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Youth In Philanthropy
The first initiative for the Brownsville Community Foundation is Youth in Philanthropy: The Brownsville Community Foundation created a 'donor-advised' fund called The Common Goal Fund. The BCF contributed half of the funds and The Brownsville Foundation for Health and Education contributed the other half of the funds to begin this new initiative. Administrators and project team members from the Brownsville Independent School District also contribute time, resources and skills as full partners in the project.
“We think that creating an awareness in our youth of what philanthropy really is, of the endless possibilities involved in philanthropy, of the countless career choices involved in philanthropy, of the many ways Brownsville can take of Brownsville might just change some lives.”
The Brownsville Youth in Philanthropy Initiative classes is made up of students from all seven of the BISD public high schools. They spend a semester learning all about the world of non-profits and philanthropy. Each is given actual grant dollars to be given to Brownsville non-profits who apply for their grants through the process of the program.
Spring 2022
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Pay to the Order of
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Signature
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Amount
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Ozanam Center
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Hanna ECHS
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$3,000
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Proyecto Juan Diego
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Hanna ECHS
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$1,000
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Catholic Charities
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Hanna ECHS
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$1,000
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Tip of Texas Family Outreach
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Rivera ECHS
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$2,500
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Down by The Border
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Rivera ECHS
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$2,500
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Brownsville Repertory Theatre
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Lopez ECHS
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$5,000
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Big Heroes, Inc.
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Pace ECHS
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$5,000
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Good Neighbor Settlement House
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Porter ECHS
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$2,000
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Children’s Advocacy Center
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Porter ECHS
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$3,000
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Brownsville Animal Defense
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Veterans ECHS
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$4,500
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Brownsville Wellness Coalition
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Veterans ECHS
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$250
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Healthy Communities Brownsville
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Veterans ECHS
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$250
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Moody Clinic
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BECHS
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$3,500
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Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts
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BECHS
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$1,500
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Pay to the Order of |
Signature |
Amount |
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Ozanam Center |
Lopez |
$3,000 |
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Brownsville Wellness Coalition |
Lopez |
$1,000 |
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Tip of Texas Family Outreach |
Lopez |
$1,000 |
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Moody Clinic |
Porter |
$3,000 |
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Proyecto Juan Diego |
Porter |
$1,000 |
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CASA |
Porter |
$1,000 |
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Sunshine Haven |
Hanna |
$3,500 |
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Brownsville Junior Service League |
Hanna |
$1,000 |
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Healthy Communities in Brownsville |
Hanna |
$500 |
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Good Neighbor Settlement House |
Pace |
$3,000 |
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Catholic Charities |
Pace |
$2,000 |
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Brownsville Repertory Theater |
Rivera |
$3,000 |
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Gladys Porter Zoo |
Rivera |
$1,000 |
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Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts |
Rivera |
$1,000 |
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ROCA |
Veterans |
$2,500 |
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Camille Playhouse |
Veterans |
$2,500 |
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Brownsville Animal Defense |
BECHS |
$2,000 |
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Children’s Advocacy Center |
BECHS |
$500 |
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Big Heroes, Inc. |
BECHS |
$2,500 |
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2020 YIP Grant Recipients - Fall |
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| Hanna |
Brownsville Society of the Performing Arts |
| Lopez | Ozanam Center |
| Pace | Big Heroes |
| Porter | Tip of Texas Family Outreach |
| Rivera | Cameron County Children's Advocacy Center |
