This foundation concentrates support locally in the San Antonio area, with an emphasis on health care and health workforce development. Major gifts fund cancer research and hospital-based children's services, alongside repeated investments in nursing education programs at local colleges and a Catholic university. The pattern suggests a focus on strengthening medical capacity and pediatric care within the metropolitan region.
Richard Spencer Lewis Memorial gives almost entirely within Texas, with a clear pattern of support for medical education, cancer research, and children’s health. Recent grants show repeated commitments of $100,000 to University of the Incarnate Word for nursing programs, MD Anderson Cancer Center for cancer research, and Christus Children’s Foundation for program support. Those recurring awards point to a funder that stays with a small set of health-focused institutions over multiple years rather than spreading gifts broadly. The foundation also supports the hospital side of pediatric care through The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Foundation’s Keeping Promises campaign. Smaller awards extend the same theme to medical research at UT Health San Antonio and community-based health support in South Texas. The overall picture is of a local funder backing workforce pipelines, research capacity, and pediatric services through project-specific and program support grants.
In nursing education, the foundation backed several local institutions with $100,000 grants, including Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc for a nursing program and University of the Incarnate Word for nursing programs in 2023, 2024, and 2025. In oncology, it supported MD Anderson Cancer Center with $100,000 grants for cancer research in 2023, 2024, and 2025. For pediatric health, it gave $100,000 to The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Foundation for the Keeping Promises campaign and another $100,000 to Christus Children’s Foundation for program support. It also funded medical research at UT Health San Antonio with $50,000 awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Grant sizes cluster tightly around a small set of award levels: p25 is $50,000, the median is $100,000, and p75 is $100,000. That shows a pattern of mostly standard-size grants with a lower tier for some research or program support awards. The record also shows repeated support over multiple years to the same institutions, especially University of the Incarnate Word, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and UT Health San Antonio. The foundation does not fund individuals and makes no program-related investments, consistent with a straightforward grantmaking model centered on institutional support.
$400K
$8.1M
$655K
$475K
Most grants fall between $50K and $100K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$100K
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Concentrated, relatively large grants to a small set of repeat regional grantees (multiple grants to MD Anderson and University of the Incarnate Word), prioritizing a few targeted healthcare and education initiatives rather than many small awards.
Notable grantees: MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of the Incarnate Word, CHRISTUS Children's Foundation, Alamo Colleges Foundation, The Children's Hospital of San Antonio Foundation
Giving is fully concentrated in Texas: 100% of grants went to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state, and the top state by grant count is TX. Most recipients are in San Antonio, including Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc, University of the Incarnate Word, The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Foundation, Christus Children’s Foundation, and UT Health San Antonio. Houston appears as another recipient city through MD Anderson Cancer Center, while Uvalde and Liberty Hill each received a smaller grant. The pattern is local, but not limited to one neighborhood or one institution.
The foundation supports health-focused institutions, especially nursing education programs, cancer research organizations, and children’s hospitals. Recent grants include repeated support for University of the Incarnate Word’s nursing programs, MD Anderson Cancer Center’s cancer research, and pediatric health organizations in San Antonio.
Typical awards are around $100,000. The distribution shows a p25 of $50,000, a median of $100,000, and a p75 of $100,000, which indicates that most grants fall at or near the $100,000 level.
No. All 14 recent grants in the provided data went to recipients in Texas, and 100% of grants were given to organizations in the HQ state. The recipient cities include San Antonio, Houston, Uvalde, and Liberty Hill.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including University of the Incarnate Word in 2023, 2024, and 2025; MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and UT Health San Antonio in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals and makes no program-related investments, according to the provided foundation data.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2026 | KEEPING PROMISES CAMPAIGN |
| ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2026 | NURSING PROGRAMS |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2026 | NURSING PROGRAMS |
| UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $50,000 | 2026 | NURSING E |
| SCOUTING AMERICA ALAMO AREA COUNCIL | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $50,000 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | CANCER RESEARCH |
| ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | NURSING PROGRAM |
| CHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | NURSING PROGRAMS |
| UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | UVALDE, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2024 | KEEPING PROMISES CAMPAIGN |
| MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $100,000 | 2024 | CANCER RESEARCH |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2024 | NURSING PROGRAMS |
| UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $50,000 | 2024 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $100,000 | 2023 | NURSING PROGRAMS |
| MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $100,000 | 2023 | CANCER RESEARCH |
| UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $50,000 | 2023 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| HOPE HOUSE | LIBERTY HILL, TX | $1,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD
$100,000NURSING PROGRAMS
UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO
$50,000NURSING E
SCOUTING AMERICA ALAMO AREA COUNCIL
$50,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
$100,000CANCER RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD
$100,000NURSING PROGRAMS
UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO
$50,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$50,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
KEEPING PROMISES CAMPAIGN
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
$100,000CANCER RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD
$100,000NURSING PROGRAMS
UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO
$50,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD
$100,000NURSING PROGRAMS
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
$100,000CANCER RESEARCH
UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO
$50,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
HOPE HOUSE
$1,000PROGRAM SUPPORT