Welcome to the Adam R. Scripps Foundation inaugural annual report. Launched in 2023 to honor Adam’s legacy, the family-led foundation focuses on giving in various forms to positively impact beneficiaries’ lives.
As a family-led organization, the foundation blends large-scale vision with family values. Governed by compassion, humility, generosity, and love of neighbor, the family actively participates in the grantmaking process. They focus on multi-year support and flexible funds to empower diverse impact producers. Emphasizing participatory philanthropy, they align funding with community needs by first listening to those they serve. Since its inception, the Adam R. Scripps Foundation has believed that "if it can be imagined, it can be created," reflecting their commitment to innovative grant strategies and partnerships with leading organizations.
2023 Impact
Be inspired. Discover the impactful work of organizations we partnered with in 2023.
Nurse Family Partnership
Supporting new moms to build stronger families
The Adam R. Scripps Foundation was thrilled to support this one-of-a-kind program that provides hands-on, in-home assistance to help first-time moms navigate being a new parent while building a foundation for the future.
Miracle Foundation FosterShare App
Using Technology to Transform Foster Care
The Adam R. Scripps Foundation seeks inventive ways to solve challenges. In this case it supported an app that allows foster parents to focus more on what really matters…the children in their care.
Defenders of Wildlife
Reintroducing Wolves…And Balance…To Colorado
Inspired by Adam’s love of animals, The Adam R. Scripps Foundation supported Defenders of Wildlife and the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department in their gray wolf reintroduction program.
Teacher Reuse
Making Classroom Essentials More Accessible
Delivering on its commitment to education, The Adam R. Scripps Foundation and Teacher Reuse helped educators from 77 school districts save hundreds of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket classroom expenses.
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation
Celebrating 100 Years of Texas State Parks
Adam’s love for his home state made supporting the Texas Park and Wildlife Foundation’s effort to enhance all Texas State Parks an easy choice for the Adam R Scripps Foundation.
2023 Impact, A Closer Look
The Adam R. Scripps Foundation partners with Impact Genome to standardize social impact reporting, benefiting nonprofits by reducing reporting burdens and increasing visibility to other donors through verified impact reports.
Take a deeper dive to see how our grantees are making a difference and transforming communities.
Outcome Funding Breakdown
The outcome reported by the most grantees was Animal Wellness, representing 10 programs with a potential reach of 314,000 animals.
The outcome receiving the most funding (other than family leadership) of $1.7M and with the largest potential reach of 3,522,001 beneficiaries is Regular Access to Food.
Other major funded outcomes include:
Expand Reach
Scale of Effective
Strategies
Healthcare
Utilization
Improved Social-
Emotional Skills
Influential
Research
Increased Housing
Placement Stability
Access to and
Development of Housing
STEM Identity
Self-Efficacy
STEM Interest
Number of Overall Beneficiaries
Environments
112 programs in Adam’s home state of Texas received a combined total of $12.4M in funding.
The Adam Scripps Foundation Scholars program includes the Scripps Education Award at Fredericksburg Independent School District (FISD) in Texas, available to each eligible graduating senior to continue their education in a trade, two-year or four-year program. For years, Adam personally supported FISD scholarships and recognized the value of reducing barriers to all types of post-high school educational endeavors.
- 58 Scholarship Recipients*; all seniors at Fredericksburg Independent School District, receiving $2,000 each.
- Recipients are from 7 unique zip codes.
- Scholars will attend 22 colleges (some undecided).
- 90% chose to stay in the state of Texas.
- 40 different areas of study anticipated; most popular is Nursing.
- Total Scholarship Dollars Deployed: $116,000.
*As of May 20, 2024
*As of May 20, 2024
Expanding Adam’s Vision
The Adam Scripps Foundation Scholarship program promotes stability and access to education at all levels. Each part of the program is built upon Adam's initial scholarship that he funded for many years in his hometown at Fredericksburg Independent School District.
Meet Our Partners
Introducing Subiendo & College Possible
Adam recognized the value of different types of post-secondary education and the associated financial barriers. Meet our partners in expanding Adam’s vision and what makes their program models unique: Subiendo Academy & College Possible.
What Funding Is Supporting
Providing Access, Options, & Affordability
Making the right match between a student’s goals and a continuing education partner is key; both Subiendo Academy and College Possible were granted funding to reduce post-secondary financial barriers while empowering students to make the best choice & supporting them through coaching, academic supports, and community.
FAFSA realities in 2023-2024
FAFSA Delays Impact Students' Decisions
With financial aid packages delayed nationally, flexible scholarship support through this program helps students make decisions that meet their goals without financial restraint; hear from our partner experts about the timing and resourcing that reduces uncertainty and empowers students.
Signature Investment
Community Grant & Loan Launch
The Little Hearts Child Development Center in Fredericksburg, TX is a 9,000 sq. ft. facility for 74 infants and toddlers, including 16 spaces for infants up to 11 months.
This combined funding to Hill Country Community Needs Council marks the inaugural Community Grant & Loan investment of the Foundation. Hear more about this program in the video below.
2023 Grantee Goals
Our 2023 reporting grantees have identified their primary goals for additional funding as follows:
1
Grow the number of beneficiaries reached
2
Add new activities/services to program design
3
Support operations/admin improvements
Interested in partnering with us to meet these funding goals?