Funding search · EIN 741463151 · Corpus Christi, TX

Earl C Sams Foundation

Name: Earl C Sams Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

143
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

equipment services capital education emergency expenses fishing giving

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Valley Zoological Society Gladys Porter Zoo3 grants · $397,500
Texas State Aquarium3 grants · $300,000
University of Texas Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Driscoll Children'S Hospital Development Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Hill Country Daily Bread Ministry2 grants · $70,000
Hidden Forest Pta3 grants · $63,800
Band Parents Winston Churchill High School3 grants · $60,000
Coastal Bend Community Fund3 grants · $60,000
Warrior'S Weekend3 grants · $60,000
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas3 grants · $42,000

Giving over time

$832,000

2022

$742,000

2023

$776,589

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 143 grants.

$170,500
Valley Zoological Society Gladys Porter Zoo · Brownsville, TX · 2024
Zoofari 2024 & general support
$115,000
Valley Zoological Society Gladys Porter Zoo · Brownsville, TX · 2023
Zoofari 2023 & general support
$112,000
Valley Zoological Society Gladys Porter Zoo · Brownsville, TX · 2022
Zoofari 2022 & general support
$100,000
Texas State Aquarium · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Capital fund wildlife rescue
$100,000
Texas State Aquarium · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Capital fund wildlife rescue
$100,000
Driscoll Children'S Hospital Development Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Saving children and heart disease
$100,000
Texas State Aquarium · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Capital fund wildlife rescue
$100,000
University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
Grant for dr nambian pf research
$40,000
Hill Country Daily Bread Ministry · Boerne, TX · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Band Parents Winston Churchill High School · San Antonio, TX · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Univ Tx Rio Grande Valley Foundation · McAllen, TX · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Hill Country Daily Bread Ministry · Boerne, TX · 2023
General operating support
$23,800
Hidden Forest Pta · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
1 Hope for Kids · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Agape Ranch · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Coastal Bend Community Fund · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
2024 day of giving
$20,000
Friends of the Port O'Connor Library · Port Oconnor, TX · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Warrior'S Weekend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Warrior's weekend fishing tournament
$20,000
Camille Players · Brownsville, TX · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Coastal Bend Community Fund · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
2023 day of giving
$20,000
Corpus Christi Pregnancy Center · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Hidden Forest Pta · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Messiah Ministries · Fredericksburg, TX · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
New Life Refuge Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Port Oconnor Comm Center Assoc · Port Oconnor, TX · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Sea Turtle · South Padre Island, TX · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Warrior'S Weekend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Warrior's weekend fishing tournament
$20,000
Bonton Farms · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Coastal Bend Community Fund · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
2022 day of giving
$20,000
Hidden Forest Pta · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Classroom whiteboards
$20,000
Warrior'S Weekend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Warrior's weekend fishing tournament
$15,000
Corpus Christi Metro Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Corpus Christi Pregnancy Center · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Foster Angels of South Texas Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Mission of Mercy · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating expenses
$15,000
Timons Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Discovery Camps · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Mission of Mercy · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating expenses
$15,000
Citizens for Educational Excellence · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Direct program expense
$15,000
Foster Angels of Sotuh Texas' · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Program future for foster children
$15,000
Triple Me Mac Equine Sanctuary · Bulverde, TX · 2022
Care for senior horses
$14,000
South Texas Botanical Gardens Nature Center · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$13,000
Texas a&M-Cc Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
American Cancer Soceity Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Coastal bend research funding
$12,000
Veterans Assisitance Dogs of Texas · Kerrville, TX · 2024
General operating support
$12,000
Meeker Classic Sheep Dog Championship · Meeker, CO · 2023
Education programs
$12,000
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
General operating support
$11,000
Aransas Pass for Youth · Aransas Pass, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Art Museum of South Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Band Parents Winston Churchill High School · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Bonton Farms · Dallas, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Communities in School Coastal Bend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Corpus Christi Hope House · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Emergency shelter support services
$10,000
Corpus Christi Symphony Society · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Cross Roads United Methodist Church · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Ecf Community Center · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Mission 911 · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Peewees Pet Adoption World · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
South Texas Botanical Gardens Nature Center · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
The Moody Clinic · Brownsville, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
1 Hope for Kids · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Agape Harbor · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Agape Ranch · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Band Parents Winston Churchill High School · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Billy T Cattan Recovery Outreach · Victoria, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Childrens Museum of Brownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Corpus Christi Education Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Corpus Christi Hope House · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Emergency shelter support services
$10,000
Daily Bread Ministries · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Family Upreach Dba New Life Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Moody Clinic · Brownsville, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Open Hands Community Charitable Services · Donna, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Peewees Pet Adoption World · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Region Iii Education Services · Victoria, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
South Texas Literacy Coalition · Edinburg, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Timons Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Veterans Assisitance Dogs of Texas · Kerrville, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Broken Chains · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Charity League · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
2022-2023 fundraising campaign
$10,000
Corpus Christi Hope House · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Emergency shelter support services
$10,000
Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Education and outreach program
$10,000
Ecf Community Center · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Online tutoring program
$10,000
Grow Local South Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
2022-2023 youth educational programming
$10,000
Headwaters at Incarnate Word · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Ecological restoration program
$10,000
Mission of Mercy · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
General operating expenses
$10,000
Youth Odyssey · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Program expansion sustainability project
$9,000
Corpus Christi Literacy Council · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Operational support
$9,000
Corpus Christi Literacy Council · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Operational support
$9,000
Corpus Christi Literacy Council · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Operational support
$8,000
Environment Texas Research & Policy · Austin, TX · 2022
Support the million acre park
$7,000
Texas Diaper Bank · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General operating support
$7,000
Corpus Christi Metro Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Five interrelated programs
$7,000
Nature Conservancy · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Southmost preserve
$6,500
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024
General operating support
$6,289
Ut Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$6,000
Sabinal Alumni · Austin, TX · 2024
Scholarships
$5,500
Sabinal Alumni · Austin, TX · 2022
Scholarships

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