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Puente de Maravillas 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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$679kHealth$450kFood & Nutrition$435kHuman Services$368kArts & Culture$270kPhilanthropy$220kYouth Development$120kRecreation & Sports$85kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $627k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+2 grants · $550k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$52M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Texas A&M Foundation$300,000
Driscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation Inc$250,000
Coastal Bend Community Foundation$200,000
Coastal Bend Food Bank$160,000
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Foundation Inc$150,000
Del Mar College Foundation Inc$105,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities South Texas$100,000
MANNA FoodBank Inc$100,000
Boy Scouts of America (South Texas Council)$85,000
Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi Inc$85,000
Triumph Over Kid Cancer Foundation$80,000
CASA of the Coastal Bend$75,000
Camp Aranzazu$75,000
Corpus Christi Metro Ministries$75,000
International Trumpet Guild$75,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $295k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Camp Aranzazu: $75k → 17%Family Counseling Service: $35k → 17%Corpus Christi Metro Ministries: $75k → 17%Corpus Christi Metro Ministries: $50k → 17%Mission of Mercy Inc: $60k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce

The united corpus christi chamber of commerce is a member-driven organization whose principal mission is to foster business growth by advocating business issues, enhancing the business climate, and providing services to its members.

Community Improvement
2
Travis County Medical Society

Travis county medical society (tcms) represents the medical profession in matters of importance to the membership and the community it serves.

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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
Children's Hospital Association of Texas

To advance children's health and well-being by advocating for policies and funding that promote children's access to high-quality, comprehensive health care.

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5
Corpus Christi Assoc of Realtors Inc

Provide member services, continuing education and other services for area realtors.

Community Improvement
6
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
7
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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8
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
9
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
10
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
11
Texas Chapter of the American College of Cardiology

The purpose of the texas chapter of the american college of cardiology is to contribute to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, to ensure optimal quality of care for individuals with such diseases, and to foster the highest…

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12
Texas Choral Directors Association

To promote professionalism among choral directors.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Corpus Christi Symphony Society Inc and the most unlike its peers is San Antonio Philharmonic. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number29%0%<5yr17%0%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr8%42%35–55yr9%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value29%0%<5yr17%0%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr17%17%20–35yr8%64%35–55yr9%9%55yr+

The field is 29% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/43
the rest of the field
18%
3,923/21,544

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/43
Grantees still filing
17/43
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS — $7,623,950 · OtherVARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS+18 more — $582,000 · Other+18 moreTexas A&M Foundation — $300,000 · EducationTEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI FOUNDATION — $150,000 · EducationINTERNATIONAL TRUMPET GUILD — $75,000 · EducationRISE SCHOOL OF CORPUS CHRISTI — $60,000 · EducationTEXAS FARM BUREAU AG RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE COASTAL BEND — $35,000 · EducationDriscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation — $250,000 · PhilanthropyCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $200,000 · PhilanthropyDEL MAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $105,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL BEND INC — $20,000 · PhilanthropyCORPUS CHRISTI METRO MINISTRIESINC — $125,000 · Human ServicesCamp Aranzazu Inc — $75,000 · Human ServicesMISSION OF MERCY INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE — $35,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE REFUGE MINISTRIES — $15,000 · Human ServicesCOASTAL BEND FOOD BANK — $160,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $100,000 · Food & NutritionTIMON'S MINISTRIES — $20,000 · Food & NutritionRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES SOUTH TEXAS — $100,000 · HealthTRIUMPH OVER KID CANCER FOUNDATION — $80,000 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC — $35,000 · HealthAMISTAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER — $25,000 · HealthCOASTAL BEND WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $10,000 · HealthSAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureLADY LEX MUSEUM ON THE BAY ASSOC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET FOLKLORICO VIVA MEXICO DE RAMIRO LOERA — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCORPUS CHRISTI SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY — $10,000 · Arts & CultureHARBOR PLAYHOUSE COMPANY INC — $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$8,205,950Education$670,000Philanthropy$575,000Human Services$310,000Food & Nutrition$280,000Health$275,000Arts & Culture$120,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTexas A&M Foundation — $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDriscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation — $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOASTAL BEND FOOD BANK — $160,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI METRO MINISTRIESINC — $125,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CORPUS CHRISTI INC — $110,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetDEL MAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $105,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES SOUTH TEXAS — $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SOUTH TEXAS COUNCIL — $85,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetTRIUMPH OVER KID CANCER FOUNDATION — $80,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL TRUMPET GUILD — $75,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES C — $75,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC — $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRISE SCHOOL OF CORPUS CHRISTI — $60,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetSAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTEXAS FARM BUREAU AG RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE — $35,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE COASTAL BEND — $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ARK ASSESSMENT CENTER AND EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR YOUTH — $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAMISTAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLADY LEX MUSEUM ON THE BAY ASSOC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOASTAL BEND WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUS FOUNDATION-FOR OUR CHILDRENS ULTIMATE SUCCESS — $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOMBAT MARINE OUTDOORS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL BEND INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW LIFE REFUGE MINISTRIES — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL BEND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTENNIS SUCCESS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY-CORPUS CHRISTI INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOUTH TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCorpus Christi Ballet — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETYINC — $5,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetHARBOR PLAYHOUSE COMPANY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The John G and Marie …Coastal Bend Communit…Behmann Brothers Foun…Ed Rachal FoundationTres Grace Family Fou…Allen Lovelace Moore …Susser Family Foundat…United Way of the Coa…Celanese FoundationPaz De CorazonFrazier Family Founda…American Electric Pow…
The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial FoundationTX53.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Behmann Brothers Foundation · Ed Rachal Foundation · Tres Grace Family Foundation · Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation · Susser Family Foundation · United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc · Celanese Foundation · Paz De Corazon · Frazier Family Foundation Inc · American Electric Power Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Puente de Maravillas Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Puente de Maravillas Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Puente de Maravillas 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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