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Womens City Club of Laredo at a glance

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Womens City Club of Laredo

The organizations mission is to raise funds for the benefit of local charities.

$179k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$403kHealth$122kInternational$84kFood & Nutrition$61kHuman Services$27kAnimals$26kYouth Development$16kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $116,990, the rows itemized in this filing. The $178,586 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $61,596 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 $10k11 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
$7,881
Median grant
1
States reached
$288k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Laredo Collage$13,330
United ISD$12,856
Junior Achievement of Ldo$10,000
Laredo ISD$9,332
Mary Help of Christians School$9,063
Boys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc$8,920
United Day School of Laredo Inc$7,881
Volunteers Serving The Need$7,465
Ruth B Cowl Rehabilitation Center$7,150
Mercy Ministries of Laredo$6,913
Bethany House of Laredo Inc$6,755
Vidal M Trevino Scholarship Foundation$6,000
Communities in Schoold Laredo Inc$6,000
The Laredo Animal Protective Society$5,325
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 (FY17–24, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%Operation Peacemaker Inc: $7k → 21%Operation Peacemaker: $5k → 21%Kidney Foundation of Laredo: $5k → 21%Casa de Misericordia: $8k → 21%Volunteers Serving The Need: $7k → 21%Volunteers Serving The Need: $7k → 21%Volunteers Serving The Need: $6k → 21%Volunteers Serving The Need: $5k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$699k · 15 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$699k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+24%

Still filing today

73%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsInternationalCommunity ImprovementRecreation & 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

  • VM
    Vidal M Trevino Scholarship Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $131k · revenue +98%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $84k · revenue +19%
  • MM
    MERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO
    8× · 2017–2024 · $48k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • BO
    Border Olympics Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +35%
  • CD
    CASA DE MISERICORDIAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +59%
  • BF
    BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +9%
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 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
2
Laredo Regional Food Bank

The food bank shall distribute purchased and donated food to other charities for distribution to the poor and the needy in the community.

Membership Benefit
3
Laredo Little Theater

Community theater

Arts & Culture
4
Laredo Cultural District Inc

Promote creative and cultural attractions by engaging artisitic, commercial and educational entities in order to attract citizens and visitors.

Arts & Culture
5
Llano Animal Rescue

We work with the local animal control officer so that dogs are not euthanized. We provide proper vet care and spay neuter and adopt them to qualified homes. We also help low-income members of our community by giving them dog food and…

Animals
6
Laredo Stepping Stone Inc

To provide temporary lodging for missionaires preparing to leave on humanitarian journeys and to assist them in procuring needed supplies and logistical help.

Religion
7
Ladd (Laredoans Against Drunk Driving)

To be a charitable and educational organization promoting awareness to the community of the dangers of drunk driving and raising funds for education scholarships and humanitarian assistance.

Crime & Legal
8
Laredo Cancer Society

Cancer awareness and support

Health
9
United Way of Laredo Inc

Financial support for other 501(c)(3) organizations, including accepted health, welfare and recreational agencies.

Philanthropy
10
Llano County Historical Society Inc

historic preservation and education

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11
Crime Stoppers of South Texas Inc
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12
Literacy Volunteers of America - Laredo

To promote and foster increased literacy in laredo and the surrounding areas. operations are directed by a local voluntary board.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Laredo Animal Protective Society; the most unlike its peers is Vidal M Trevino Scholarship Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST: $132,057 · OtherFIRSTVidal M Trevino Scholarship Foundation: $130,547 · OtherVidal M Trevino Scholarship FoundationLaredo College: $53,968 · OtherLaredo CollegeMary Help of Christians Catholic School: $43,301 · OtherMary Help of Christians Catholic SchoolUNITED DAY SCHOOL OF LAREDO INC: $20,830 · OtherBethany House of Laredo Inc: $19,389 · OtherBoys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc: $15,920 · Other+6 more: $34,450 · Other+6 moreMERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO: $48,372 · HealthMERCY MINISTRIES …Ruthe B Cowl Rehabilitation Center: $45,390 · HealthRuthe B Cowl Reha…CALVARY CENTER INC: $23,056 · HealthCALVARY CENTER IN…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $83,500 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIE…Volunteers Serving The Need: $35,973 · Human ServicesVolunteer…Operation Peacemaker Inc: $12,485 · Human ServicesOperation…CASA DE MISERICORDIA: $8,050 · Human ServicesCASA DE M…Kidney Foundation of Laredo Inc: $5,319 · Human ServicesKidney Fo…LAREDO ANIMAL PROTECTIVE SOCIETY: $18,429 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE INC: $7,599 · AnimalsCommunities In Schools of Laredo Inc: $15,888 · Community ImprovementBorder Olympics Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$450,462Health$116,818International$83,500Human Services$61,827Animals$26,028Community Improvement$15,888Recreation & Sports$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVidal M Trevino Scholarship Foundation: $130,547 over 8y, 19% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $83,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO: $48,372 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetRuthe B Cowl Rehabilitation Center: $45,390 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetVolunteers Serving The Need: $35,973 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED DAY SCHOOL OF LAREDO INC: $20,830 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBethany House of Laredo Inc: $19,389 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLAREDO ANIMAL PROTECTIVE SOCIETY: $18,429 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc: $15,920 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCommunities In Schools of Laredo Inc: $15,888 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCASA DE MISERICORDIA: $8,050 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE INC: $7,599 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLAREDO INTERNATIONAL FAIR & EXPOSITION: $5,941 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAREDO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,007 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

Laredo Area Community…The Guadalupe and Lil…The John G and Marie …D D Hachar Charitable…United Way of Laredo …Lamar Bruni Vergara T…The Prairie FoundationAmerican Electric Pow…Matias DE Llano Chari…A R Tony and Maria J …Greater Houston Commu…The Lauro Lopez Famil…
Laredo Area Community FoundationTX30.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    11report 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 25 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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