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George W and Dorothy S Closner Foundation

Accepts applications San Antonio, Texas · EIN 470862806

George W and Dorothy S Closner Foundation is a private foundation in San Antonio, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $66,500 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $52,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $14,500 the year before.

20% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$66,5005$705,973
2024$14,5004$808,836
2025$66,5005$881,357

How to apply

ContactFrank W Closner
19722 Encino Knoll, San Antonio, TX 78259
Phone or email(210) 872-1185
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsTo be determined

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What George W and Dorothy S Closner Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas5$66,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Texas A&m University Higher Education Center at McAllen
College Station, TX
To help fund the organization's exempt purpose$52,000
Boysville Inc
Converse, TX
To help fund the organization's exempt purpose$4,000
Christian Assistance Ministry
San Antonio, TX
To help fund the organization's exempt purpose$4,000
Presbyterian Children's Home
Austin, TX
To help fund the organization's exempt purpose$4,000
Museum of South Texas History
Edinburg, TX
To help fund the organization's exempt purpose$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does George W and Dorothy S Closner Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: To be determined.

How much does George W and Dorothy S Closner Foundation give?

$66,500 in tax year 2025, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs George W and Dorothy S Closner Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Frank W Closner (Director), Pam C Hudson (Director) and Erin L Bunting (Director).

What does George W and Dorothy S Closner Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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