Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation
Harlingen, TX · EIN 74-1936869. Reported 236 grants totalling $77.1M to 139 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. Valley Baptist Legacy 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 $56,900. Half of everything it gave fell between $36,689 and $155,400; the smallest was $750 and the largest $14.6M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utrgv - Thrive | Edinburg, TX | $21.5M | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | $17.0M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ut Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg, TX | $10.0M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tropical Texas Behavioral Health | Edinburg, TX | $2,720,813 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| It's Time Texas | Austin, TX | $1,423,987 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moody Clinic (brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated) | Brownsville, TX | $1,252,469 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Development of Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | $1,082,767 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Idea Public Schools | Weslaco, TX | $896,446 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harlingen Cisd | Harlingen, TX | $888,280 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Uthsc - Houston | Houston, TX | $748,301 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute | Dallas, TX | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $618,682 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Plaza Amistad | Edinburg, TX | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harlingen Neighborhood Food Pantry | Harlingen, TX | $510,055 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City of Pharr | Pharr, TX | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cameron County Parks & Recreation | South Padre Island, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Mission | Mission, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Rio Hondo | Rio Hondo, TX | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Alton | Alton, TX | $499,796 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Elsa | Elsa, TX | $473,719 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Bereavement Center | Harlingen, TX | $463,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mhp Salud | Weslaco, TX | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Bereavement Center of the Rio Grande Valley Inc | Harlingen, TX | $399,311 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Los Fresnos | Los Fresnos, TX | $384,025 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waco Foundation | Waco, TX | $381,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Drainage District No 6 | La Feria, TX | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sunshine Haven Inc | Olmito, TX | $325,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Southern Cameron County | Brownsville, TX | $323,147 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Good Neighbor Settlement House | Brownsville, TX | $322,916 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| South Texas Emergency Care Foundation | Harlingen, TX | $288,870 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| El Milagro Clinic | Mcallen, TX | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Town of Combes | Harlingen, TX | $274,819 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Su Clinica | Brownsville, TX | $274,788 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Fit America | Boyes Hot Springs, CA | $262,060 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Family Services | Weslaco, TX | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood South Texas | San Antonio, TX | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rccc Inc | Brownsville, TX | $243,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dentists Who Care | Weslaco, TX | $238,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aurora House Foundation | Weslaco, TX | $218,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Crisis Center | Harlingen, TX | $206,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Connect Humanity | New York, NY | $201,448 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moody Clinic | Brownsville, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tx Children's Hospital | Mcallen, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vida | Arlington, VA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| South Texas Juvenile Diabetes Association | Mcallen, TX | $199,450 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harlingen Housing Authority | Harlingen, TX | $191,232 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ut Health Science Center - San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $187,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friendship of Women | Brownsville, TX | $161,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Hope Projects | Mcallen, TX | $155,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Teach for America | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Valley Off-Road Bicycling Assoc | San Benito, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Idra (intercultural Development Research Association) | San Antonio, TX | $145,976 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of the Rgv | Mcallen, TX | $145,816 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brownsville Wellness Coalition | Brownsville, TX | $142,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Culture of Life Ministries | Harlingen, TX | $141,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Child Abuse Education Program of South Texas | Harlingen, TX | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Su CASA De Esperanza | San Antonio, TX | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army - Harlingen | Harlingen, TX | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cameron County Public Health | San Benito, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tip of Texas Family Outreach | Brownsville, TX | $122,707 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $117,168 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army - Mcallen | Mcallen, TX | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tx Southmost College | Brownsville, TX | $107,851 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Proyecto Juan Diego Inc | Brownsville, TX | $106,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley Inc | Harlingen, TX | $105,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp University | Mcallen, TX | $103,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arise | Alamo, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arise | Syracuse, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Harlingen | Harlingen, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Buckner Children & Family Services | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Defense Fund of Texas | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rio Grande State Center | Harlingen, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sight Savers America | Pelham, AL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tx Children's Hospitalvannie E Cook | Mcallen, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Association San Antonio & South Texas | San Antonio, TX | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Endeavors | San Antonio, TX | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 92 Nursing Scholarships Ranging From 250-1000 | Harlingen, TX | $83,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cameron County