About Onestar National Service Commission
The Onestar National Service Commission Inc. funds AmeriCorps sub-grants at scale, with repeat awards to intermediaries that place service members in schools, advising programs, and community organizations. Its largest recent grants went to Equal Heart in Dallas and Breakthrough in Austin, both for AmeriCorps sub-grants, alongside recurring support for City Year, National College Advising Corps, and City Square. That pattern points to a funder built around service-member placement rather than direct operating support for individual nonprofits.
The portfolio centers on Texas sites, where grants support tutoring, college advising, summer and after-school programming, and community health outreach. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Equal Heart, Breakthrough, City Year - San Antonio, City Year - Dallas, and University of Texas Rio Grande Vall. The foundation also backs university and county-linked service infrastructure, such as UT Austin Charles a Dana Center and the University of Texas Rio Grande Vall, as well as local service partners like Boys & Girls Club of Pharr and Legacy Community Health Services. Across these awards, the common thread is restricted funding for national service programs that embed AmeriCorps members in local delivery networks.
What Onestar National Service Commission Funds
In K–12 literacy and tutoring, the foundation gave $805,172 in 2024 to Reading Partners in Oakland for an AmeriCorps sub-grant. It also supported school-connected service infrastructure through $1,054,304 to UT Austin Charles a Dana Center in 2025 and $904,955 in 2024 to the same organization.
College access is another clear line of support. National College Advising Corps received $1,980,939 in 2025 and $1,948,666 in 2024, both for AmeriCorps sub-grants. The University of Texas Rio Grande Vall also appears multiple times, including $1,050,340 in 2025 and $813,091 in 2023.
Youth development and out-of-school-time service shows up in awards to Project Transformation North Texas, which received $820,915 in 2025, and Boys & Girls Club of Pharr, which received $870,279 in 2024 and $789,691 in 2025. Community health appears in a 2025 grant of $790,974 to Legacy Community Health Services.
How Onestar National Service Commission Gives
Typical grants cluster in the mid-six-figure range: p25 is $98,495, median is $330,587, and p75 is $534,267. The recent portfolio also includes repeated awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which suggests multi-year sub-granting rather than isolated one-time gifts. The foundation is a public charity and a regular funder, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The grant descriptions consistently identify the support as AmeriCorps sub-grants, indicating restricted, program-specific funding tied to national service placement.