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Earl C Sams Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$777k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2024
49
Organizations funded FY2023
49%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$170,500
Organizations funded a year
26 to 49
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$21M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 49% of the organizations Earl C Sams Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving49$777k35%
FY202349$742k49%
FY202245$832k44%
FY202144$620k68%
FY202026$667kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Animals$1.3MHealth$464kEducation$408kHuman Services$330kArts & Culture$235kFood & Nutrition$208kPublic Safety & Disaster$95kEnvironment$84kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 75 grantees
All grantees of Earl C Sams Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Driscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation$200,00032%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Warriors Weekend$100,000552%
Corpus Christi Pregnancy Center Inc$67,00041%
Corpus Christi Metro Ministriesinc$62,00032%
Valley Zoological Endowment$60,00019%
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas Inc$57,000427%
Mission of Mercy Inc$50,00040%
Timon's Ministries$45,00043%
1hope for Kids Inc$40,00031%
New Life Refuge Ministries$40,00032%
Agape Ranch$40,00031%
Messiah Ministries Inc$40,000211%
Corpus Christi Literacy Council$36,00047%
Corpus Christi Hope House Inc$35,00041%
Port OConnor Chamber of Commerce$35,000154%
Camille Players Inc$30,00029%
South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind$25,00030%
Charity League of Corpus Christi$25,00032%
South Texas Botanical Gardens$24,00021%
Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas Inc$22,00029%
Majesty Outdoors$20,00031%
American Heart Association Inc$20,00040%
Peewee's Pet Adoption World & Sanctuary Inc$20,00021%
Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated$20,00021%
Friends of the Port O Connor Library Inc$20,000115%
Sea Turtle Inc$20,00011%
Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championshi$17,50034%
Sabinal Alumni$16,50037%
Triple Me Mac Equine Sanctuary$16,00028%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas Inc$15,00020%
Foster Angels of South Texas Foundation$15,00011%
Friends of the ARK Inc$15,000110%
Children's Museum of Brownsville Inc$15,00021%
Citizens for Educational Excellence Inc$15,00011%
Discovery Camps Inc$15,00012%
Moonlight Fund Inc$15,00024%
Port O Connor Community Service Club$15,0001n/a
Grow Local South Texas$14,50037%
Aransas Pass for Youth Inc$11,00017%
Billy T Cattan Recovery Outreach$10,00011%
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas$10,00020%
Open Hands Community Charitable Services$10,00014%
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund$10,00010%
Broken Chains Inc$10,00016%
Corpus Christi Symphony Society Inc$10,00011%
Agape Harbor$10,00012%
South Texas Literacy Coalition$10,000110%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Childrens Coalition of Aransas Co$10,00021%
Youth Odyssey Inc$10,00012%
Corpus Christi Education Foundation$10,00013%
Tennis Success Inc$10,00022%
Daily Bread Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Mary Mcleod Bethune Early Childhood Development Dev$10,00011%
Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc$10,00011%
Court Appointed Special Advocates C$8,00011%
Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi Inc$8,00010%
Texas Diaper Bank$7,00010%
International Crane Foundation Inc$6,50010%
Joe Joe Bear Foundation$6,00027%
Rockport Art Association Inc$5,00010%
Comal County Conservation Alliance Inc$5,00014%
San Antonio Bay Partnership Inc$5,00014%
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Inc$5,00020%
The Gladney Center for Adoption$5,00010%
Friends of Cibolo Wilderness$5,00010%
Chosen Care Inc$5,00010%
Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation Inc$5,00010%
West Side Helping Hand$4,00013%
Laredo Life Center$3,00011%
Nueces County Medical Society Alliance$2,5001n/a
Nueces County Juvenile Justice Volunteers Inc$2,5001n/a
Incarnate Word Convent$2,0001n/a
Humane Society of Aransas County$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Earl C Sams Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDriscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation: $200,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetThe University of Texas Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWarriors Weekend: $100,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetCorpus Christi Pregnancy Center Inc: $67,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCorpus Christi Metro Ministriesinc: $62,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetValley Zoological Endowment: $60,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetFryderyk Chopin Society of Texas Inc: $57,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetMission of Mercy Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTimon's Ministries: $45,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budget1hope for Kids Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNew Life Refuge Ministries: $40,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetAgape Ranch: $40,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMessiah Ministries Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCorpus Christi Literacy Council: $36,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetCorpus Christi Hope House Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPort OConnor Chamber of Commerce: $35,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetCamille Players Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetSouth Texas Lighthouse for the Blind: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCharity League of Corpus Christi: $25,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSouth Texas Botanical Gardens: $24,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetVeterans Assistance Dogs of Texas Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetMajesty Outdoors: $20,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPeewee's Pet Adoption World & Sanctuary Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBrownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of the Port O Connor Library Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSea Turtle Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMeeker Classic Sheepdog Championshi: $17,500 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetSabinal Alumni: $16,500 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetTriple Me Mac Equine Sanctuary: $16,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFoster Angels of South Texas Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of the ARK Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetChildren's Museum of Brownsville Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCitizens for Educational Excellence Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDiscovery Camps Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMoonlight Fund Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetGrow Local South Texas: $14,500 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetAransas Pass for Youth Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetBilly T Cattan Recovery Outreach: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetParks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Hands Community Charitable Services: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetThe Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBroken Chains Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCorpus Christi Symphony Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAgape Harbor: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSouth Texas Literacy Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 71.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ed Rachal FoundationTX66.3× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ed Rachal Foundation · Behmann Brothers Foundation · Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc · Laverne & Thomas Howell Foundation · Frazier Family Foundation Inc · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · Puente de Maravillas Foundation · Susser Family Foundation · The Moody Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Earl C Sams Foundation Inc

How much does Earl C Sams Foundation Inc give?
Earl C Sams Foundation Inc reported 49 grants totaling $776,589 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 49 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Earl C Sams Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (37%), Health (13%), Education (11%).
Who are Earl C Sams Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Driscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation ($200k), The University of Texas Foundation Inc ($100k), Warriors Weekend ($100k).
Does Earl C Sams Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Earl C Sams Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Earl C Sams Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ed Rachal Foundation, Behmann Brothers Foundation, Coastal Bend Community Foundation.
Where is Earl C Sams Foundation Inc based?
Earl C Sams Foundation Inc is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 117 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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