Raul Tijerina JR Foundation
Kingwood, TX · EIN 33-1076963. Reported 192 grants totalling $3,056,743 to 131 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Raul Tijerina JR Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,500 and $20,000; the smallest was $450 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas - Rgv | Edinburg, TX | $164,502 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Texas A&m University | College Station, TX | $109,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Texas Ramp Project | Richardson, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Texas - Austin | Austin, TX | $69,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $69,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children's Museum of Brownsville in | Brownsville, TX | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Catch the Next Inc | San Antonio, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Good Samaritan Community Services | San Antonio, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Guadalupe Education Center Inc | Brownville, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| South Texas Literacy Coalition | Edinburd, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children's Museum of Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | $56,620 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harlingen Consolidated Isd | Harlingen, TX | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Teach for America | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Rio Grande Valley | Pharr, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Texas Juvenile Diabetes Assoc | Mcallen, TX | $45,352 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camille Playhouse | Brownsville, TX | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sight Savers America | Pelham, AL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Center for Independent Documentary | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girls Scout of Greater South Texas | Corpus Christi, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sea Turtle Inc | South Padre Island, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Angels of Love | Mcallen, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Good Neighbor Settlement House | Brownsville, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Childrens Hospital | Houston, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tstc Foundation | Waco, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Legion Post 205 | Harlingen, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aurora House Foundation | Weslaco, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bookner Children and Family Svc | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Comfort House Services Inc | Mcallen, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Develpment Corp of Brownsville Inc | Brownsville, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fishing's Future | South Padre Island, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Transformation Rio Texas | Mcallen, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roy & Joann Cole Mitte Cultural Dis | Brownsville, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Team Mario | Edinburg, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Maria Isd | Santa Maria, TX | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Aranzazu | Rockport, TX | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum of South Texas History | Edinburg, TX | $25,130 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Heroes Inc | Brownsville, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Edingburg Rgv | Edinburg, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Capable Kids Foundation | Mcallen, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Epilepsy Foundation | Bowie, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Form Communities | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Historical Museum of South Padre Island | South Padre Island, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| It's Time Texas | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make a Wish Foundation of the Rio Grande Valley | Mcallen, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rio Grande Habitat for Humanity | Mcallen, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Children's Hospital | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Texas Future Farmers of America | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Access Esparanza Clinics | Mcallen, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Agape Ministries for Life | Corpus Christi, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimers Disease & Related Disord | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amigos Del Valle | Mission, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blue Sunday Child Abuse Prevention | Harlingen, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dean Porter Park Renovation Inc | Brownsville, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friendship of Women | Brownsville, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Scouts of Greater South Texas | Corpus Christi, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guadalupe El Torrero Foundation | Edinburg, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Family Services | Weslaco, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Idea Public Schools | Weslaco, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Proyecto Juan Diego | Brownsville, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rgv Literacy Center | Pharr, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army (harlingen) | Harlingen, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army (mcallen) | Mcallen, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Galveston, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valley Haven Inc | Harlingen, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rio Grande Valley Ballet | Mcallen, TX | $18,960 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rgv Ballet | Mcallen, TX | $15,381 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aid the Silent | Boerne, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amazing Bliss Foundation | Weslaco, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bloom Fitness Corporation | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brownsville Society for Crippled Ch | Brownsville, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buckner Children and Family Svc | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Bereavement Center | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Hunger Fund | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Rio Hondo | Rio Hondo, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Sullivan Texas | Sulllivan City, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foster Angels of South Texas | Corpus Christi, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foster Angels of South Texas Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guadalupe Regional Middle School Guadalupe Education Center Inc | Brownsville, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harlingen Literacy Center | Harlingen, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lower Rio Grande Valley Nature Cent | Weslaco, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mi Academy | Harlingen, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nueva Luz Foundation | Weslaco, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Hands Community Charitable Ser | Donna, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Recovery Center of Cameron County | Harlingen, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Silver Ribbon Community Partners | Mcallen, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Padre Island Birding | South Padre Island, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Texas Emergency Care Foundati | Harlingen, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunshine Haven Inc | Olmito, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teach for America | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas State University | San Marcos, TX | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Women Together Foundation | Mcallen, TX | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Su CASA De Esperanza | Pharr, TX | $13,910 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Villa Isd | La Villa, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Texas - San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Donna Isd | Donna, TX | $10,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brownsville Ind School District | Brownsville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gracious Hearts | Mcallen, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Incarnate Word Academy | Brownsville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics of Texas | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Josephs Academy | Brownsville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas A&m University Cc | Corpus Christi, TX | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Linn-San Manuel Community Improvement Center | Linn, TX | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| College Scholarship Leadership | Mcallen, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Texas Afghanistan Iraq Vetera | Brownsville, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas A&m University - Kingsville | Kingsville, TX | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Texas State Women's University | Denton, TX | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trinity University | San Antonio, TX | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Dallas | Irving, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Incarnate Ward | San Antonio, TX | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Forests | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Center for Local Food | Elgin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sam Houston State University | Huntsville, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| South Texas College | Rio Grande City, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas A&m - Kingsville | Kingsville, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Univeristy | San Antonio, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Texas - Dallas | Irving, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Texas A&m University | Canyon, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fred Booth Elementary | San Benito, TX | $2,859 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Port Isabel Isd | Port Isabel, TX | $2,712 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hidalgo Isd Transportation Dept | Hidalgo, TX | $2,113 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sharyland Isd | Mission, TX | $1,881 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Weslaco Isd Transportation Dept | Weslaco, TX | $1,123 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edinburg Cisd General Operating Fun | Edinburg, TX | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
37 of 131 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 29%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 85 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $645,422 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $593,144 | $15,190 |
| 2023 | 42 | $694,470 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 42 | $572,566 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 34 | $551,141 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
93% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Raul Tijerina JR Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 6176, Kingwood, TX, 77325. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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