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Ed Rachal Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$28M
Granted FY2025still arriving
344
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5.4M
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$43MCivil Rights$18MEducation$16MHealth$13MFood & Nutrition$10MHousing & Shelter$8.6MPublic Benefit$6.6MArts & Culture$4.4MOther$0
02FY2025 · 344 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k87 grants · $303k
  • $10k–50k158 grants · $3.5M
  • $50k–250k90 grants · $6.3M
  • $250k+9 grants · $17M
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$825M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HALO FLIGHT$5,439,911
LOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION$5,000,000
PALACIOS MARINE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH$4,000,000
REMEMBER THE ALAMO FOUNDATION$1,000,000
COASTAL BEND BAYS & ESTUARIES$610,095
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CENTER$500,000
SOUTH TEXAS MISSION OF MERCY$300,000
CITY OF PALACIOS$300,000
NUECES COUNTY$290,471
DIOCESE OF CORPUS CHRISTI$200,000
PALACIOS ISD$160,000
ANNAPOLIS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$150,000
SPECIAL ANGELS OF THE WOODLANDS$120,211
SA LIFE ACADEMY INC$100,000
FRIENDS OF THE PALACIOS LIBRARY INC$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $20.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL: $75k → 6%NEHEMIAH CENTER: $50k → 16%CHEROKEE HOME FOR CHILDREN: $85k → 19%SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME: $75k → 23%BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL: $75k → 6%CENTRAL TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOME: $50k → 10%ARMS OF HOPE: $75k → 12%NEHEMIAH CENTER: $50k → 16%CHEROKEE HOME FOR CHILDREN: $75k → 19%SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME: $75k → 23%BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL: $75k → 6%CENTRAL TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOME: $50k → 10%ARMS OF HOPE: $50k → 12%NEHEMIAH CENTER: $50k → 16%CHEROKEE HOME FOR CHILDREN: $75k → 19%SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME: $75k → 23%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 27%ROCKPORT-FULTON GOOD SAMARITANS INC: $85k → 17%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICE: $50k → 27%JULIETTE FOWLER COMMUNITIES: $40k → 14%CHILDREN'S COALITION OF ARANSAS COUNTY: $75k → 17%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICE: $50k → 27%JULIETTE FOWLER COMMUNITIES: $40k → 14%CAMP ARANZAZU: $75k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $75k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $75k → 17%CHILDREN'S COALITION OF ARANSAS COUNTY: $50k → 17%MILITARY VIP INC: $58k → 17%THE WAY HOME ADOPTION: $30k → 16%MILITARY VIP INC: $58k → 17%VIOLA'S HUGE HEART FOUNDATION: $40k → 16%YMCA OF THE COASTAL BEND: $70k → 17%KIDS' MEAL: $40k → 16%KIDS' MEALS: $30k → 16%SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON: $35k → 16%FOSTER ANGELS OF SOUTH TEXAS FOUNDATION: $87k → 17%FOSTER ANGELS OF SOUTH TEXAS FOUNDATION: $60k → 17%FOSTER ANGELS OF SOUTH TEXAS FOUNDATION: $45k → 17%CORPUS CHRISTI AREA COUNCIL FOR THE: $30k → 17%CORPUS CHRISTI AREA COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF: $30k → 17%LOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION: $7.4M → 17%LOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION: $5.2M → 17%LOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION: $5.0M → 17%YMCA OF THE COASTAL BEND: $201k → 17%MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE DAY NURSERY: $50k → 17%MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE DAY NURSERY: $50k → 17%MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE DAY NURSERY: $50k → 17%FOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $45k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
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.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$75M · 267 repeat orgs$30M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

267 repeat relationships: 220 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 91 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

267
216

Total granted

$75M
$22M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+9%

Still filing today

63%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LA
    LOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2025 · $24M · revenue +96% · 97% of their budget
  • PM
    PALACIOS MARINE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $9.5M · revenue +22% · 95% of their budget
  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospital
    5× · 2017–2025 · $850k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • AP
    ASSET PURCHASES TREATED AS QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIO
    one grant, 2023 · $6.8M
  • TG
    THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $3.0M · revenue 0%
  • CO
    CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI - LAMAR LOCATIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $2.3M
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Center for 20TH Century Texas Studies
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2
Texas Trust Gives
Philanthropy
3
Texas a&M University-Central Tx Foundati

Operated exclusively for educational purposes specifically including to further educational activities at texas a& m university-central texas within the meaning of 501(c)(3).

Education
4
Texas Flying Legends Museum
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5
Casa of South Texas Inc

Child Advocacy

Human Services
6
Texas Christian Foundation

Texas Christian Foundations 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
7
North Central Texas Medical Foundation
Health
8
Texas a&M-Corpus Christi Foundation

For the benefit of texas a&m university - corpus christi

Education
9
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
10
Central Texas Christian School Inc

To educate students with the transforming truth of christ, inspiring academic excellence, godly character, and integrity in life pursuits.

