The Patty & Joe Rotunda Charitable Trust
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes. Its mission focuses on aiding physically, economically, or emotionally disadvantaged children and adults, providing care for animals, and offering support for individuals and their families during end-of-life or hospice care. The foundation primarily funds organizations that align with these values, including animal shelters and youth development programs, particularly in Texas. Through its grants, it seeks to enhance the well-being of both people and animals in need.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Texas-based, publicly supported 501(c)(3) with programs in animal welfare, youth development, or end-of-life/hospice care and the capacity to provide the foundation's requested governance and financial documents.
Good Fit
- • Organization is headquartered or operating in Texas.
- • 501(c)(3) public charity status with up-to-date IRS determination letter.
- • Program focus on animal rescue/shelter work, youth camps, or hospice/end-of-life family support.
- • Ability to supply board minutes, recent budgets, and reports confirming proper use of prior grants.
- • Local reputation or prior relationships with Austin-area funders or service providers.
Geography
All observed grants across 2022–2024 were made to organizations in Texas; the latest year’s grants were exclusively in-state.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded a small set of local nonprofits (two recipients in 2024; three in 2022 and one in 2023), showing a limited recipient pool that nevertheless includes independent animal-welfare, youth, and hospice organizations.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of entry exists (one new recipient observed in the latest year and at least one repeating grantee across years) and the filings include a rolling application checklist and named contact, but the small number of grantees and heavy dollar concentration indicate selection is selective rather than broadly open.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
