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Puente de Maravillas Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi Inc$85,000
Boy Scouts of America (South Texas Council)$85,000
Triumph Over Kid Cancer Foundation$80,000
Corpus Christi Metro Ministries$75,000
International Trumpet Guild$75,000
Camp Aranzazu$75,000
CASA of the Coastal Bend$75,000
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.

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Its 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 its 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
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 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Corpus Christi Symphony Society Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

43 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. 43 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
41/43
Grantees still filing
18/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · HealthCOASTAL BEND WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthAMISTAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $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 & CultureFRIENDS OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCORPUS CHRISTI SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $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 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 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 budgetINTERNATIONAL TRUMPET GUILD: $75,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES C: $75,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 3.2% 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 budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE: $35,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE COASTAL BEND: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARK ASSESSMENT CENTER AND EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR YOUTH: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLADY LEX MUSEUM ON THE BAY ASSOC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOCUS FOUNDATION-FOR OUR CHILDRENS ULTIMATE SUCCESS: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOASTAL BEND WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMISTAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL BEND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMBAT MARINE OUTDOORS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW LIFE REFUGE MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCorpus Christi Ballet: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTENNIS SUCCESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTH TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL BEND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY-CORPUS CHRISTI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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
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.

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.

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

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 Puente de Maravillas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Puente de Maravillas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's 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
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 50 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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