Funding search · EIN 742832533 · Rockport, TX

Margaret Sue Rust 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.

51
grants reported
$1.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Couastal Bend Community Foundation3 grants · $140,000
  • Aransas County Education Foundation2 grants · $114,621
  • Rockport Fulton Education Foundation1 grant · $100,000
  • Del Mar College Foundation1 grant · $100,000
  • Aransas County Council On Aging2 grants · $82,500
  • Rockport Cultural Arts District3 grants · $75,000
  • Rockport Center for the Arts3 grants · $75,000
  • South Tx Council Boy Scouts of America3 grants · $75,000
  • Texas Maritime Museum3 grants · $70,000
  • Camp Aranzazu3 grants · $65,000

Giving over time

$426,275
2022
$436,606
2023
$447,500
2024

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

  • $100,000

    Rockport Fulton Education Foundation · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Fund GeneralScholarships

  • $100,000

    Del Mar College Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Capital campaign

  • $74,621

    Aransas County Education Foundation · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Fund GeneralScholarships

  • $50,000

    Couastal Bend Community Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Grant matching

  • $50,000

    Couastal Bend Community Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Grant matching

  • $42,500

    Aransas County Council On Aging · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Fund GeneralCapital Improvements

  • $42,500

    Rockport Fulton Good Samaritan · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Fund generaloperations

  • $40,000

    Rockport Center for the Arts · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Fund GeneralVarious Programs

  • $40,000

    Texas Maritime Museum · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Fund Sea CampSea Camp

  • $40,000

    Aransas County Council On Aging · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Fund GeneralCapital Improvements

  • $40,000

    Aransas County Education Foundation · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Fund GeneralScholarships

  • $40,000

    Couastal Bend Community Foundation · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Grant matching

  • $30,000

    Aransas County Medical Services · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Programs

  • $30,000

    Camp Aranzazu · Fulton, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $28,775

    Abc Learning Center · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Playground equipment

  • $25,000

    Childrens Coalition Aransas County · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Operations

  • $25,000

    Rockport Cultural Arts District · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Art project

  • $25,000

    Rockport Fulton Good Samaritans · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Operations

  • $25,000

    Rockport Little Theater · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $25,000

    South Tx Council Boy Scouts of America · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024

    Fund GeneralCapital Campain

  • $25,000

    Rockport Cultural Arts District · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Art project

  • $25,000

    South Tx Council Boy Scouts of America · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023

    Fund GeneralCapital Campain

  • $25,000

    Childrens Coalition · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $25,000

    Rockport Cultural Arts District · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Art project

  • $25,000

    South Tx Council Boy Scouts of America · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Fund GeneralCapital Campain

  • $20,000

    Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group · Sinton, TX · 2024

    Fund General

  • $20,000

    Camp Aranzazu · Fulton, TX · 2023

    Operations

  • $20,000

    Humane Society of Rockport Fulton · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Operations

  • $20,000

    Rockport Center for the Arts · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Fund GeneralVarious Programs

  • $15,000

    Camp Aranzazu · Fulton, TX · 2024

    Camp costs

  • $15,000

    Friends of the History Center · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Operations

  • $15,000

    Pregnancy Center of the Coastal Bend · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Operations

  • $15,000

    Friends of the History Center · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Operations

  • $15,000

    Texas Maritime Museum · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Fund Sea CampSea Camp

  • $15,000

    Rockport Center for the Arts · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Fund GeneralArtlink Program

  • $15,000

    Texas Maritime Museum · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Fund Sea CampSea Camp

  • $10,000

    Operation Santa Claus · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Fund generaloperations

  • $10,000

    St Vincent Depaul · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Odyssey After School · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Fund generaloperations

  • $10,000

    Operation Santa Claus · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Fund generaloperations

  • $10,000

    Friends of the History Center · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Fulton Volunteer Fd · Fulton, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Halo Flight · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Lamar Volunteer Fd · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Operation Santa Claus · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Fund generaloperations

  • $10,000

    Rockport Volunteer Fd · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $7,500

    Another Chance Rft · Rockport, TX · 2024

    Operations

  • $6,000

    Another Chance Rft · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,985

    Rockport Friends · Rockport, TX · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Another Chance Rft · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Piecemakers By the Bay · Rockport, TX · 2022

    Operations

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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.