Robert J & Helen C Kleberg Foundation
San Antonio, TX · EIN 74-6044810. Reported 177 grants totalling $55.1M to 77 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Robert J & Helen C Kleberg 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 $132,889. Half of everything it gave fell between $40,000 and $487,856; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $2,103,183. 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 California | San Fransisco, CA | $4,400,817 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - School of | Mcallen, TX | $3,765,014 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Texas MD Anderson | Houston, TX | $3,626,856 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $3,478,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stanford University Board of Trustees of the Lela | Palo Alto, CA | $3,242,367 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $2,500,357 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Corp Dba Boston Childrens Hospi | Boston, MA | $2,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | $2,166,666 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| William Marsh Rice University | Houston, TX | $2,100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Texas Austin | Austin, TX | $1,942,809 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $1,922,697 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $1,326,423 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $1,294,380 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation | Houston, TX | $1,165,940 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Seattle, WA | $1,060,272 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Teach for America Rio Grande Valley Chapter | Mission, TX | $1,033,333 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Driscoll Childrens Hospital | Corpus Christi, TX | $1,002,280 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Sa | San Antonio, TX | $900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Monell Chemical Senses Center | Philadelphia, PA | $879,430 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation of the Ma Eye and Ear Infirmary | Boston, MA | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texas A&m Foundation | College Station, TX | $782,899 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christus Spohn Health Systems | Kingsville, TX | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Biomedical Research Institute | San Antonio, TX | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $735,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch | Galveston, TX | $690,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texas A&m University Kingsville | Kingsville, TX | $651,174 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear | Boston, MA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ut Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nature Conservancy | San Antonio, TX | $474,466 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Kingsville Inc | Kingsville, TX | $410,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation of the Massacgusetts Eye and Ear | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins Univeristy | Baltimore, MD | $393,928 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $390,967 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| J David Gladstone Institute | Baltimore, MD | $335,801 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $332,718 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Texas Family Planning & Health Corporation | Corpus Christi, TX | $310,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coastal Bend Bays and Estuarie | Corpus Christi, TX | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Teach for America | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Womens and Mens Health Service | Corpus Christi, TX | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Woodberry Forest School | Woodberry, VA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunshine Cottage | San Antonio, TX | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Halo House Foundation | Houston, TX | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Texas Public Broadcasting System | Corpus Christi, TX | $194,904 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Counseling Service | Corpus Christi, TX | $184,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Botanical Garden Society Inc | San Antonio, TX | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gladys Porter Zoo | Brownsville, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Museum of South Texas | Corpus Christi, TX | $126,850 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cenikor Foundation | Houston, TX | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Willacy County Ems | Raymondville, TX | $109,032 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA of Kleberg County Aka Brush Country CASA | Kingsville, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Festival of Books | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Museum of Art | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas A&m University | College Station, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Witte Museum | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Disease Association | San Antonio, TX | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Knapp Medical Center | Weslaco, TX | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sight Into Sound | Houston, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Halo Flight Inc | Corpus Christi, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas | Harlingen, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women's Shelter of South Texas | Corpus Christi, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History | Corpus Christi, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of South Texas | Kingsville, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brush Country CASA | Kingsville, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kingsville Amateur Boxing Club | Kingsville, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Compudopt | Houston, TX | $36,696 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Corpus Christi, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Purple Door | Corpus Christi, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America South Texas | Corpus Christi, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Majestic Empire Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Center of Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Action Corporation of South Texas | Alice, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center | South Padre Island, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focus Foundation for Our Childrens Ultimate Succes | Corpus Christi, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools of the Coastal Bend | Corpus Christi, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
49 of 77 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 77%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - School of
SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL PROGRAM - Christus Spohn Health Systems
SUPPORT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS - J David Gladstone Institute
MEDICAL SPECIALTY RESEARCH - Willacy County Ems
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES - Halo House Foundation
ACCOMODATING BLOOD CANCER PATIENTS AND FAMILY - South Texas Family Planning & Health Corporation
SUPPORT FAMILY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 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 | 41 | $13.0M | $118,535 |
| 2022 | 43 | $14.7M | $132,889 |
| 2023 | 46 | $14.3M | $203,968 |
| 2024 | 47 | $13.1M | $109,032 |
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
57% 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 $132,889. 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 Robert J & Helen C Kleberg Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 1100 Nw Loop 410 Suite 215, San Antonio, TX, 78213. 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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