| Veterans | Good Neighbor Settlement House |
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2019 YIP Grant Recipients - Fall |
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| Hanna |
Tip of Texas Family Outreach |
| Lopez | Brownsville Animal Defense |
| Pace | Good Neighbor Settlement House & PCI Coalition Youth Group |
| Porter | Children's Museum of Brownsville |
| Rivera | Catholic Charities of Brownsville |
| Veterans | Brownsville Community Health Center |
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2018 YIP Grant Recipients - Fall |
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| Hanna |
Cameron County Children's Advocacy Center |
| Lopez | Brownsville Wellness Coalition |
| Pace | The Costumes of the Americas |
| Porter | Brownsville Literacy Center |
| Rivera | Tip of Texas Family Outreach |
| Veterans | Gorgas Science Foundation |
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2017 YIP Grant Recipients - Fall |
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| Hanna |
Brownsville Preservation Society |
| Lopez | Proyecto Juan Diego, Inc. |
| Pace | Brownsville Literacy Center |
| Porter | Brownsville Soc for Crippled Children |
| Rivera | Brownsville Animal Defense |
| Veterans | Children's Museum of Brownsville |
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2016 YIP Grant Recipients - Spring |
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| Hanna |
Brownsville Society of the Performing Arts |
| Lopez | Brownsville Adult Literacy Council |
| Pace | CC Children's Advocacy Center |
| Porter | Moody Clinic |
| Rivera | Tip of Texas Family Outreach |
| Veterans | CASA of Cameron County |
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2015 YIP Grant Recipients - Fall |
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| Hanna |
Cameron Works |
| Lopez | Friendship of Women |
| Pace | Foundation to Support Proyecto Juan Diego |
| Porter | Bishop E San Pedro Ozanam Center |
| Rivera | Good Neighbor Settlement House |
| Veterans | Brownsville Adult Literacy Council |
Financial Information
990's and IRS Letter |
Audit Information |
Annual Reports |
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IRS Determination Letter 2013 Tax Return form 990 2014 Tax Return form 990 2016 Tax Return form 990 2017 Tax Return form 990 2018 Tax Return form 990 2019 Tax Return Form 990 2020 Tax Return Form 990
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2013 Audit
2014 Audit
2015 Audit 2016 Audit
2017 Audit
2018 Audit |
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2005-06 Annual Report
2013 Annual Report
2014 Annual Report
2015-16 Annual Report
2016-17 Annual Report
2017-18 Annual Report
2019 Annual Report
2020 Annual Report
2021 Annual Report |
Financial Information (3)
990's and IRS Letter |
Audit Information |
Annual Reports |
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IRS Determination Letter
2013 Tax Return form 990
2016 Tax Return form 990 |
2013 Audit
2014 Audit
2015 Audit |
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2013 Annual Report
2014 Annual Report
2016-17 Annual Report
2019 Annual Report |
Financial Information (2)
990's and IRS Letter |
Audit Information |
Annual Reports |
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IRS Determination Letter
2013 Tax Return form 990
2014 Tax Return form 990 2016 Tax Return form 990 2017 Tax Return form 990
2018 Tax Return form 990 2019 Tax Return Form 990 |
2013 Audit
2014 Audit
2015 Audit |
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2013 Annual Report
2014 Annual Report
2016-17 Annual Report |
Our Board Members
Apolonio Borrego, Jr.
President
Apolonio Borrego is currently the Rio Grande Valley Regional President at Falcon International Bank. He has 25 years of international and commercial banking experience on the Texas border. His community interests include art and education. He served on the Brownsville Children’s Museum board, Texas Business & Education Coalition and Valley Baptist Foundation. He currently serves on the UT-Brownsville Development Board and is the current chair of the Guadalupe Regional Middle School board.
Mary Lou Ray
Vice President
Mary Lou Ray is a member of the law firm of Ransome and Ray. She graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Texas in Austin with a B.A. with honors.
Diane Garza
Vice President
Diane Milliken Garza holds a doctorate in special education and is a consultant with BISD’s special education department. She is past chairman of the Brownsville Red Cross, and vice-chairman of the Tip of Texas Girl Scout Council. She is a past board member for the Children’s Museum of Brownsville, St. Joseph Academy Development Board and the Guadalupe Regional Middle School.
Richard Burton
Secretary/ Treasurer
Richard Burton, a founder of the Brownsville Community Foundation, is a Certified Public Accountant and partner in the regional accounting firm of Burton McCumber & Cortez, L.L.P. He helped establish the Brownsville Adult Literacy Center and has assisted the United Way of Southern Cameron County for more than 20 years. He has served on boards of the Brownsville Economic Development Council and the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation.
Irvine W. Downing
Irvine Downing is President of Chase Bank’s Rio Grand Valley region, where he directs Commercial Banking from Brownsville to Laredo. His current community service involvement includes being vice president for the Texas Southmost College Foundation, and member of the UT-Brownsville Development Board and the Rio Grande Valley Multibank board, a regional affordable housing corporation.
Gilbert Elizondo
Gilbert Elizondo is a Vice-President of Human recourses for Keppel AmFELS, Inc. He is currently on the boards of the United Way of Southern Cameron County, Cameron Works Inc., the National Association of Workforce Boards and the UT-Brownsville Development Board.
Fred Rusteburg
Fred Rusteberg is founder and CEO of IBC Bank in Brownsville and has been honored repeatedly for his community service. Rusteberg has been involved in numerous regional economic development projects, and helped pass important civic and educational improvement campaigns at both the public school and university level. His other interests include the Boy Scouts, the Gladys Porter Zoo and the Brownsville library. He is currently serving as one of the three co-chairs of the Imagine Brownsville! Task Force, the city-wide comprehensive planning effort.