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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 FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$115kArts & Culture$108kPhilanthropy$72kHuman Services$57kHealth$42kAnimals$21kFood & Nutrition$17kYouth Development$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $161,969, the rows itemized in this filing. The $282,469 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $120,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $139k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOMER HANNA HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
THE FM AREA FOUNDATION$26,830
TEXAS CULTURAL TRUST COUNCIL$20,000
BROWNSVILLE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$17,139
TSC FOUNDATION FBO IT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL$15,000
TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE FOUNDATION$10,000
THE GLADYS PORTER ZOO$10,000
GUADALUPE REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL$9,000
RGV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$8,000
UNITED CAJUN NAVY$6,000
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 (FY17–22, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PROYECTO JUAN DIEGO INC: $5k → 23%SUNSHINE HAVEN Inc: $10k → 23%SUNSHINE HAVEN Inc: $6k → 23%GOOD NEIGHBOR SETTLEMENT HOUS: $9k → 23%BISHOP ENRIQUE SAN PEDRO OZANAM CENTER INC: $5k → 23%GOOD NEIGHBOR SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $5k → 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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$204k · 10 repeat orgs$267k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
25

Total granted

$204k
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+23%

Still filing today

90%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsHealthEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TC
    Texas Cultural Trust Council
    2× · 2022–2024 · $40k · revenue +76%
  • SH
    SUNSHINE HAVEN INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $16k · revenue +28%
  • GN
    Good Neighbor Settlement House Inc
    2× · 2017–2020 · $14k · revenue +173%

Funded once

  • UW
    United Way of SoCam County
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • GR
    Guadalupe Regional Middle School
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • BI
    BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
Childrens Museum of the Brazos Valley

The mission of the Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley is to provide a child-centered, hands-on, interactive environment for learning and discovery.

Arts & Culture
2
Brownsville Historical Association
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3
Bluebonnet Childrens Center

To protect and enhance the quality of life for abused and neglected children in Medina, Real and Uvalde Counties of Texas.

Crime & Legal
4
Brownsville Teen Center

To provide nutrition and home essentials to low income families

—
5
Brownwood Community Library Assoc

The associations mission is to provide a free public library for the residents of brownwood and brown county, texas

Education
6
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History

To stimulate understanding of natural and cultural history, and to encourage responsible stewardship of all natural resources.

Arts & Culture
7
Brazos Maternal and Child Health Clinic

To provide community-centered prenatal care and health education to medically indigent pregnant women in the Brazos Valley. Comprehensive, accessible and affordable prenatal care and health education are the best ways to improve pregnancy…

Health
8
Bossier Arts Council

The bossier arts council is dedicated to promoting, supporting, and providing cultural events and programming in order to enhance the quality of life and to develope a cultural identity for bossier parish.

Arts & Culture
9
Brazoria County Historical Museum

Preserve the history of brazoria county, texas.

Arts & Culture
10
Casa of Williamson County Texas

CASA of Williamson County, TX exists to empower community volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect to find loving, safe, and permanent homes.

Crime & Legal
11
Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc

Provides community services, empowers youth, creates and implements programs and projects to build communities by maximizing resources, empowering residents and enhancing public safety

Community Improvement
12
Beaumont Community Players Inc dba Southeast Texas Stages

To present live theatrical productions and develop the performing arts enriching the cultural and diverse life of our regional community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Proyecto Juan Diego Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sunshine Haven 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

25 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. 25 of the 42 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)
22/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OTHERS INC: $48,300 · OtherOTHERS INCTexas Southmost College Foundation Inc: $25,000 · OtherTexas Southmost College Foundation IncBTX ART LEAGUE: $22,432 · OtherBTX ART LEAGUEUnited Way of SoCam County: $15,000 · OtherTIP of Texas Family Outreach Inc: $14,202 · OtherFriendship of Women Inc: $11,702 · OtherGuadalupe Regional Middle School: $10,000 · OtherBROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $9,900 · OtherCASA OF CAMERON & WILLACY COUNTIES INC: $11,702 · OtherBROWNSVILLE WELLNESS COALITION: $11,702 · Other+17 more: $111,939 · Other+17 moreFARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $56,830 · PhilanthropyFARGO-MOORHEAD AREA …Texas Cultural Trust Council: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTexas Cultural Trust…SUNSHINE HAVEN INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesSUNSHINE …Good Neighbor Settlement House Inc: $14,202 · Human ServicesGood Neig…BROWNSVILLE JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE CLINICS AND CHARITIES INC: $5,293 · Human ServicesBROWNSVIL…THE BISHOP ENRIQUE SAN PEDRO OZANAM CENTER INC: $5,293 · Human ServicesTHE BISHO…PROYECTO JUAN DIEGO INC: $5,293 · Human ServicesPROYECTO …HOMER HANNA HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · EducationBROWNSVILLE SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN INCORPORATED: $14,202 · HealthHEALTHY COMMUNITIES OF BROWNSVILLE INC: $5,293 · HealthSouth Texas Symphony Association Inc: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCAMILLE PLAYERS INC: $5,293 · Arts & CultureMITTE CULTURAL DISTRICT: $5,293 · Arts & CultureVALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsBROWNSVILLE ANIMAL DEFENSE: $5,293 · Animals
Other$291,879Philanthropy$96,830Human Services$46,081Education$40,000Health$19,495Arts & Culture$18,586Animals$15,293

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $56,830 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Cultural Trust Council: $40,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTexas Southmost College Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBTX ART LEAGUE: $22,432 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetSUNSHINE HAVEN INC: $16,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTIP of Texas Family Outreach Inc: $14,202 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetGood Neighbor Settlement House Inc: $14,202 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBROWNSVILLE SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN INCORPORATED: $14,202 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFriendship of Women Inc: $11,702 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCASA OF CAMERON & WILLACY COUNTIES INC: $11,702 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBROWNSVILLE WELLNESS COALITION: $11,702 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetVALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Cajun Navy: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROWNSVILLE LITERACY CENTER: $5,293 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCAMILLE PLAYERS INC: $5,293 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPROYECTO JUAN DIEGO INC: $5,293 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINFANT AND FAMILY NUTRITION AGENCY: $5,293 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF BROWNSVILLE INC: $5,293 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Brownsville Foundatio…Serafy FoundationValley Baptist Legacy…Rotary Club of Browns…Rotary Club of Browns…Neal & Lourdes Simmon…United Way of Souther…Raul Tijerina Jr Foun…Jules D Gosseaux Foun…The Roy F & Joann Col…Musk FoundationHernandez Foundation
Brownsville Foundation for Health and EducationTX28.5× affinity11 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 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
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 Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic 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 →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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.
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    How do I get to Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic 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 42 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 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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