Texas · Public charity
United Way of Southern Cameron County
The UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY's mission is to "improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities to advance the common good".
- $410k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $400k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Southern Cameron County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $468k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $506k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $447k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $446k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $501k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $500k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Felipe de Jesus Catholic | $442,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Los Fresnos Educational & Recreatio N Club Inc | $375,988 | 9 | 18% |
| Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated | $345,500 | 9 | 6% |
| TIP of Texas Family Outreach Inc | $332,000 | 9 | 23% |
| Communities in Schools of Cameron County | $330,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Friendship of Women Inc | $320,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Good Neighbor Settlement House Inc | $277,000 | 9 | 3% |
| The Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center Inc | $270,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Community Development Corporation of Brownsville Dba Come Dream Come Build | $260,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas | $258,620 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Felipe de Jesus Catholic | $442,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Los Fresnos Educational & Recreatio N Club Inc | $375,988 | 9 | 18% |
| Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated | $345,500 | 9 | 6% |
| TIP of Texas Family Outreach Inc | $332,000 | 9 | 23% |
| Communities in Schools of Cameron County | $330,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Friendship of Women Inc | $320,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Good Neighbor Settlement House Inc | $277,000 | 9 | 3% |
| The Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center Inc | $270,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Community Development Corporation of Brownsville Dba Come Dream Come Build | $260,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas | $258,620 | 9 | n/a |
| Cameron County Children Advocacy Center Inc | $258,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Brownsville Literacy Center | $180,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Laguna Madre Youth Center | $163,500 | 9 | 7% |
| Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement | $135,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Guadalupe Regional Middle School | $105,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Cameron Works Inc | $74,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Infant and Family Nutrition Agency | $50,000 | 2 | 25% |
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Southern Cameron County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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: Brownsville Foundation for Health and Education · Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation · Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation · Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation · Rotary Club of Brownsville Sunrise Texas USA Inc · The Hws Charitable Foundation Inc · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare United Way of Southern Cameron County with peer funders
About United Way of Southern Cameron County
- How much does United Way of Southern Cameron County give?
- United Way of Southern Cameron County reported 14 itemized grants totaling $400,000, out of $410,414 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Southern Cameron County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Human Services (22%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are United Way of Southern Cameron County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Felipe de Jesus Catholic ($443k), Los Fresnos Educational & Recreatio N Club Inc ($376k), Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated ($346k).
- Does United Way of Southern Cameron County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southern Cameron County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Brownsville Foundation for Health and Education, Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation, Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Southern Cameron County based?
- United Way of Southern Cameron County is based in TX.
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