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Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation
The mission of the RIO GRANDE VALLEY PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION is to improve the quality of life for people in brownsville by promoting philanthropy, building permanent charitable endowments and addressing community needs.
- $282k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $162k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 8 | $135k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $77k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $136k | 65% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $116k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Others Inc | $48,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Homer Hanna High School Band Boosters Association | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Cultural Trust Council | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Texas Southmost College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Btx Art League | $22,432 | 2 | 6% |
| Sunshine Haven Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 3% |
| TIP of Texas Family Outreach Inc | $14,202 | 2 | 4% |
| Good Neighbor Settlement House Inc | $14,202 | 2 | 1% |
| Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated | $14,202 | 2 | 1% |
| Friendship of Women Inc | $11,702 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Brownsville Foundation for Health and Education · Serafy Foundation · Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation · Rotary Club of Brownsville Sunrise Texas USA Inc · Rotary Club of Brownsville Charitable Foundation · Neal & Lourdes Simmons Foundation · United Way of Southern Cameron County · Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation · Jules D Gosseaux Foundation Inc · The Roy F & Joann Cole Mitte Foundation · Musk Foundation · Hernandez Foundation
How this is measured
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About Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation
- How much does Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation give?
- Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $161,969, out of $282,469 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Arts & Culture (20%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Others Inc ($48k), Homer Hanna High School Band Boosters Association ($40k), Texas Cultural Trust Council ($40k).
- Does Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Brownsville Foundation for Health and Education, Serafy Foundation, Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation.
- Where is Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation based?
- Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation is based in TX.
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