Santander Consumer USA Inc Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 20-1519185. Reported 283 grants totalling $72.7M to 116 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Santander Consumer USA Inc Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Santander Consumer USA Inc Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 3 grants totalling $180,000 to them. That is 0% of the $66.3M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undies for Everyone | grantmaking organization | Texas | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Florida | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Tarrant County | federated giving programme | Texas | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $115,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $82,748 and $200,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $3,626,005.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp-U-Dopt Inc | Houston, TX | $35.0M | 39 | 5 | 2025 |
| Operation Hope Inc | Atlanta, GA | $9,989,253 | 24 | 4 | 2025 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | $2,171,165 | 11 | 4 | 2025 |
| Vogel Alcove | Dallas, TX | $1,490,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Poetic | Dallas, TX | $1,085,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Year Up | Boston, MA | $920,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Friends New Life | Dallas, TX | $870,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dallas Innovation Alliance | Dallas, TX | $850,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The University of Texas Foundation | Austin, TX | $825,000 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| The National Medal of Honor Museum | Arlington, TX | $800,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Impact Ventures | Dallas, TX | $790,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Save the Family Foundation | Mesa, AZ | $685,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Concilio | Dallas, TX | $650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| A New Leaf Inc Philanthropy | Mesa, AZ | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Genesis Women's Shelter & Support | Dallas, TX | $595,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Innocence Project Inc | New York, NY | $525,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sojourner Center | Phoenix, AZ | $515,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Family Gateway Inc | Dallas, TX | $510,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Builders of Hope Cdc | Dallas, TX | $460,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Trusted World Foundation Inc | Garland, TX | $460,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cafe Momentum | Dallas, TX | $440,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| North Texas Food Bank | Plano, TX | $440,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas | Dallas, TX | $390,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Pasco Economic Development Council | Lutz, FL | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| After 8 to Educate | Dallas, TX | $370,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Enrichment Center Inc | North Richland Hills, TX | $365,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| On the Road Lending | Irving, TX | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Foundation | Arlington, TX | $345,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Empowering the Masses | Dallas, TX | $305,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| First Tee of Dallas | Addison, TX | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Year Up | Dallas, TX | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Walls Project | Baton Rouge, LA | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Live Love | Chandler, AZ | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Arms Dba Bryan's House | Dallas, TX | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The St Bernard Project | New Orleans, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Food Bank | Mesa, AZ | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wheels of Success Inc | Tampa, FL | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Vogel Acove | Dallas, TX | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Momentous Institute | Dallas, TX | $223,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caf Momentum | Dallas, TX | $210,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dallas Hope Charities | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Parkland Health Foundation | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Dallas Progress Community | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The If Institute | Mesquite, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Truth Racial Healing Transformation | Dallas, TX | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Initiative Competitive Inner City | Roxbury, MA | $157,117 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Genesis Women's Shelter | Dallas, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Footprints Foundation | Hinsdale, IL | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American National Red Cross | Dallas, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of North Texas at Dallas | Dallas, TX | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amskills Inc | Holiday, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Artstillery | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Valley | Phoenix, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bryan's House | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cara Mia Theatre Co | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Poverty Action Lab | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities Foundation Tx | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dallas College Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dallas Concilio | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mesa United Way | Mesa, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Tiny House | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Quality of Life Foundation of Metro | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Dallas Link | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Sector Rising | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Visiting Nurse Association of Tx | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Well | Tampa, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tr Hoover Cdc | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Undies for Everyone | Houston, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way Metro Dallas | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Mesa | Mesa, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vna Meals on Wheels | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wesley-Rankin Community Center | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women Rock | Sherman, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Year | Houston, TX | $80,695 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bonton Farm | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dallasec | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Better Block Foundations | Dallas, TX | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maricopa Community College | Tempe, AZ | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lullaby House | Dallas, TX | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reading to New Heights | Dallas, TX | $66,210 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Walls Project | Dallas, TX | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Unt Foundation Inc | Denton, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 360 Eats | Safety Harbor, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club Metro Dallas | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridges to Life | Arlington, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Child Creativity Lab Inc | Santa Ana, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Commons on Champa | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dallas Holocaust Museum | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| For Oak Cliff | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Joppy Momma's Farm | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels of Tampa | Tampa, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mosaic Family Services | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Patriot Paws | Rockwall, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trey Athletes | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vickery Meadow Learning Center Dba | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Leaders Strong City | Mesquite, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Women's Foundation | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Babson College | Nic Wellesley Hills, MA | $44,980 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quality of Life Foundation for Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bess the Book Bus | Tampa, FL | $33,880 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Holocaust & Human Rightsmuseum | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful | Tampa, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tampa Bay Watch Inc | Tierra Verde, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yoga 4 Change | Atlantic Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Commonwealth Kitchen | Dorchester, MA | $18,333 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pasco-Hernando State College Foundation | New Prt Rchy, FL | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
40 of 116 (34%) 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 46%, 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Comp-U-Dopt Inc
FUNDING SUPPORTS THE DIGITAL INCLUSION INITIATIVE WHICH INCLUDES DIGITAL LITERACY, DIGITAL EDUCATION AND CONNECTIVITY IN DALLAS, MESA, ATLANTA. - Operation Hope Inc
IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE, SECURITY, AND STABILITY OF CITY YEAR AMERICORPS PARTICIPANTS IN 15 LOCATIONS (YEAR 1) AND A TOTAL OF 27 LOCATIONS (YEAR 2) ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY AND SKILL BUILDING COACHING AND EDUCATION - Comp U Dopt Inc
SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION - The National Medal of Honor Museum
FUNDING WILL HELP CONSTRUCT THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM THROUGH OPENING AND WILL HELP LAUNCH INSTITUTE PROGRAMMING. - Vogel Alcove
FUNDING WILL SUPPORT MOVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM CRISIS TO THRIVING THROUGH THE VOGEL ALCOVE CAPITAL AND EXPANSION CAMPAIGN AT RED BIRD THAT WILL SERVE APPROXIMATELY 100 ADDITIONAL CHILDREN WITH VOGEL ALCOVE'S CHILDCARE SERVICES. - City Year
FUNDING FOR MULTI-YEAR MATCH AND GENERAL OPERATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 211 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 | $4,863,981 | $100,000 |
| 2022 | 86 | $15.3M | $111,851 |
| 2023 | 72 | $19.9M | $135,694 |
| 2024 | 42 | $20.7M | $200,000 |
| 2025 | 45 | $11.9M | $115,000 |
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
74% of its giving went to organizations in Texas.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Santander Consumer USA Inc 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: 1601 Elm Street 800, Dallas, TX, 75201. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 20-1519185 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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