Children's Advocacy | Harlingen, TX | $82,646 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Hunger Fund | San Antonio, TX | $82,470 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amigos Del Valle | Edinburg, TX | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Staiva | Brownsville, TX | $78,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catch Global Foundation | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capable Kids | Mcallen, TX | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texas Ramp Project | San Antonio, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritan Community Services | San Antonio, TX | $74,952 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Heroes | Brownsville, TX | $68,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas | San Antonio, TX | $64,599 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 70 Nursing Scholarships Ranging From 250-1750 | Harlingen, TX | $57,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Texas Afghanistan Iraq Veterans Association | Brownsville, TX | $56,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 60 Nursing Scholarships Ranging From 250-2000 | Harlingen, TX | $54,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prevent Blindness Texas | Houston, TX | $52,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Access Esperanza | Mcallen, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Access Esperanza Clinics | Mcallen, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buckner Children and Family Services Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center Inc | Brownsville, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Harlingen | Harlingen, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Pharr | Pharr, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Primera | Harlingen, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Evident Change | Madison, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harlingen Area Educational Foundation | Harlingen, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Futures of Texas | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Posada Providencia | San Benito, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Laguna Madre Youth Center | Port Isabel, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Loaves & Fishes of the Rgv | Harlingen, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Proyecto Azteca | San Juan, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Texas Rgv | Weslaco, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Food Center | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Team Mario | Edinburg, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center | Brownsville, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rio Grande Valley Long Term Disaster Recovery | Mcallen, TX | $47,693 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capable Kids Foundation | Mcallen, TX | $46,785 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Proyecto Desarrollo Humano | Penitas, TX | $45,971 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Form Communities Inc | San Antonio, TX | $42,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 75 Nursing Scholarships Ranging From 250-2000 | Harlingen, TX | $41,422 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Rgv | Weslaco, TX | $40,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Maria High School | Santa Maria, CA | $37,550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club Pharr | Pharr, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Los Fresnos | Los Fresnos, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ami Kids | Los Fresnos, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Housing and Community Services | Hutchinson, KS | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housing & Community Services Inc | Hutchinson, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stch Ministries | Beeville, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Juan Nursing Home | San Juan, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tadsaw | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nuevos Horizontes of Starr County | Rio Grande City, TX | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 140 Mammogram Ultrasound Prosthetic Vouchers | Harlingen, TX | $18,193 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 90 Mammogram Ultrasound Prosthetic Vouchers | Harlingen, TX | $14,480 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harper Hill Global | Nashville, NC | $14,118 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harper Hill Global | Nashville, TN | $11,707 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 130 Mammogram Ultrasound Prosthetic Vouchers | Harlingen, TX | $11,240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Austin Community Foundation | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Democracy Foundation | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 80 Vouchers for Mammograms Or Breast Prosthetics | Harlingen, TX | $9,234 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shrink Box Inc | Mcallen, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Museum of Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | $7,760 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Comfort House | Mcallen, TX | $6,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of San Benito | San Benito, TX | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
64 of 139 (46%) 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 38%, across 3 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 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.
- Tropical Texas Behavioral Health
Mental Health Officer Services - Waco Foundation
Texas Rural Funders Collaborative and fiscal sponsor for The Texas Census Institute - Tx Children's Hospital
Vannie Cook Children's Clinic - Child Abuse Education Program of South Texas
21st Annual Forensic Science Conference - 140 Mammogram Ultrasound Prosthetic Vouchers
PROVIDE MAMMOGRAMS OR BREAST PROSTHETICS - Harper Hill Global
TRIUMPH OVER TRAUMA; SUPPLIES, TRAINING, MISC
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 130 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 | 55 | $20.1M | $62,928 |
| 2022 | 60 | $15.3M | $80,000 |
| 2023 | 64 | $18.0M | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 57 | $23.7M | $55,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation has 28 of them, worth $33.2M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Ut Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg, TX | $20.0M |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | $6,250,000 |
| Moody Clinic | Galveston, TX | $780,795 |
| Idea Public Schools | Weslaco, TX | $584,896 |
| City of Port Isabel | Port Isabel, TX | $500,000 |
| City of Palmview | Palmview, TX | $500,000 |
| Tropical Texas Behavioral Health | Edinburg, TX | $500,000 |
| Uthsc - Houston | Houston, TX | $496,810 |
| Harlingen Cisd | Harlingen, TX | $435,400 |
| It's Time Texas | Austin, TX | $345,056 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NV | $333,623 |
| It's Time Texas | Austin, TX | $286,582 |
| Harlingen Neighborhood Food Pantry | Harlingen, TX | $260,055 |
| Tropical Texas Behavioral Health | Edinburg, TX | $260,000 |
| Mhp Salud | Weslaco, TX | $201,861 |
Where its money goes
97% 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 $56,900. 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 Valley Baptist Legacy 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: 1267 North Stuart Place Road, Harlingen, TX, 78552. 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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