United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc
Corpus Christi, TX · EIN 74-1207552. Reported 244 grants totalling $11.5M to 64 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 64 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 96% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $27,880. Half of what it reported fell between $11,104 and $60,000; the smallest was $5,232 and the largest $203,612. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
4 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $395,582 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Womens Shelter of South Texas | Corp Christi, TX | $812,530 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Counseling Service | Corp Christi, TX | $798,308 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Driscoll Childrens Hospital | Corp Christi, TX | $738,138 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wesley Community Center | Corp Christi, TX | $600,706 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Bend Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $577,585 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Centers of Corpus Christi Tex | Corp Christi, TX | $574,391 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi, TX | $448,650 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Corpus Christi Metro Ministries | Corp Christi, TX | $423,803 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $413,706 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $395,582 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Goodwill Industries of South Texas Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $378,850 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greenwood-Molina Nursery School | Corp Christi, TX | $331,092 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cenikor Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | $313,996 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Alice | Alice, TX | $293,747 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas | Harlingen, TX | $279,642 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Beeville Inc | Beeville, TX | $268,933 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Halo-Flight Inc | Corpus Christi, TX | $260,350 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Corpus Christi, TX | $247,209 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mary Mcleod Bethune Early Child Development Nursery Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $190,901 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| YWCA Corpus Christi | Corp Christi, TX | $188,241 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Amistad Community Health Center Incorporated | Corp Christi, TX | $186,516 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Atascosa Health Center Inc | Pleasanton, TX | $183,842 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mission of Mercy Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $180,380 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Live Oak County Child Welfare Inc | Three Rivers, TX | $172,452 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Corpus Christi Literacy Council | Corp Christi, TX | $160,724 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities South Texas | Corp Christi, TX | $151,919 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Kingsville Inc | Kingsville, TX | $138,012 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Citizens Promoting Medical Excellence | Beeville, TX | $129,152 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Nueces County Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $120,781 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Coastal Bend Food Bank | Corp Christi, TX | $120,056 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aransas Pass for Youth Inc | Aransas Pass, TX | $117,433 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mother Teresa Shelter Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $97,948 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| USO of South Texas | Corpus Christi, TX | $85,681 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coastal Bend | Corp Christi, TX | $84,246 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $83,326 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sinton for Youth Corporation | Sinton, TX | $76,405 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nueces County Department of Social Services | Corpus Christi, TX | $71,394 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rural Economic Assistance League Inc | Alice, TX | $70,646 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Corpus Christi Hope House Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $68,459 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas Inc | San Antonio, TX | $57,730 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $55,658 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Refugio County Community Development Foundation Inc | Refugio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kleberg County Welfare | Kingsville, TX | $43,346 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross Coastal Bend Texas Chapter | Corpus Christi, TX | $38,405 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Patricio Adult Literacy Council Inc | Sinton, TX | $37,966 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Duval County Attorney | San Diego, TX | $35,696 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kleberg County Adult Literacy Council | Kingsville, TX | $31,772 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Corpus Christi Firefighters Care | Corp Christi, TX | $30,935 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA of Bee Live Oak and Mcmullen Counties Inc | Beeville, TX | $28,247 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foster Angels of South Texas Foundation | Corp Christi, TX | $27,250 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Heavenly Angels | Three Rivers, TX | $24,385 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Odyssey After School Enrichment Program | Rockport, TX | $21,008 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Corpus Christi Professional Firefighters Relief and Outreach F | Corp Christi, TX | $20,770 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of the Coastal Bend | Corp Christi, TX | $15,064 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coastal Bend Center for Independent Living | Corp Christi, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rise School of Corpus Christi Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $13,608 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bee County Adult Literacy Council Inc | Beeville, TX | $12,514 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Special Hearts in the Arts | Corp Christi, TX | $11,844 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YMCA of the Coastal Bend | Corpus Christi, TX | $11,524 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| CASA of Kleberg County | Kingsville, TX | $10,728 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Corpus Christi Housing Authority | Corp Christi, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wesley United Methodist Church | Corpus Christi, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Corpus Christi Safe Place House Inc | Corpus Christi, TX | $8,211 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Youth Odyssey Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $5,741 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
55 of 64 (86%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- The Purple Door
program support and winter storm response - Aransas Pass for Youth
program support COVID-19 winter storm response - Live Oak Child Welfare Board
Winter storm and COVID-19 response - Mother Teresa Shelter Inc
COVID-19 and winter storm response - YMCA of the Coastal Bend
program support, COVID-19 and winter storm response
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 of 64 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 79 | $3,266,403 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 52 | $2,434,319 | $30,958 |
| 2022 | 56 | $2,814,095 | $32,360 |
| 2023 | 57 | $2,948,317 | $33,024 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $27,880 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 98 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 4659 Everhart Rd, Corpus Christi, TX, 78411.
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