How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Jason Herd
2630 Exposition Blvd Suite G-10
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 472-9825
[email protected] - Form and materials
- Grant requests may be submitted via email or snail mail. The springhouse website (www.springhousefoundation.org) provides the required information along with instructions for requests.
- Deadlines
- There is no deadline to submit requests.
- Restrictions
- The foundation's main philanthropic focus is children, women, and other basic human needs, although, the foundation is not restricted from giving outside these parameters.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$270,000
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $6,430,736
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Tax year 2024
$265,650
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $5,786,619
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Tax year 2023
$240,000
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $5,530,939
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Tax year 2022
$269,333
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $5,110,548
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Tax year 2021
$283,333
- Grants listed
- 14
- Assets, end of year
- $6,196,957
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Tax year 2020
$220,833
- Grants listed
- 14
- Assets, end of year
- $5,827,153
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Tax year 2019
$252,500
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $5,384,519
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Texas Book FestivalAustin, TX
General operations
$55,000 -
St Andrew's Episcopal SchoolAustin, TX
General operations
$35,000 -
Explore AustinAustin, TX
General operations
$30,000 -
Dell Children's Medical Center FoundationSaint Louis, MO
General operations
$29,000 -
Junior League of AustinAustin, TX
General operations
$27,500 -
Mobile Loaves & FishesAustin, TX
General operations
$25,000 -
Trail ConservancyAustin, TX
General operations
$25,000 -
African Community & Conservation FoundationPalm Beach, FL
General operations
$10,000 -
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryKerrville, TX
General operations
$10,000 -
Austin Diaper BankAustin, TX
General operations
$10,000 -
Central Texas Food BankAustin, TX
General operations
$6,500 -
SafeAustin, TX
General operations
$4,000 -
Administrators of the Tulane Educational FundNew Orleans, LA
General operations
$3,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education3 grants $68,00032% of the total
- Sports and recreation1 grant $55,00026% of the total
- Environment2 grants $35,00017% of the total
- Community development1 grant $27,50013% of the total
- Human services1 grant $10,0005% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,0005% of the total
- 1 other causes1 grant $6,5003% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Daniel W HerdDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Paula T HerdDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Jason D HerdDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Valerie H ParkerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Anna B HerdDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- James Chico ParkerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
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