The Mancuso Family Foundation concentrates its giving on a small number of substantial, locally-focused grants in Texas. Its support goes to community institutions — including a repeatedly funded organization (SIRE), a regional healthcare or hospital foundation, a western heritage/event center, and an equine/animal welfare group — suggesting priorities in local community services, cultural heritage, and animal welfare. Grants appear targeted and discretionary (program or operating support) rather than broadly distributed across many causes.
Concentrated giving: few but relatively large grants, a mix of repeat funding to at least one core partner and one-off substantial gifts to local institutions; place-based (Texas) emphasis.
The Mancuso Family Foundation’s recent giving is defined by a repeat relationship with SIRE and other Texas-based community organizations, paired with a few larger grants outside its headquarters state. In 2025, it gave $78,000 to SIRE in Fulshear, Texas, for general operating support, following a $55,100 grant to the same organization in 2024. That pattern sits alongside a $100,000 operating grant to WCHA Foundation in Pio Rancho, New Mexico, showing that the foundation funds both local partners and select organizations beyond Texas. Across the recent grants list, the foundation’s support is directed mostly to community institutions rather than individuals. The grantees include healthcare-related support through WCHA Foundation, animal welfare through Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society, and heritage-oriented organizations such as Western Heritage Event Center Inc. Several grants are explicitly for general operating support, which points to a preference for keeping organizations funded at the core level rather than earmarking money for narrow projects. The giving profile also includes smaller awards to volunteer fire, livestock, and rescue groups, suggesting a mix of local civic support and mission-based community aid.
General operating support is the clearest pattern in the Mancuso Family Foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $33,000 to Western Heritage Event Center Inc in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and $30,000 to Bluebonnet Equine Humance Society in College Station, Texas, both for general operating support. Those awards sit in the same style as the foundation’s other unrestricted grants. Animal welfare appears in more than one grant. Bluebonnet Equine Humance Society received an additional $7,500 in 2025, and East Texas Hoof and Paw Rescue in Marion, Iowa received $5,000 for general operating support. Community infrastructure also shows up through $10,000 to Todd Mission Volunteer Fire in Todd Mission, Texas, again as general operating support. The foundation also backed junior livestock and horse-related groups, including Archuleta County Junior Livestock in Pagosa Springs, Colorado and San Juan Back Country Horsemen in the same city.
Typical grant size is moderate rather than small: the foundation’s grant-size distribution is p25 $5,000, median $8,750, and p75 $21,250. The recent list includes both larger operating grants, such as $100,000, and many awards in the $2,500 to $10,000 range. The pattern also suggests repeat discretionary support rather than one-time project funding. SIRE appears in both 2024 and 2025, and several other organizations received more than one grant across the list. The foundation is a family foundation, funds individuals are false, and program-related investments are false. The grants shown are all general operating support, with no application process stated in the data.
$231K
$1.5M
$38K
$232K
Most grants fall between $5K and $21K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$21K
About 38% of grants go to recipients in CO.
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Notable grantees: SIRE, WCHA Foundation, Western Heritage Event Center Inc, Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society
Grant recipients are entirely in the United States, with Texas receiving the most grants by count. Texas recipients in the list include Fulshear, College Station, Todd Mission, Scotland, San Angelo, Anderson, and other in-state locations. Colorado is another repeated destination, especially Pagosa Springs, which appears multiple times across the grants list. Outside Texas and Colorado, the foundation also gave to organizations in New Mexico, Utah, Illinois, and Iowa. The recipient map shows a national scope even though 38% of grants went to organizations in the HQ state of Texas. The data points to a mix of local Texas support and selected out-of-state community organizations.
Its grant-size distribution is centered in the mid-thousands to low tens of thousands: p25 is $5,000, median is $8,750, and p75 is $21,250. The recent list also includes larger operating grants, including a $100,000 award and several grants in the $10,000 to $30,000 range.
No. The foundation’s profile shows funds individuals as false, and the recent grants list is entirely made up of organizational grants for general operating support.
The recent grants support community institutions and service organizations, including a healthcare foundation, a volunteer fire group, an equine humane society, a western heritage event center, and livestock-related organizations. The listed grants are all for general operating support.
No. Texas receives the most grants by count, and 38% of grants go to recipients in Texas, but the recent grants list also includes organizations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Illinois, and Iowa. The geographic scope of giving is national.
Yes. SIRE received grants in both 2024 and 2025, and several other organizations also appear more than once in the recent grants list, indicating repeat support rather than only one-time awards.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIRE | FULSHEAR, TX | $150,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANCE SOCIETY | COLLEGE STATION, TX | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PSMC | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $20,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $12,500 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| TODD MISSION VOLUNTEER FIRE | TODD MISSION, TX | $7,500 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| RMSMLF | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| DRY CREEK HORSE RESCUE | BELLVILLE, TX | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WESTERN HERITAGE EVENT CENTER INC | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $4,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ARCHULETA COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $2,000 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATINIG SUPPORT |
| WCHA FOUNDATION | PIO RANCHO, NM | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| SIRE | FULSHEAR, TX | $78,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BEHS | BRIGHAM CITY, UT | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PSMC | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ARCHULETA COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $10,259 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATINIG SUPPORT |
| IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND | LOVELAND, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| TODD MISSION VOLUNTEER FIRE | TODD MISSION, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANCE SOCIETY | COLLEGE STATION, TX | $7,500 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HSPS | CAROL STREAM, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| EAST TEXAS HOOF AND PAW RESCUE | MARION, IA | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WESTERN HERITAGE EVENT CENTER INC | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $4,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| SIRE | FULSHEAR, TX | $55,100 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WESTERN HERITAGE EVENT CENTER INC | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $33,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANCE SOCIETY | COLLEGE STATION, TX | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PSMC | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PSMC | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| LIVESTOCK SHOWS&AUCTION | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $7,500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HORSEMEN FOR CHRIST | SCOTLAND, TX | $7,500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WACO TEXAS FUTURITY LLC | SAN ANGELO, TX | $7,416 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATINIG SUPPORT |
| TODD MISSION VOLUNTEER FIRE | TODD MISSION, TX | $2,500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| SAN JUAN BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $2,500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HSPS | CAROL STREAM, IL | $1,500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GRIMES COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE | ANDERSON, TX | $500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
SIRE
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANCE SOCIETY
$25,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PSMC
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS
$12,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TODD MISSION VOLUNTEER FIRE
$7,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
RMSMLF
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
DRY CREEK HORSE RESCUE
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
WESTERN HERITAGE EVENT CENTER INC
$4,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
ARCHULETA COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK
$2,000GENERAL OPERATINIG SUPPORT
WCHA FOUNDATION
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
SIRE
$78,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
BEHS
$25,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PSMC
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
ARCHULETA COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK
$10,259GENERAL OPERATINIG SUPPORT
IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TODD MISSION VOLUNTEER FIRE
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANCE SOCIETY
$7,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
HSPS
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
EAST TEXAS HOOF AND PAW RESCUE
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
WESTERN HERITAGE EVENT CENTER INC
$4,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
WESTERN HERITAGE EVENT CENTER INC
$33,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANCE SOCIETY
$30,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PSMC
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PSMC
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
LIVESTOCK SHOWS&AUCTION
$7,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
HORSEMEN FOR CHRIST
$7,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
WACO TEXAS FUTURITY LLC
$7,416GENERAL OPERATINIG SUPPORT
TODD MISSION VOLUNTEER FIRE
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
SAN JUAN BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
HSPS
$1,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
GRIMES COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE
$500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT