· Community foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $69k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $238k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $303k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Texas A&M International Unive | $133,115 |
| Cotulla Childrens Museum | $59,234 |
| Christ Church Episcopal | $58,979 |
| Sisters of Mercy | $51,500 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Laredo | $41,287 |
| Imaginarium of South Texas | $36,746 |
| Laredo College | $26,053 |
| Laredo Church of Christ | $21,500 |
| Divine Mercy Catholic Church | $15,000 |
| Casa De Misericordia | $14,250 |
| Sacred Heart Children Home | $11,658 |
| Junior Achievement of Laredo | $11,529 |
| Martin High School | $10,187 |
| Texas A&M University | $10,000 |
| University of Texas at San An | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LCLAREDO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC3× · 2020–2024 · $254k · revenue +95% · 45% of their budget
- BABoys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc6× · 2019–2024 · $233k · revenue +39%
- JAJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS INC7× · 2018–2024 · $87k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- WCWebb Consolidated ISDone grant, 2018 · $100k
- TSTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2019 · $28k
The Trustees of Princeton Universitygraduatedone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +51%
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.
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.
Promote creative and cultural attractions by engaging artisitic, commercial and educational entities in order to attract citizens and visitors.
The mission of lulac is to advance the economic condition, political, housing, health & civil rights of the hispanic population
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.
La tiendita is a resource and empowerment center whose mission is to provide access to healthy and affordable food options and help latino students and others to graduate, attain secondary education and become leaders in their school and…
The purpose of the Laredo Tennis Association (a Texas nonprofit corporation) is to promote national or international amateur sports competition and grow the game of tennis in Laredo, TX and the surrounding areas among all age groups of…
The Foundation supports the development and promotion of Lamar University, its students, faculty and staff. The Lamar University Foundation supports and enhances Lamar University by encouraging the commitment of personal and financial…
To support and promote for the use and benefit of Laredo College and literary, scientific, education or cultural undertakings.
To assist the local business, governmental and individual community in developing better business relationships and to increase the local revenue base by encouraging tourism and business development.
To improve the health and quality of life for the people of texas and beyond through excellence in education, research, clinical care, community engagement and to provide national leadership in primary care.
The universidad del sagrado corazon (sagrado) is an independent, nonprofit, catholic university, committed to the education of the whole person through strong foundation in the liberal arts. sagrado is part of puerto ricos oldest private,…
The mission of the Lamar State College Port Arthur Foundation is to promote advance support encourage sponsor aid and advocate solely for Lamar State College Port Arthur.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 60 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LAREDO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc ↗
- Who funds COTULLA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds United Way of Laredo Inc ↗
- Who funds LANDON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CASA DE MISERICORDIA ↗
- Who funds Laredo Theater Guild International Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LAREDO PHILHARMONIC ↗
- Who funds University of the Incarnate Word ↗
- Who funds Bethany House of Laredo Inc ↗
- Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - LAREDO ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds Ruthe B Cowl Rehabilitation Center ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds LAREDO CANCER SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds RGISC INC ↗
- Who funds Volunteers Serving The Need ↗
- Who funds Laredo Center for the Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds MERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Laredo Area Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laredo Area Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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