How much did EARL C SAMS FOUNDATION INC grant in FY2024?

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 72% of EARL C SAMS FOUNDATION INC’s grantee dollars go to organizations outside the IRS cause taxonomy (common for large international and research funders), so a chart would be mostly “unclassified” and misrepresent the portfolio.

02beneath the categories

Past the labels — and the year it shifted

Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.

…and in their own words, year by year

2020

thrufood pantrycovidtimon'spark

2021

repaircovidtimon'schildrensavingfosterministries

2022

researcheducationalequipmentchildrenvalleyeducationcoastal bend

2023

daily breadeducationmuseumagapecareequipmentaransas

2024

museumgladys portercoastal bendbandministries

Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.

03FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

Under $10k19 grants · $96k
$10k–50k28 grants · $410k
$50k–250k2 grants · $271k

$10,000

Median grant

States reached

$27M

Total assets

Largest grants

VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY GLADYS PORTER ZOO$170,500
TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM$100,000
HILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD MINISTRY$40,000
HIDDEN FOREST PTA$23,800
AGAPE RANCH$20,000
COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FUND$20,000
WARRIOR'S WEEKEND$20,000
FRIENDS OF THE PORT O'CONNOR LIBRARY$20,000
1 HOPE FOR KIDS$20,000
TIMONS MINISTRIES$15,000
FRYDERYK CHOPIN SOCIETY OF TEXAS$15,000
FOSTER ANGELS OF SOUTH TEXAS FOUNDATION$15,000
CORPUS CHRISTI PREGNANCY CENTER$15,000
MISSION OF MERCY INC$15,000
CORPUS CHRISTI METRO MINISTRIES$15,000

02The need

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $148k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18% — the area typically sits at 13%. 97% of those dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge

repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.

$2.9M · 53 repeat orgs$752k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +104% since the first grant, against +16% for the ones you funded once.

53 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

Total granted

$2.9M

$611k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+104%

+16%

Still filing today

42%

55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

DC
DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
3× · 2020–2022 · $200k · revenue +198%
CC
CORPUS CHRISTI PREGNANCY CENTER
4× · 2020–2024 · $67k · revenue +545%
FC
FRYDERYK CHOPIN SOCIETY OF TEXAS
4× · 2020–2024 · $57k · revenue +221% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATIONgraduated
one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +213%
VZ
VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL ENDOWMENT
one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue -81%
UT
UNIV TX RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOUNDATION
one grant, 2022 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

Catholic Charities of the Texas

Catholic charities of the texas panhandle supports the value and dignity of human life by working to promote self-worth and independence, and strives to meet the ever-changing needs of the community.

Human Services

Christus Health Southeast Texas

Supporting the health care ministries of the sponsoring congregations in extending the healing ministry of jesus christ in conformity with the teachings of the catholic church.

Health

Visit Corpus Christi Foundation

To promote the culture and heritage of corpus christi, texas.

Philanthropy

Animal Friends of Port Aransas Inc

Provide veterinary and shelter services for displaced and wayward animals in the township and outlying area of port aransas, texas.

Animals

Wildlife Rescue of Central Texas

Wildlife rescue of central texas cares for injured and orphaned wildlife, provides public education programs, and promotes peaceful coexistence with our wild neighbors.

Animals

Planned Parenthood South Texas

To provide family planning and sexual healthcare services.

Health

Texas Christian Foundation

Texas Christian Foundation's mission is to mobilize resources by inspiring biblical generosity and educating Texans on ways their generosity can impact their community, Texas and the world.

Philanthropy

Crime Stoppers of South Texas Inc

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Trinity Broadcasting of Texas

To spread the gospel of jesus christ to the world

Religion

Corpus Christi council of the Navy League Inc

The Navy League supports and Improves the well being of the American Service Personnel and Their families

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Construct a Kids Christmas

To provide christmas toys and gifts to foster and underprivileged children in bexar county texas and surrounding counties.

Human Services

Central Texas Youth Services Bureau

To assist troubled youth and their families toward the development of their full potential.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas and the most unlike its peers is Rockport Art Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund

2%1/61

the rest of the field

11%

2,415/21,204

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

58 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.

Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)

Early backer (in before they grew)

56/58

Grantees still filing

41/58

Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Other$2,758,402Philanthropy$220,000Human Services$191,000Animals$124,500Arts & Culture$122,000Health$119,000Education$102,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Coastal Bend Community FoundationTX63.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Ed Rachal Foundation · Behmann Brothers Foundation · Allen Lovelace Moore and · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy · Frazier Family Foundation Inc · United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc · The Moody Foundation · Laverne & Thomas Howell Foundation · Susser Family Foundation · Bethel Hesed · Tres Grace Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organisation EARL C SAMS FOUNDATION INC funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024

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no gov moneyreceives it· size = income

0get no government money at all

0rely on government for over half their income

⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%

typical government reliance, FY20–24

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Through Plinth

Your grantmaking, live and operational

This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: PORT O'CONNOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk

Financial management

low risk

~25 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 8 filed years.

Track record & reputation

low risk

8 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 2.4× since.

Legal standing

low risk

US 501(c)(3); EIN 742376587 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.

Governance

Live in Plinth

Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.

Compliance & sanctions

Live in Plinth

OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.

Program capacity

Live in Plinth

Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.

Live · Plinth’s real DD engine

Run the actual assessment on PORT O'CONNOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, cold from public data.

Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.

Post-award monitoring · continuous checks

On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 25 months of cash on hand.
On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
WatchReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 54% of their budget — load-bearing; a dependency Plinth would track.
Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.

What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.

Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing

Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro

How do I get to Earl C Sams Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Earl C Sams Foundation Inc through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.

Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.

EARL C SAMS FOUNDATION INC

What you funded, over time

Past the labels — and the year it shifted

Where the money goes

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Who you back again

Backed again, and grew

Funded once

58 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.

Government reliance of your grantees

Your grantmaking, live and operational

How do I get to Earl C Sams Foundation Inc?

More from the funding graph

EARL C SAMS FOUNDATION INC

What you funded, over time

Past the labels — and the year it shifted

Where the money goes

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Who you back again

Backed again, and grew

Funded once

58 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.

Government reliance of your grantees

Your grantmaking, live and operational

How do I get to Earl C Sams Foundation Inc?

More from the funding graph