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11
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
12
Texas Foster Care & Adoption Serv

A state of texas licensed foster care and adoption agency that identifies and provides approved healing foster homes for children.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clarity Child Guidance Center; the most unlike its peers is Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

267 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 267 of the 576 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

28
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
71
Early backer (in before they grew)
259/267
Grantees still filing
177/267
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASSET PURCHASES TREATED AS QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIO: $6,799,423 · OtherASSET PURCHASES TREATED AS QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIOHALO FLIGHT INC: $5,439,911 · OtherHALO FLIGHT INCCITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI - LAMAR LOCATIONS: $2,305,800 · OtherUTMD ANDERSON: $2,150,000 · OtherCENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $1,750,000 · OtherST PETER THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $1,500,000 · Other+118 more: $23,618,121 · Other+118 moreLOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION: $24,269,741 · Human ServicesLOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION+28 more: $5,063,153 · Human Services+28 morePALACIOS MARINE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INC: $9,500,000 · Science & TechPALACIOS MA…THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · EducationANNAPOLIS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $600,000 · EducationAGORA MINISTRIES INC: $578,398 · EducationTexas A&M Foundation: $488,000 · EducationRISE SCHOOL OF CORPUS CHRISTI: $405,000 · EducationROCKPORT FULTON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · Education+7 more: $905,000 · EducationTexas Children's Hospital: $850,000 · HealthCOMPASSIONATE CARE MEDICAL CLINIC: $600,000 · HealthCORPUS CHRISTI PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $424,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $250,000 · HealthDriscoll Children's Hospital: $250,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $205,000 · HealthTHRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · HealthSOUTH TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $200,000 · HealthTEXAS FIRE FIGHTERS HOME: $150,000 · HealthCHRISTIAN FARMS TREEHOUSE INC: $125,000 · Health+4 more: $301,000 · HealthRemember the Alamo Foundation: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureBo's Place: $250,000 · Arts & CultureLone Star Flight Museum: $250,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS MARITIME MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $190,000 · Arts & CultureHRI FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Arts & CultureROCKPORT CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT: $150,000 · Arts & CulturePORT ARANSAS ART CENTER: $130,000 · Arts & CultureRockport Art Association Inc: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $411,690 · Arts & CulturePEEWEE'S PET ADOPTION WORLD & SANCTUARY INC: $375,000 · AnimalsSOUTH TEXAS ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP: $300,050 · AnimalsSPCA SAN PAT COUNTY: $275,000 · AnimalsCATTERY INC: $270,000 · AnimalsDALLAS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $150,000 · Animals
Other$43,563,255Human Services$29,332,894Science & Tech$9,500,000Education$6,376,398Health$3,555,000Arts & Culture$2,956,690Animals$1,370,050

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION: $24,269,741 over 5y, 97% of budgetPALACIOS MARINE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INC: $9,500,000 over 3y, 95% of budgetHALO FLIGHT INC: $5,439,911 over 1y, 29% of budgetTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $850,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $645,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetWEST SIDE HELPING HAND: $600,000 over 5y, 73% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE CARE MEDICAL CLINIC: $600,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetANNAPOLIS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $600,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetAGORA MINISTRIES INC: $578,398 over 5y, 21% of budgetTEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $525,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $488,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION: $430,863 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $425,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $424,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetRISE SCHOOL OF CORPUS CHRISTI: $405,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetROCKPORT FULTON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetPEEWEE'S PET ADOPTION WORLD & SANCTUARY INC: $375,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetDEL MAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetAGAPE RANCH: $333,500 over 3y, 24% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF SOUTH TEXAS FOUNDATION: $322,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PALACIOS LIBRARY INC: $314,500 over 3y, 59% of budgetSOUTH TEXAS ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP: $300,050 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $300,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetSunny Glen Children's Home Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetYMCA of the Coastal Bend: $275,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetSPCA SAN PAT COUNTY: $275,000 over 4y, 41% of budgetCATTERY INC: $270,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetAdult and Teen Challenge of Texas: $270,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC: $265,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBo's Place: $250,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetLone Star Flight Museum: $250,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWASHINGTON ON THE BRAZOS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNehemiah Center Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSA Life Academy: $250,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetDriscoll Children's Hospital: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHEROKEE HOME FOR CHILDREN: $235,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTIMON'S MINISTRIES: $230,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetCentral Texas Children's Home: $229,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetBROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC: $225,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI HOPE HOUSE INC: $215,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $215,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $205,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES & SERVICES: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds LOUISE ALLEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PALACIOS MARINE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds HALO FLIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Remember the Alamo Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE HELPING HAND ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSIONATE CARE MEDICAL CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds ANNAPOLIS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AGORA MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR ↗
  • Who funds CORPUS CHRISTI PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RISE SCHOOL OF CORPUS CHRISTI ↗
  • Who funds ROCKPORT FULTON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PEEWEE'S PET ADOPTION WORLD & SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds DEL MAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AGAPE RANCH ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER ANGELS OF SOUTH TEXAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PALACIOS LIBRARY INC ↗

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.

Coastal Bend Community FoundationTX138.9× affinity74 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ed Rachal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ed Rachal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
42report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Ed Rachal Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 576 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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