Texas · Public charity
San Marcos Lions International
To support community and international activities including providing resources to individuals who are blind or who have severe vision problems; provide scholarships to local area students; assist local charities in the continuation of their programs
- $402k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $243k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $59,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $839k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 54% of the organizations San Marcos Lions International funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 | 16 | $243k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $184k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $83k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $65k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $143k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $87k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $84k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Marcos Lions Charities Inc | $339,600 | 5 | 68% |
| CASA of Central Texas Inc | $114,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Redwood Community Center Inc | $65,000 | 6 | 25% |
| Greater San Marcos Youth Council Inc | $56,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Hays-Caldwell Women's Center | $49,000 | 5 | 1% |
| City of San Marcos | $43,500 | 4 | n/a |
| San Marcos Cisd | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southside Community Center | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas State University | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| School Fuel Dba School Fuel San Marcos | $12,500 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Marcos Lions Charities Inc | $339,600 | 5 | 68% |
| CASA of Central Texas Inc | $114,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Redwood Community Center Inc | $65,000 | 6 | 25% |
| Greater San Marcos Youth Council Inc | $56,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Hays-Caldwell Women's Center | $49,000 | 5 | 1% |
| City of San Marcos | $43,500 | 4 | n/a |
| San Marcos Cisd | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southside Community Center | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas State University | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| School Fuel Dba School Fuel San Marcos | $12,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Hccada | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission Able | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| San Marcos Community and Police Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hays County Food Bank | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| VFW Post 3413 | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Explorers | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hays County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Books Are the Beginning | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
San Marcos Lions International supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: United Way of Hays County · St David's Foundation · Emmett and Miriam McCoy Foundation · Carson Family Foundation · Ingram Family Foundation · The Burdine Johnson Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About San Marcos Lions International
- How much does San Marcos Lions International give?
- San Marcos Lions International reported 19 itemized grants totaling $243,250, out of $402,256 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does San Marcos Lions International fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Human Services (17%), Civil Rights (13%).
- Who are San Marcos Lions International's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: San Marcos Lions Charities Inc ($340k), CASA of Central Texas Inc ($114k), Redwood Community Center Inc ($65k).
- Does San Marcos Lions International fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as San Marcos Lions International?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Hays County, St David's Foundation, Emmett and Miriam McCoy Foundation.
- Where is San Marcos Lions International based?
- San Marcos Lions International is based in TX.
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