Grants awarded
Who does Earl C Sams Foundation INC fund?
Earl C Sams Foundation INC has awarded $3.6 million across 213 grants to 120 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $15,000.
Total awarded
$3.6M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
120
Grants
213
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| V Valley Zoological Society Gladys Porter Zoo | $742K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $400K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Driscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation | $200K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Coastal Bend Community Fund | $110K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The University of Texas Foundation INC
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| H Hill Country Daily Bread Ministry | $70K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Corpus Christi Pregnancy Center INC
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$67K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $64K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$62K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$60K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| B Band Parents Winston Churchill High School | $60K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$57K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| M Mission of Mercy INC | $50K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
New Life Refuge Ministries
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$40K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| 1 1 Hope for Kids | $40K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Univ TX Rio Grande Valley Foundation | $40K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Corpus Christi Literacy Council
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$36K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Corpus Christi Hope House INC
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$35K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| P Port O'Connor Chamber of Commerce | $35K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Camille Players INC
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$30K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| A American Cancer Soceity Corpus Christi | $30K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$25K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| C Christus Spohn Health System Dev Fndn | $25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Foster Angels of Sotuh Texas' | $25K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Charity League INC | $25K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind
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$25K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| S South Texas Botanical Gardens Nature Center | $24K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Ecf Community Center | $23K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| V Veterans Assisitance Dogs of Texas | $22K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Art Museum of South Texas | $22K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Special Olympics Texas Corpus Christi | $20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Majesty Outdoors
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$20K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Messiah Ministries INC | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Port Oconnor Comm Center Assoc | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Sea Turtle INC
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$20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| W Winston Churchhill High School Charger Band | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Messiah Ministries | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Timon's Ministries | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
American Heart Association INC
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$20K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| M Meeker Classic Sheep Dog Championship | $18K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Sabinal Alumni
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$16K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| U Ut MD Anderson Cancer Center | $16K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Triple Me Mac Equine Sanctuary | $16K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| C Childrens Museum of Brownsville | $15K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas INC
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$15K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| Y Young Life in Corpus Christi | $15K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| F Foster Angels of South Texas Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| A Asian Cultutres Museum of Texas | $15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Port O'Connor Community Service Club | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
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$15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$14K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T Texas A&m-Cc Foundation | $13K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Aransas Pass for Youth INC | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T Texas A& M University - Corpus Christi Harte Institute | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S South Texas Literacy Coalition | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| T Tennis Success INC | $10K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Billy T Cattan Recovery Outreach INC
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| R Region III Education Services | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Cross Roads United Methodist Church | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| C Children's Coalition of Aransas County | $10K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Communities in School Coastal Bend | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| T The Nature Conservancy in Texas | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Moody Clinic | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Galveston Bay Foundation INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| M Mission 911 | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| F Family Upreach DBA New Life Ministries | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Youth Odyssey INC
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| M Mary McLeod Bethune Early Child Dev Nursey INC | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Open Hands Community Charitable Services | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| D Daily Bread Ministries | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| T The Moody Clinic | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Gloria Hicks Elementary School | $10K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Environment Texas Research & Policy | $8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Casa of the Coastal Bend | $8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | VA | |
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$7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
International Crane Foundation INC
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$6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| I Ingleside United Methodist Church | $6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Joe Joe Bear Foundation
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$6K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$5K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| C Cc International Seamans Center | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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