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Santander Consumer USA Inc Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
45
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Education$39MCommunity Improvement$14MHuman Services$7.2MHousing & Shelter$2.4MYouth Development$2.2MEmployment$1.8MCrime & Legal$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.6MOther$0
02FY2025 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k33 grants · $3.7M
  • $250k+8 grants · $8.0M
$115,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$664k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMP-U-DOPT INC$2,549,936
COMP-U-DOPT INC$2,549,932
OPERATION HOPE INC$880,000
OPERATION HOPE INC$667,603
COMP-U-DOPT INC$404,885
OPERATION HOPE INC$333,802
OPERATION HOPE INC$333,802
VOGEL ALCOVE$320,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$200,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$200,000
POETIC$185,000
YEAR UP$170,000
NEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE$170,000
DALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE$150,000
CITY YEAR INC$147,055
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 (FY17–25, $4.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PATRIOT PAWS: $50k → 5%WHEELS OF SUCCESS: $50k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $125k → 14%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $125k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $125k → 14%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $100k → 17%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $265k → 11%American Red Cross Washington DC: $3k → 14%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $100k → 17%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $100k → 11%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $100k → 17%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $50k → 11%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $100k → 17%WHEELS OF SUCCESS INC: $50k → 13%WHEELS OF SUCCESS INC: $50k → 13%WHEELS OF SUCCESS INC: $50k → 13%WHEELS OF SUCCESS INC: $50k → 13%JUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $75k → 14%VOGEL ALCOVE: $320k → 14%EMPOWERING THE MASSES: $165k → 14%VOGEL ALCOVE: $100k → 14%EMPOWERING THE MASSES: $90k → 14%EMPOWERING THE MASSES: $50k → 14%TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION: $140k → 14%American Red Cross Greater Houston: $9k → 16%TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION: $110k → 14%TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION INC: $110k → 14%TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION INC: $100k → 14%CITY SQUARE: $50k → 14%DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $50k → 14%WESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $80k → 14%WESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 14%FOR OAK CLIFF: $50k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $200k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $200k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $150k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $100k → 14%ON THE ROAD LENDING: $150k → 14%ON THE ROAD LENDING: $100k → 14%ON THE ROAD LENDING: $100k → 14%GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT: $160k → 14%GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT: $150k → 14%GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT: $150k → 14%GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER &SUPPORT: $135k → 14%DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $50k → 14%DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $50k → 14%SOUTHERN DALLAS LINK: $100k → 14%DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $50k → 14%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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
AZ
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$67M · 46 repeat orgs$8.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

46 repeat relationships — 30 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
94

Total granted

$67M
$8.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+7%

Still filing today

96%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CI
    COMP-U-DOPT INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $35M · revenue +245% · 43% of their budget
  • VA
    VOGEL ALCOVE
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +70%
  • P
    POETIC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +48% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $800k
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $345k
  • YU
    YEAR UP
    one grant, 2021 · $300k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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
Downtown Dallas Inc

Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI), is the champion of a clean and safe Downtown and of the economic development and vibrancy of this community of diverse, unique neighborhoods. DDI: Mobilizes and amplifies the services of public agencies.…

2
COMMIT2DALLAS

Our mission is that by 2040, at least half of all 25 to 34 year old residents of Dallas County, irrespective of race, will earn a living wage. Together, we cultivate a collaborative educational ecosystem with school systems, higher…

Education
3
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
4
Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc

Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to help people with barriers to employment build skills, find jobs and reach their goals in life so that they can reach their full potential and experience…

Employment
5
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
6
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
7
Downtown Dallas Inc Foundation

Downtown Dallas, Inc. Foundation is the charitable arm of Downtown Dallas, Inc. whose purpose is to help make the area in and around Downtown Dallas a more vibrant and livable place for both daytime and permanent residents by promoting the…

Community Improvement
8
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
9
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
10
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

11
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
12
VolunteerNow

VolunteerNow transforms lives through volunteers. As the hub of volunteerism in North Texas, and a national thought leader, VolunteerNow provides a wide range of programs and services to build capacity for nonprofit and community…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Footprints Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Development ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…Immigrant Worker SupportJewish Community Organizati…Affordable Housing Developm…Domestic Violence ServicesDance Arts OrganizationsElementary Literacy TutoringCommunity Arts CentersCancer Support ServicesFaith-Based Social ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …Christian Missionary Organi…United Way AffiliatesSenior Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity FoundationsSchool District FoundationsCommunity FoundationsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Food Banks and Pantries
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%2%<5yr16%17%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr10%26%35–55yr13%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%6%5–10yr20%57%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr10%13%35–55yr13%4%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% 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 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/108
the rest of the field
15%
20,231/136,696

