,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $8,500
Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $7,500
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $7,500
Theater Network of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Aclu Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
American Business History Center · Whitehouse, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Austin Habitat for Humanity · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Caritas of Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Central Texas Food Bank · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Community Health Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Kut Radio · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan'S Wonderland · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Our Place · Littlefield, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
American Business History Center · Whitehouse, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Caritas of Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Central Texas Food Bank · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Opportunity International · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Pursuit of History · Marlborough, MA · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Sonoma Family Meal Program · Petaluma, CA · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Swan Songs · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Volunteer Healthcare Clinic · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
Wonders & Worries · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $5,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for library
- $4,000
Aclu of North Carolina Legal Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $4,000
Aclu of North Carolina Legal Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Exempt purpose
- $4,000
Opportunity International · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $3,500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $3,500
Good Shepherd Center · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $3,500
Linc · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $3,500
Sonoma Family Meal Program · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $3,500
Linc · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $3,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $3,000
Parable Media · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Swan Songs · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Theater Network of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Volunteer Healthcare Clinic · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Aclu of North Carolina Legal Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Good Shepherd Center · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Marbridge Foundation · Manchaca, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan'S Wonderland · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $2,500
Turning Tables · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $2,000
Parable Media · Keller, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $2,000
Turkish Philanthropy Funds · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $2,000
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,500
Meals On Wheels Central Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
- $1,500
Community Health Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,500
Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Austin, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,500
Theater Network of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,200
American Business History Center · Whitehouse, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,000
Aclu Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,000
Caritas of Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,000
Central Texas Food Bank · Austin, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,000
Kut Radio · Austin, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $1,000
Our Place Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $400
Wonders & Worries · Austin, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $200
Pursuit of History · Marlborough, MA · 2022
Exempt purpose
- $200
Volunteer Healthcare Clinic · Austin, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Greater Houston Community Foundation5,612 grants · $873.8M
- The Big 12 Conference50 grants · $1.91B
- Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships297 grants · $972.3M
Similar purposes
- Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust509 grants · $58.5M
- The Priddy Foundation551 grants · $54.0M
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association133 grants · $59.4M
Similar grant size
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
- State Employees Credit Union Foundation7,131 grants · $63.0M
- Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M
Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.
Search funders like this oneSource: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.

