Devary Durrill Foundation
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About Devary Durrill Foundation
The Devary Durrill Foundation focuses its giving on crisis-response and health-related services, with a clear emphasis on air medical/veteran transport and direct-support healthcare organizations. Its grants also support substance‑use treatment, family medical lodging, and local heritage/educational institutions, indicating a blend of frontline service funding and community-focused philanthropy. Several mid-to-large gifts go to a small set of organizations, suggesting targeted, relationship-driven philanthropy rather than broad, scattershot giving.
Focus Areas
Air medical and veteran transport services (e.g., Helicopters for Heroes, Halo Flight)Substance use treatment and recovery services (e.g., Cenikor Foundation)Family support for pediatric medical care (e.g., Ronald McDonald House)Local maritime/military heritage and museum support (e.g., USS Lexington Museum)University alumni/affinity organization support (e.g., Association of Former Students)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (general grantees)individual students/scholars (scholarship recipients)
About Devary Durrill Foundation
A $100,000 general-support grant to Cenikor Foundation, paired with another $100,000 award the prior year to Helicopters for Heros, shows how Devary Durrill Foundation Inc concentrates its giving on a small set of high-priority community services. Across the recent grants list, the foundation backs crisis-response, health care access, and transport tied to medical or veteran needs, alongside local institutions that serve families and civic life in Corpus Christi and nearby Texas communities. The pattern is consistent with a local funder that uses flexible support rather than tightly restricted project grants. Its grants include recurring gifts to organizations such as Halo Flight, Ronald McDonald House, Driscoll Childrens Hospital, and Youth Odyssey, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than one-off transactions. The foundation also funds community anchors outside direct health care, including the USS Lexington Museum, Texas State Aquarium, and the Art Center of Corpus Christi. Grant sizes range from modest five-figure awards to six-figure commitments, with several repeat recipients appearing across multiple years. The result is a grant portfolio that mixes urgent-service philanthropy with support for education, heritage, and family-serving organizations.
What Devary Durrill Foundation Funds
Health and crisis-response work appears repeatedly in the recent grants. Devary Durrill Foundation Inc gave $100,000 to Cenikor Foundation for general support, reflecting support for substance-use treatment and recovery services. It also awarded $23,000 to Driscoll Childrens Hospital and $30,500 to Ronald Mcdonald House, both in Corpus Christi, indicating interest in pediatric care and family medical lodging. Air medical and veteran transport are another clear line of support. The foundation granted $100,000 to Helicopters for Heros in 2023 and $50,000 to the same organization in 2024, while also giving $50,000 to Halo Flight. Beyond health and transport, it funded local civic and cultural groups such as $25,500 to Uss Lexington Museum and $10,000 to Texas State Aquarium, showing attention to heritage and public-facing community institutions.
How Devary Durrill Foundation Gives
Typical awards are modest but not tiny: the grant-size distribution sits at $2,500 at the 25th percentile, $5,000 at the median, and $11,500 at the 75th percentile. That said, the recent list includes a few much larger commitments, including multiple five-figure and six-figure general-support gifts. Several recipients appear in more than one year, such as Helicopters for Heros, Youth Odyssey, Driscoll Childrens Hospital, American Heart Association, and United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, which points to recurring relationships rather than one-time support. The foundation gives general support, funds individuals, and is not identified as making program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$207K
Total Assets
$7.5M
Total Revenue
$653K
Total Expenses
$748K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $12K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$12K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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