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

107 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 107 of the 151 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/107
Grantees still filing
65/107
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMP-U-DOPT INC — $35,000,000 · EducationCOMP-U-DOPT INC+10 more — $2,793,860 · Education+10 moreOPERATION HOPE INC — $9,989,253 · OtherOPERATION HOPE INCCITY YEAR INC — $2,251,860 · OtherCITY YEAR INCTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $825,000 · Other+97 more — $11,176,158 · Other+97 moreVOGEL ALCOVE — $1,590,000 · Human ServicesVOGEL ALCOV…POETIC — $1,135,000 · Human ServicesPOETICTHE CONCILIO — $650,000 · Human ServicesTHE CONCILI…GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT — $595,000 · Human ServicesGENESIS WOM…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $525,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCEN…SOJOURNER CENTER — $515,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER C…TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION INC — $460,000 · Human ServicesTRUSTED WOR…COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC — $415,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY E…OTR RESOURCES — $350,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWERING THE MASSES — $305,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $261,994 · Human Services+8 more — $925,000 · Human Services+8 moreDALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE — $875,000 · Community ImprovementBuilders of Hope CDC — $460,000 · Community ImprovementPASCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC — $375,000 · Community ImprovementLIVE LOVE — $250,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — $100,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHERN SECTOR RISING — $100,000 · Community ImprovementT R HOOVER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC — $100,000 · Community Improvement+4 more — $143,333 · Community ImprovementSAVE THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA — $685,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY GATEWAY INC — $610,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSE OF REFUGE INC — $50,000 · Housing & ShelterCAFE MOMENTUM — $757,500 · Youth DevelopmentMomentous Institute — $223,200 · Youth DevelopmentThe Lullaby House — $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREY ATHLETES — $50,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE — $920,000 · Crime & LegalBRIDGES TO LIFE — $50,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$37,793,860Other$24,242,271Human Services$7,726,994Community Improvement$2,403,333Housing & Shelter$1,345,000Youth Development$1,101,700Crime & Legal$970,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMP-U-DOPT INC — $35,000,000 over 5y, 43% of budgetOPERATION HOPE INC — $9,989,253 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $2,251,860 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVOGEL ALCOVE — $1,590,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetPOETIC — $1,135,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetNEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE — $920,000 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetYEAR UP INC — $920,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE — $875,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetImpact Ventures Accelerator dba Impact Ventures — $840,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $825,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCAFE MOMENTUM — $757,500 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetSAVE THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA — $685,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE CONCILIO — $650,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC — $610,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetGENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT — $595,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $525,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSOJOURNER CENTER — $515,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetBuilders of Hope CDC — $460,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetTRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION INC — $460,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $440,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC — $415,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC — $390,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetPASCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC — $375,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetAFTER8TOEDUCATE — $370,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetUnited Food Bank — $350,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOTR RESOURCES — $350,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetEMPOWERING THE MASSES — $305,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetNORTH TEXAS JR GOLF AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $305,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTHE WALLS PROJECT — $275,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $275,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $261,994 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC — $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPEN ARMS INC BRYANS HOUSE — $250,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetWHEELS OF SUCCESS INC — $250,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetLIVE LOVE — $250,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetDALLAS HOPE CHARITIES — $250,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetYOUNG LEADERS STRONG CITY — $250,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $225,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMomentous Institute — $223,200 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC — $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPARKLAND FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC — $200,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetDALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION — $140,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetTHE DALLAS EC — $125,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $100,000 over 2y, 4.5% 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.

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas IncTX55.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Moody Foundation · George & Fay Young Foundation Inc · State Fair of Texas · Katherine C Carmody Charitable Tuw

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 Santander Consumer USA Inc 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
202122232425
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 3%
  • United Way Miami Inc23% of income from government
  • City Year Inc11% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Kitchen Inc9% of income from government
  • AmSkills Inc3% of income from government
  • Babson College3% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc2% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc0% of income from government
  • Well Incorporated0% of income from government
  • Bess the Book Bus Inc0% of income from government
  • 360 Eats0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
28report 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, FY2025

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.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Santander Consumer USA Inc Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Santander Consumer USA Inc 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 151 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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