Funding search · EIN 746062365 · Austin, TX
Nelson Puett 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.
- 167
- grants reported
- $4.1M
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Remember the Alamo Foundation2 grants · $1.1M
- Shikar Safari Club International3 grants · $351,375
- Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation3 grants · $337,350
- The Seton Fund - Dsmc Fuure of Care1 grant · $300,000
- Patriots' Hall of Dripping Springs1 grant · $150,000
- Ingram Independent School District3 grants · $115,794
- Tivy High School3 grants · $106,500
- Westminster Presbyterian Church3 grants · $103,000
- Austin Speech Labs3 grants · $100,000
- Community First Village1 grant · $100,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 167 grants.
- $540,000
Remember the Alamo Foundation · San Antiono, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $510,000
Remember the Alamo Foundation · San Antiono, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $300,000
The Seton Fund - Dsmc Fuure of Care · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $175,100
Shikar Safari Club International · Houston, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $173,350
Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $150,000
Patriots' Hall of Dripping Springs · Dripping Springs, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $147,500
Shikar Safari Club International · Houston, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $106,000
Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $100,000
Community First Village · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $60,000
Orphan Grain Train · Nolfork, NE · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $58,000
Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $51,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $50,000
Communities in Schools Central Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $50,000
Austin Speech Labs · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $50,000
Culver Education Foundation · Culver City, IN · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $50,000
Explore Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $50,000
Seedling Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $49,000
Tivy High School · Kerrville, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $48,294
Ingram Independent School District · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $45,000
Seedling Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $38,500
Luling High School · Luling, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $35,000
Tivy High School · Kerrville, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $35,000
Ingram Independent School District · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $33,000
San Antonio Zoo · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $32,500
Ingram Independent School District · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $30,000
Luling High School · Luling, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $28,775
Shikar Safari Club International · Houston, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $26,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $26,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
Austin Speech Labs · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ctx · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
Ascension Seton Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
Austin Speech Labs · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
Luling High School · Luling, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ctx · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
The Salvation Army - Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
Assistance League of Austin Texas · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
Sound Off · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $25,000
The Seton Fund · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $23,500
Augustheart · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $22,500
Tivy High School · Kerrville, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $21,000
Austin Sunshine Camps · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $20,000
Honduras Good Works · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $20,000
The Special Forces Charitable Trust · Essex, CT · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $20,000
Orphan Grain Train · Nolfork, NE · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $20,000
Texas Wildlife Association Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $20,000
The Special Forces Charitable Trust · Essex, CT · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $20,000
Playhouse 2000 · Kerrville, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $20,000
The Brookwood Community in Georgetown · Georgetown, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $20,000
The Special Forces Charitable Trust · Essex, CT · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $17,500
Helping Hand Home for Children · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $17,000
Friends of the Governor'S Mansion · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $12,000
Friends of the Governor'S Mansion · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $12,000
San Antonio Zoo · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $11,000
Augustheart · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,500
Austin Sunshine Camps · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Borderland Research Institute · Alpine, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Helping Hand Home for Children · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
The Brookwood Community in Georgetown · Georgetown, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Trail of Lights Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Waterloo Greenway Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Breakthrough Central Texas · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Sabinal Alumni · Sabinal, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
San Antonio Botanical Garden · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Trail of Lights Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Waterloo Greenway Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Con Mi Madre · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Kipp Texas Public Schools Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $10,000
Trail of Lights Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,500
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,500
The Doseum · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,500
Helping Hand Home for Children · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,500
Texas a & M University · College Station, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,500
The Doseum · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,000
Oklahoma Pandandle State University · Goodwell, OK · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,000
Sam Houston State University · Huntsville, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,000
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $7,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,700
Texas Biomedical Resarch Institute · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,500
Charity Ball Association of San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,100
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Big Life Foundation USA · Ridgefield, WA · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Casa of Travis County · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Central Texas Spca · Leander, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Kipp Texas Public Schools - Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Redeemer Lutheran Church · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Texas Biomedical Resarch Institute · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
The University of the South · Sewanee, TN · 2024
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Charity Ball Association of San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Mountain Home Fire Dept · Mountain Home, AZ · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Oklahoma Pandandle State University · Goodwell, OK · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Sa Life Academy · San Antiono, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
2care2 Change · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
Caritas of Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
- $5,000
City Kids Adventures · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable, educational, religious, scientific & medical
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