Funding search · EIN 460501821 · Corpus Christi, TX

Laverne & Thomas Howell Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

89
grants reported
$3.0M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • First United Methodist Church of Cc4 grants · $1.4M
  • Coastal Bend Community Foundation4 grants · $200,000
  • Timon'S Ministries4 grants · $113,500
  • American Cancer Society4 grants · $110,000
  • Corpus Christi Metro Ministries4 grants · $110,000
  • San Augustine First United3 grants · $100,000
  • Texas a&M Corpus Christi2 grants · $80,000
  • Coastal Bend Food Bank4 grants · $76,011
  • American Heart Association4 grants · $70,000
  • Tennis Success4 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$819,129
2022
$732,420
2023
$679,580
2024
$784,092
2025

Grant history

All 89 reported grants, largest first.

  • $410,000

    First United Methodist Church of Cc · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $357,000

    First United Methodist Church of Cc · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $345,000

    First United Methodist Church of Cc · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $336,210

    First United Methodist Church of Cc · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $50,000

    Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Coastal bend day of giving

  • $50,000

    Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Coastal bend day of giving

  • $50,000

    Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Coastal bend day of giving

  • $50,000

    Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Coastal bend day of giving

  • $40,000

    Texas a&M Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $40,000

    Texas a&M Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $38,500

    Timon'S Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $35,000

    San Augustine First United · San Augustine, TX · 2023

    Operating expeses

  • $35,000

    Corpus Christi Metro Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $35,000

    San Augustine First United · San Augustine, TX · 2022

    Operating expeses

  • $30,000

    American Heart Association · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Community outreach

  • $30,000

    Compassionate Care Medical Clinic · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    General support

  • $30,000

    Timon'S Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $30,000

    American Cancer Society · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Texas research fund

  • $30,000

    San Augustine First United · San Augustine, TX · 2024

    Operating expeses

  • $30,000

    American Cancer Society · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Texas research fund

  • $30,000

    Annapolis Christian Academy · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $30,000

    American Cancer Society · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Texas research fund

  • $25,000

    Corpus Christi Metro Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $25,000

    Foster Village Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Gernal

  • $25,000

    Reformed University Fellowship · Charlotte, NC · 2025

    General

  • $25,000

    Tennis Success · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $25,000

    Corpus Christi Metro Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $25,000

    Corpus Christi Metro Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $25,000

    Pregnancy Center of Coastal Bend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $25,000

    St James Episcopal School · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Tuition aid program

  • $24,000

    Timon'S Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $21,000

    Timon'S Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $20,629

    Coastal Bend Food Bank · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $20,210

    Coastal Bend Food Bank · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $20,000

    Agape Ranch · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    General fund

  • $20,000

    American Cancer Society · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Texas research fund

  • $20,000

    American Heart Association · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Community outreach

  • $20,000

    Annapolis Christian Academy · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $20,000

    Compassionate Care Medical Clinic · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Tennis Success · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $18,080

    Coastal Bend Food Bank · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $17,092

    Coastal Bend Food Bank · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $17,000

    Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Casa of the Coastal Bend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    General

  • $15,000

    Communities in School · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    General

  • $15,000

    Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Tennis Success · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $15,000

    West Side Helping Hand · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    The First Methodist Children'S Home · Waco, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Corpus Christi Hope House · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Emergency shelter support

  • $15,000

    Reach Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $15,000

    South Texas Council Boy Scouts of · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Camp karankawa improvement

  • $15,000

    The First Methodist Children'S Home · Waco, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Annapolis Christian Academy · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Art Museum of South Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    General

  • $10,000

    Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General

  • $10,000

    Mission 911 · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Nueces County Juvenile · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Pregnancy Center of Coastal Bend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Rise School · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    Scholarship for indigent students

  • $10,000

    St James Episcopal School · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    General

  • $10,000

    The First Methodist Children'S Home · Waco, TX · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Foster Angels of South Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Rise School · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Scholarship for indigent students

  • $10,000

    The First Methodist Children'S Home · Waco, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Heart Association · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Community outreach

  • $10,000

    Build -Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Christus Spohn Health System Fd · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Emergency room at spohn

  • $10,000

    Foster Angels of South Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Pregnancy Center of Coastal Bend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Reach Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Rise School · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Scholarship for indigent students

  • $10,000

    American Heart Association · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Community outreach

  • $10,000

    Tennis Success · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $7,500

    Nueces County Juvenile · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Coprus Christi Sailing Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    General

  • $5,000

    Nami Greater Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025

    General

  • $5,000

    Agape Harbor · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    General operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Mission 911 · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Pregnancy Center of Coastal Bend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Corpus Christi Hope House · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Emergency shelter support

  • $5,000

    Family Counseling Service · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Therapy for uninsured

  • $5,000

    Mission 911 · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Nueces County Juvenile · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Sea City Work Camp · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Agape Harbor · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    General operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Rise School · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Scholarship for indigent students

  • $3,000

    Nueces County Juvenile · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operating expenses

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.