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Laredo Area Community Foundation
To inspire by generosity and empower by a legacy of giving, the Laredo Area Community Foundation provides for the philanthropic needs of Laredo and surrounding communities.
- $735k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $610k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $133,115
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Laredo Area Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 28 | $610k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $498k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $466k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $533k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $707k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $376k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $480k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 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 International Unive | $816,752 | 7 | n/a |
| Laredo Church of Christ | $329,800 | 6 | n/a |
| Laredo College | $278,601 | 7 | n/a |
| Laredo Children's Museum Inc | $254,103 | 3 | 45% |
| Christ Church Episcopal | $240,142 | 6 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc | $233,452 | 6 | 3% |
| Cotulla Children's Museum | $160,596 | 3 | 49% |
| Webb Consolidated ISD | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of South Texas Inc | $86,519 | 7 | 1% |
| United Way of Laredo Inc | $81,370 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 59 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M International Unive | $816,752 | 7 | n/a |
| Laredo Church of Christ | $329,800 | 6 | n/a |
| Laredo College | $278,601 | 7 | n/a |
| Laredo Children's Museum Inc | $254,103 | 3 | 45% |
| Christ Church Episcopal | $240,142 | 6 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc | $233,452 | 6 | 3% |
| Cotulla Children's Museum | $160,596 | 3 | 49% |
| Webb Consolidated ISD | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of South Texas Inc | $86,519 | 7 | 1% |
| United Way of Laredo Inc | $81,370 | 6 | 2% |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | $81,221 | 7 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $78,682 | 6 | n/a |
| Landon School | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Javier Church | $59,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sisters of Mercy of the Americas South Central Community Inc | $57,568 | 2 | n/a |
| Casa de Misericordia | $47,723 | 4 | 1% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $44,885 | 4 | n/a |
| Laredo Theater Guild International Inc | $43,082 | 5 | 24% |
| The Laredo Philharmonic | $32,753 | 4 | 29% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | $30,625 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas State University | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethany House of Laredo Inc | $26,067 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Texas | $25,875 | 2 | n/a |
| Literacy Volunteers of America - Laredo | $25,697 | 3 | 14% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ruthe B Cowl Rehabilitation Center | $23,843 | 2 | 1% |
| Santa Cruz Mission | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $19,598 | 2 | 0% |
| Laredo Cancer Society | $18,383 | 2 | 11% |
| Rgisc Inc | $18,261 | 3 | 2% |
| Volunteers Serving The Need | $18,123 | 3 | 2% |
| Laredo Independent School District | $17,380 | 2 | n/a |
| St Frances Cabrini | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Borderlands Research Institute | $16,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Laredo Center for the Arts Inc | $16,296 | 2 | 4% |
| Nuestra Senora Del Rosario | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Vincent De Paul Church | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Augustine School | $15,860 | 3 | n/a |
| Divine Mercy Catholic Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Ministries of Laredo | $14,687 | 2 | 0% |
| The Als Association-Texas Chapter | $14,541 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Franciscan Farias of Hebbron | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament St Ann's Shrine | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Day School of Laredo Inc | $9,600 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concordia University Texas | $8,796 | 1 | 0% |
| South Texas Food Bank | $8,621 | 1 | 0% |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Laredo-Web | $8,551 | 1 | 1% |
| St Mary's University | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $7,438 | 1 | 0% |
| Kidney Foundation of Laredo Inc | $7,220 | 1 | 11% |
| Lamar University | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Daphne Art Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Texas A&M University Kingsville | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Communities In Schools of Laredo Inc | $5,723 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Texas Junior College | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | $5,328 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Laredo Area Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 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: The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · D D Hachar Charitable Trust · Womens City Club of Laredo · Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust · American Electric Power Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · United Way of Laredo Inc · A R Tony and Maria J Sanchez Family Foundation · The Prairie Foundation · Matias DE Llano Charitable Trust · Texas Higher Education Foundation
How this is measured
About Laredo Area Community Foundation
- How much does Laredo Area Community Foundation give?
- Laredo Area Community Foundation reported 28 itemized grants totaling $610,314, out of $734,733 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Laredo Area Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Religion (22%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Laredo Area Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Texas A&M International Unive ($817k), Laredo Church of Christ ($330k), Laredo College ($279k).
- Does Laredo Area Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Laredo Area Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation, The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, D D Hachar Charitable Trust.
- Where is Laredo Area Community Foundation based?
- Laredo Area Community Foundation is based in TX.
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