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Neal & Lourdes Simmons Foundation at a glance

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Neal & Lourdes Simmons Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$58k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$236kAnimals$70kHealth$44kEducation$24kRecreation & Sports$15kHuman Services$9kFood & Nutrition$7kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$40,050
DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$10,000
MOODY CLINIC$2,700
GUADALUPE REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL$2,500
GLADYS PORTER ZOO$1,250
FOOD BANK RGV INC$1,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS$360
TIP OF TEXAS FAMILY OUTREACH$200
SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME$200
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$100
SALVATION ARMY$100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME: $200 → 23%SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME: $200 → 23%SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME: $100 → 23%SUNSHINE HAVEN: $2k → 23%SUNSHINE HAVEN: $1k → 23%SUNSHINE HAVEN: $1k → 23%SUNSHINE HAVEN: $1k → 23%SUNSHINE HAVEN: $100 → 23%GOOD NEIGHBOR SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $500 → 23%GOOD NEIGHBOR SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $350 → 23%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$351k · 29 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
19

Total granted

$351k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+3%

Still filing today

55%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BS
    BROWNSVILLE SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN INCORPORATED
    6× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +231%
  • VZ
    VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +24%
  • SH
    SUNSHINE HAVEN INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • VZ
    VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL ENDOWMENT
    one grant, 2020 · $63k · revenue -5%
  • DC
    DRISCOLL'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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
Texas Children's Health Plan

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education, and research.

Health
2
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
3
Cook Children's Physician Network

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
4
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
5
Texas Children's Urgent Care

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
6
Texas Children's

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education, and research.

Health
7
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
8
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
9
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
10
Scott & White Hospital-Taylor

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
11
Scott & White Hospital-College Station

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
12
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Children's Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $230,650 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHGUADALUPE REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL: $14,000 · OtherDEAN PORTER RENOVATION INC: $13,500 · Other+29 more: $41,679 · Other+29 moreVALLEY ZOOLOGICAL ENDOWMENT: $62,500 · AnimalsVALLEY ZOOLOGICAL …VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $6,800 · AnimalsVALLEY ZOOLOGICAL …Driscoll Children's Hospital: $20,000 · HealthDriscoll …BROWNSVILLE SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN INCORPORATED: $14,100 · HealthBROWNSVIL…+3 more: $1,800 · HealthSUNSHINE HAVEN INC: $5,200 · Human ServicesGood Neighbor Settlement House Inc: $850 · Human ServicesSunny Glen Children's Home Inc: $500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $400 · Human ServicesIDEA Public Schools: $4,750 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,360 · EducationUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY: $5,500 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF BROWNSVILLE INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMILLE PLAYERS INC: $1,250 · Arts & Culture
Other$299,829Animals$69,300Health$35,900Human Services$6,950Education$6,110Philanthropy$5,500Youth Development$2,000Arts & Culture$1,250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVALLEY ZOOLOGICAL ENDOWMENT: $62,500 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetDriscoll Children's Hospital: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWNSVILLE SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN INCORPORATED: $14,100 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $6,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNSHINE HAVEN INC: $5,200 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $4,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTIP of Texas Family Outreach Inc: $3,850 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBTX ART LEAGUE: $3,100 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF BROWNSVILLE INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,360 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER SOUTH TEXAS: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMILLE PLAYERS INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGood Neighbor Settlement House Inc: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSunny Glen Children's Home Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL ENDOWMENT ↗
  • Who funds Driscoll Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds BROWNSVILLE SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SUNSHINE HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds IDEA Public Schools ↗
  • Who funds TIP of Texas Family Outreach Inc ↗
  • Who funds BTX ART LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF BROWNSVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER SOUTH TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds CAMILLE PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Good Neighbor Settlement House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT 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.

Brownsville Foundatio…Serafy FoundationValley Baptist Legacy…Rotary Club of Browns…Rio Grande Valley Phi…Raul Tijerina Jr Foun…Jules D Gosseaux Foun…Rotary Club of Browns…The Roy F & Joann Col…The Farris FoundationEarl C Sams Foundatio…Shell USA Company Fou…
Brownsville Foundation for Health and EducationTX26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Brownsville Foundation for Health and Education · Serafy Foundation · Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation · Rotary Club of Brownsville Charitable Foundation · Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation · Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation · Jules D Gosseaux Foundation Inc · Rotary Club of Brownsville Sunrise Texas USA Inc · The Roy F & Joann Cole Mitte Foundation · The Farris Foundation · Earl C Sams Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation

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 Neal & Lourdes Simmons Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Neal & Lourdes Simmons Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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.

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 48 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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