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The Lauro Lopez Family 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.

$300k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$291kHuman Services$130kReligion$93kArts & Culture$57kEducation$55kRecreation & Sports$50kCrime & Legal$34kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Imaginarium of So Texas$45,000
Laredo Walk to End Alzheimer's$30,000
Club Rotario Nuevo Santander$25,000
Laredo Parkinson's Support Group$25,000
Laredo Stroke Support Group$25,000
Women Orthopedist Global Outreach$20,000
Laredo Junior Golf Association$20,000
Sacred Heart Children's Home$20,000
Casa de Misericordia$15,000
Salesian Priests of St John Bosco$15,000
Rio Grande Valley Ministries$15,000
Smiles from Heaven$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Literacy Volunteers of Laredo$10,000
Laredo Tennis Association$10,000
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 (FY21–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Club Rotario Nuevo Santander: $25k → 21%Laredo Stroke Support Group: $25k → 21%Laredo Stroke Support Group: $25k → 21%Casa de Misericordia: $15k → 21%Casa de Misericordia: $10k → 21%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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$418k · 9 repeat orgs$371k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
11

Total granted

$418k
$196k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+17%

Still filing today

78%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • LS
    LAREDO STROKE SUPPORT GROUP INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +1% · 29% of their budget
  • OW
    OPERATION WALK- WOMEN ORTHOPAEDIST GLOBAL OUTREACH
    2× · 2021–2022 · $49k · revenue +62%
  • VD
    Voz De Ninos
    2× · 2021–2022 · $34k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • RB
    Ruthe B Cowl Rehabilitation Center
    one grant, 2022 · $33k · revenue +4%
  • SD
    Salesianos de San Luis Rey
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • JA
    Junior Achievement of Laredo
    one grant, 2022 · $24k
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
Lone Star Circle of Care

Lone star circle of care provides exceptional and accessible patient centered healthcare for our texas neighbors, focusing on the underserved.

Health
2
Childrens Advocacy Center of Laredo-Web

The center is fully operational treatment facility involving child victims of physical and sexual abuse. Children affected by abuse were provided with therapy and professional guidance through the legal and counseling system which the…

Health
3
Asociacion De Damas Ecuatorianas En El Norte Texas

Our missiob is to empower latin american women

Human Services
4
Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center

Provide education, advocacy, and support to spanish speaking individuals affected by violence and injustice in virginia to ensure that they can access services to empower them to become happy, healthy, and self- sufficient.

Crime & Legal
5
A Sisters Legacy

Charitable non profit At A SIsters Legacy our mission is to create stability through innovative therapeutic experiences Our mission is to Make Accessible Care in honor of Marissa Ann Carrillo Therapy through A Sisters Legacy encourages a…

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6
Agape Missionaries for Life

To Support Service of Health Related Missions in South Texas

Human Services
7
Lone Star Healthcare Missions Inc

A cooperative effort to leverage our collective strength, resources, and exertise to improve healthcare. To that end we work with local leaders

Health
8
Laredo Immigrant Alliance

Laredo alliance is a texas nonprofit organization led by immigrants and allies dedicated to advocating for immigrant rights. this commitment is realized through community engagement, education, research and organizing efforts. our mission…

Human Services
9
La Familia Medical Center

Our mission is to foster community well-being in partnership with our patients by providing excellent, accessible, family-centered medical, dental, and behavioral health care. our vision is "healthy lives for all in a healthy santa fe"…

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10
Lared Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Milam County
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12
Grace in Healing Hands

Compassionately serving forgotten overlooked neglected and underserved adults in the Garland and Dallas County area by providing free dental and vision care building trusting relationships and sharing hope.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Ministries of Laredo; the most unlike its peers is Voz De Ninos. 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

14 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. 14 of the 29 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sacred Heart Children's Home: $90,000 · OtherSacred Heart Children's HomeAlzheimer's Association: $49,000 · OtherAlzheimer's AssociationLaredo Walk to End Alzheimer's: $30,000 · OtherLaredo Walk to End Alzheimer'sLAREDO PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP: $25,000 · OtherLAREDO PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUPSalesianos de San Luis Rey: $25,000 · OtherSalesianos de San Luis ReyJunior Achievement of Laredo: $24,000 · OtherJunior Achievement of LaredoLAREDO JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · OtherWomen Orthopedist Global Outreach: $20,000 · OtherBethany House of Laredo Inc: $20,000 · OtherTexas A&M University Kingsville: $20,000 · OtherSan Luis Rey Church: $18,300 · OtherHoly Redeemer Church: $15,000 · OtherSalesian Priests of St John Bosco: $15,000 · OtherRIO GRANDE VALLEY MINISTRIES: $15,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $15,000 · Other+2 more: $15,000 · OtherOPERATION WALK- WOMEN ORTHOPAEDIST GLOBAL OUTREACH: $49,000 · HealthOPERATION WALK- …Ruthe B Cowl Rehabilitation Center: $33,000 · HealthRuthe B Cowl Reh…MERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO: $20,000 · HealthMERCY MINISTRIES…Smiles From Heaven: $15,000 · HealthSmiles From Heav…LAREDO STROKE SUPPORT GROUP INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesLAREDO STROKE …CASA DE MISERICORDIA: $25,000 · Human ServicesCASA DE MISERI…CLUB ROTARIO NUEVO SANTANDER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCLUB ROTARIO N…LAREDO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $57,000 · Arts & CultureLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - LAREDO: $34,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationVoz De Ninos: $34,000 · Crime & LegalLaredo Tennis Association: $30,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$416,300Health$117,000Human Services$100,000Arts & Culture$57,000Education$35,000Crime & Legal$34,000Recreation & Sports$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAREDO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $57,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetLAREDO STROKE SUPPORT GROUP INC: $50,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetOPERATION WALK- WOMEN ORTHOPAEDIST GLOBAL OUTREACH: $49,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - LAREDO: $34,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetVoz De Ninos: $34,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetRuthe B Cowl Rehabilitation Center: $33,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLaredo Tennis Association: $30,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCASA DE MISERICORDIA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCLUB ROTARIO NUEVO SANTANDER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBethany House of Laredo Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSmiles From Heaven: $15,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds LAREDO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds LAREDO STROKE SUPPORT GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION WALK- WOMEN ORTHOPAEDIST GLOBAL OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - LAREDO ↗
  • Who funds Voz De Ninos ↗
  • Who funds Ruthe B Cowl Rehabilitation Center ↗
  • Who funds Laredo Tennis Association ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE MISERICORDIA ↗
  • Who funds CLUB ROTARIO NUEVO SANTANDER INC ↗
  • Who funds Bethany House of Laredo Inc ↗
  • Who funds MERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO ↗
  • Who funds Smiles From Heaven ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗

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 Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez FoundationTX20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation · The Prairie Foundation · Laredo Area Community Foundation · United Way of Laredo Inc · Womens City Club of Laredo · Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust · A R Tony and Maria J Sanchez Family Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Matias DE Llano Charitable Trust · D D Hachar Charitable Trust · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Greater Houston Community 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 The Lauro Lopez Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lauro Lopez Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 29 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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