Laredo Area Community Foundation

About Laredo Area Community Foundation

Scholarships and local operating support define Laredo Area Community Foundation’s recent grantmaking. Among its largest grants are repeated awards to Texas A&M International University for scholarships, alongside operating support for community organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club of Laredo and Christ Church Episcopal. That mix shows a foundation that moves between direct student aid and steady support for nonprofits serving Laredo and Webb County. The foundation’s program menu includes scholarship endowments, donor-advised funds, designated endowments, field-of-interest endowments, acorn funds, and family-of-funds structures for nonprofit and community outreach work. Recent awards also include grants to Laredo College and the University of Texas at Austin for scholarships, indicating support for students at multiple stages of education. On the nonprofit side, grants to places such as the Imaginarium of South Texas, United Way of Laredo, and Laredo Church of Christ show a broad local portfolio that includes education, community development, and general operating support. Its grantmaking is overwhelmingly local, with almost all giving directed to Texas recipients.

What Laredo Area Community Foundation Funds

Education is a core lane for the foundation. It gave $133,115 to Texas A&M International University for scholarships and $47,524 to Laredo College for scholarships, while also supporting the University of Texas at Austin with a $15,000 scholarship grant. The scholarship program is open to students of all ages, including high school seniors, working adults, and younger students. The foundation also backs nonprofit operations and community services. It awarded $59,234 to Cotulla Childrens Museum for operating expenses and $17,337 to United Way of Laredo for operating expenses. In faith-based and community-serving organizations, it provided $58,979 to Christ Church Episcopal for operating expenses and $51,500 to Sisters of Mercy for operating expenses. This pattern points to support for organizational overhead as well as program delivery. Community development appears through grants to local cultural and service organizations, including $36,746 to Imaginarium of South Texas for operating expenses and $15,120 to Laredo Theater Guild Intl for operating expenses.

How Laredo Area Community Foundation Gives