Funding search · EIN 208211777 · Port Aransas, TX
Texas Sandfest
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 50
- grants reported
- $1.9M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Port Aransas Isd4 grants · $952,919
- Vfw Post 89674 grants · $140,000
- The Helping Hand Food Pantry4 grants · $120,000
- Trinity By the Sea Church4 grants · $100,000
- Pa Preservation & Historical Assoc4 grants · $65,000
- Baca Texas4 grants · $63,000
- Friends of the Ark3 grants · $55,000
- Animal Friends of Port Aransas1 grant · $50,000
- Port Aransas School Un Project2 grants · $44,691
- Port Aransas Ems3 grants · $42,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 50 reported grants, largest first.
- $280,419
Port Aransas Isd · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Scholarships
- $273,500
Port Aransas Isd · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $272,000
Port Aransas Isd · Port Aransas, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $127,000
Port Aransas Isd · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $65,000
Vfw Post 8967 · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $50,000
Animal Friends of Port Aransas · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $50,000
The Helping Hand Food Pantry · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $35,000
Friends of the Ark · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $35,000
Pa Preservation & Historical Assoc · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $32,500
Port Aransas School Un Project · Port Aransas, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $30,000
Trinity By the Sea Church · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $30,000
Port Aransas Community Theatre · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $30,000
Trinity By the Sea Church · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $25,000
The Helping Hand Food Pantry · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $25,000
Vfw Post 8967 · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $25,000
Vfw Post 8967 · Port Aransas, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $25,000
The Helping Hand Food Pantry · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $25,000
Vfw Post 8967 · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $20,500
Port Aransas Police · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $20,000
Baca Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $20,000
Trinity By the Sea Church · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $20,000
Baca Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $20,000
The Helping Hand Food Pantry · Port Aransas, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $20,000
Trinity By the Sea Church · Port Aransas, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $20,000
Keep Port Aransas Beautiful · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $20,000
Port Aransas Art Center · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $20,000
Port Aransas Ems · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $20,000
Port Aransas Fire Department · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $15,000
Youth Development Foundation · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Friends of Library · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $15,000
Port Aransas Garden Club · Port Aransas, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $13,000
Baca Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $12,500
Port Aransas Ems · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $12,191
Port Aransas School Un Project · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Friends of the Ark · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Pa Preservation & Historical Assoc · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Port Aransas Ems · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Port Aransas Fire Department · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Port Aransas Police Foundation · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Pa Preservation & Historical Assoc · Port Aransas, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Youth Development Foundation · Port Aransas, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Baca Texas · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Friends of the Ark · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Pa Preservation & Historical Assoc · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Port Aransas Community Theatre · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Port Aransas Police Foundation · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Youth Development Foundation · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
New Life Refuge Ministries · Corpus Christi, TX · 2021
Charitable
- $8,000
Youth Dev Found-Project Graduation · Port Aransas, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $7,500
Keep Port Aransas Beautiful · Port Aransas, TX · 2024
Charitable
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