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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 45-0489907

Harte Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in San Antonio, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $3.8 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $3,780,752

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $31,968,996

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,401,531

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $33,515,330

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,724,378

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $33,918,183

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,291,477

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $36,897,196

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,258,712

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $37,342,927

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,206,163

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $37,568,682

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,138,219

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $38,093,851

  • Tax year 2017

    $2,615,181

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $39,321,894

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi, TX

    DR wes tunnell fellowship endowment

    $1,000,000
  2. Texas Water TradeAustin, TX

    General charitable purposes

    $875,000
  3. Texas Water FoundationAustin, TX

    General charitable purposes

    $800,000
  4. Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi, TX

    Hri endowment fund

    $400,905
  5. Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi, TX

    Charitable education purpose

    $266,868
  6. Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi, TX

    Coral reefs & ocean health lab

    $250,000
  7. International Community FoundationNational City, CA

    Mayan aquifer fund grant

    $152,979
  8. International Community FoundationNational City, CA

    Technical coordinator grant

    $25,000
  9. Biodiversity Funders GroupConcord, CA

    Marine conservation - mexico

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment2 grants $1,675,00090% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $177,97910% of the total
  3. Science and technology1 grant $10,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas6 grants $3,592,773
  2. California3 grants $187,979

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • David L SinakTRS,SEC,DIR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Elizabeth H OwensDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Julia Harte WiddowsonPRES,COB,DIR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Christopher M HarteDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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