About Ewing Halsell Foundation
The Ewing Halsell Foundation concentrates its giving on K–12 education in Texas, with a clear emphasis on supporting charter networks and school facilities. Its grants fund both school operators (especially classical/traditional charter models) and intermediary organizations that finance or develop school facilities, indicating a strategy to expand or strengthen physical capacity for tuition-free public schools. The foundation gives few, large grants and frequently makes repeat awards to the same organizations, signaling long-term partnerships rather than one-off gifts.
Focus Areas
Texas tuition-free charter school networks (classical/traditional models)Financing and development of K–12 school facilities in TexasExpansion/capacity-building grants to established school operatorsSupport for regional education organizations shaping charter growth in Texas
Who They Fund
unspecified
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: a small number of large grants, often repeated to the same grantees, focused on building capacity and facilities for charter schools in Texas rather than broad, diversified giving.
Funding Style
About Ewing Halsell Foundation
The Ewing Halsell Foundation’s most visible recent pattern is repeated seven-figure support for charter-school growth and the facilities infrastructure behind it. In 2024, it gave $1,150,000 to Great Hearts Texas for program support, followed by $1,125,000 in 2025 to Texas Facilities Fund, also for program support. That pairing shows a grantmaker interested not only in school operators but in the physical capacity needed to serve students. The foundation’s recent awards also include large, repeated support for Texas-based public charter organizations such as BTX Schools Inc, KIPP San Antonio, and Legacy Traditional Public Charter School - SEE, suggesting long-running relationships rather than isolated gifts. Its current grantmaking is centered on improving K–12 educational opportunities in San Antonio and Bexar County, within a broader mission to improve the quality of life for Texans. The foundation funds nonprofits and programs, not individuals, and its current strategy is reflected in grants made to school networks, charter-sector intermediaries, and local education organizations working in Texas.
What Ewing Halsell Foundation Funds
K–12 education is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s recent giving. It awarded $667,000 in 2025 to School for Excellence in Education DBA Legacy Traditional Schools for program support, and it gave $500,000 in 2025 to Texas Charter School Association for program support. The first points to direct school-operator support; the second supports a statewide charter-sector organization. Facilities and school growth are another distinct theme. Texas Facilities Fund received $1,125,000 in 2025, after a $750,000 grant in 2024, indicating repeated backing for school infrastructure finance. Local charter expansion also appears in grants to Valor Texas Education Foundation and Royal Public Schools, both in San Antonio. Beyond K–12, the foundation’s active grant programs still list arts, higher education, environment and conservation, and faith-based work, showing a broader organizational scope even as education drives the current emphasis.
How Ewing Halsell Foundation Gives
The foundation’s typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $77,500 at the median, and $250,000 at the 75th percentile, which fits a pattern of relatively few large awards alongside smaller support grants. Recent grants show repetition across years, including multiple awards to the same organizations in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That indicates continuing relationships rather than one-time gifts. The foundation is not an individual-giving or program-related-investment funder; it makes grants to nonprofit organizations and related entities. Its listed grant programs are current, invitation-only or otherwise non-unsolicited in practice, with a focus on K–12 education in San Antonio and Bexar County.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$21.9M
Total Assets
$154.3M
Total Revenue
$16.9M
Total Expenses
$10.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $250K, with a median of $78K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$78K
75th Percentile
$250K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
About 92% of grants go to recipients in TX.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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