Texas · Private foundation
Hernandez Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $579k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $60k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Hernandez Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $579k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $563k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $803k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $561k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $572k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M Foundation | $1,095,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley | $175,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Tstc Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Docent Council of the Gladys Porter Zoo | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Wish With Wings Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation | $27,400 | 2 | 11% |
| Valley Zoological Endowment | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Proyecto Juan Diego Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Astra Education in Sports | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate | $9,744 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M Foundation | $1,095,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley | $175,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Tstc Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Docent Council of the Gladys Porter Zoo | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Wish With Wings Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation | $27,400 | 2 | 11% |
| Valley Zoological Endowment | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Proyecto Juan Diego Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Astra Education in Sports | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate | $9,744 | 1 | 0% |
| Eddie Lucio Scholarship Fund Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 61% |
| Food Bank of Rio Grande Valley Inc | $1,891 | 1 | n/a |
| Rio Grande Habitat for Humanityinc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Neighbor Settlement House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Road Trip 4 Paws | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunshine Haven Inc | $140 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center Inc | $96 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hernandez Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation · Brownsville Foundation for Health and Education · Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation · Rotary Club of Brownsville Charitable Foundation · Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation · Serafy Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Rotary Club of Brownsville Sunrise Texas USA Inc · Save The Children Federation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hernandez Foundation
- How much does Hernandez Foundation give?
- Hernandez Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $579,364 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hernandez Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (66%), Arts & Culture (26%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Hernandez Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Texas A&M Foundation ($1.1M), Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley ($175k), The Tstc Foundation ($100k).
- Does Hernandez Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hernandez Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hernandez Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation, Brownsville Foundation for Health and Education, Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation.
- Where is Hernandez Foundation based?
- Hernandez Foundation is based in TX.
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