NonprofitsEl Paso Community Foundation

Community Foundations

El Paso Community Foundation

EL PASO, TX

Total revenue

$20.0M

Total expenses

$20.2M

Net assets

$54.6M

Grants received

$40.2M

178 grants

EIN

741839536

Tax year

2024

Mission

The El Paso Community Foundation fosters philanthropy to address the unique opportunities and challenges of the El Paso, southern New Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez region as a grant maker.

Programs

3 programs

Scholarship Programs

Expenses: $2.1MGrants: $2.1M

The Teacher Pipeline Fund supports the work of an El Paso Teacher Preparation community of Practice created to ensure an equitable education system that meets the needs of all students in the region. The goal is for 100% of new teachers hired by districts in the El Paso region must be trained in sustainable, high-quality programs, and those teachers must be effective and retained. The initiative includes four strategic areas: recruitment into the profession, high quality teacher preparation programs, a year-long paid residency, and early career teacher mentorship.

Expenses: $1.3MGrants: $670K

El Paso Innovation Hub is a nonprofit initiative by El Paso Community Foundation in partnership with Microsoft. Our mission is to cultivate a culture of innovation and collaboration across the borderland community, empowering individuals and organizations to drive positive change.

Expenses: $989KGrants: $538K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$11.8M
Program service revenue$306K
Investment income$7.8M
Other revenue$62K
Total revenue$20.0M

Expenses

Grants paid$9.0M
Salaries & benefits$4.0M
Fundraising$589K
Other expenses$7.2M
Total expenses$20.2M
Total assets$87.7M
Net assets$54.6M

People

36 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Richard E Pearson

President / CEO

Board

$347K

40 hrs/wk

Carmen M Vargas

Vice President

Board

$166K

40 hrs/wk

Kathrin Berg

Vice President

Board

$165K

40 hrs/wk

Stephanie L Otero

Vice President

Board

$165K

40 hrs/wk

Chris A Cummings

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

James Magee

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Judith Gaskin

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ruth Gillett

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

TASHA HOPPER

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jeannine Kennedy

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

LYN MCKEE

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

REBECCA RAMOS

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Gus J Rodriguez Jr

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Laura Tate-Goldman

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Tammy Vasilatos

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Robert V Wingo

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Helen Yancey

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Mimi Gladstein

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Margarita Kimmel

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jim Ward

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Teresa Gallardo

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Allen Gilmer

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Yvonne Loya

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Manuel Pacillas

Chairman

Board

2 hrs/wk

Isha Rogers Santamaria

Vice Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

G Paul Porras

Treasurer

Board

2 hrs/wk

Lillian W Crouch

Secretary

Board

2 hrs/wk

Joe Alcantar Jr

Past Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

John Balliew

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Leigh Varner Bloss

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sylvia Borunda Firth

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Hector Villegas

VP COMM. DEVELOP.,

Staff

$210K

40 hrs/wk

Gary L Williams

S. Program Officer

Staff

$120K

40 hrs/wk

Janice W Windle

Senior Advisor

Staff

$115K

40 hrs/wk

Alfredo Corchado

Sen. Prog. Officer

Staff

$115K

40 hrs/wk

Andrea Tirres

Sen. Prog. Officer

Staff

$110K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

UBS Financial Svcs

Investment consultants

$283K

QOL Index LLC

QOL Surveying

$148K

Impulse Development LLC

Advertising Development

$123K

Grants received

Showing 178 of 178

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.3M
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2024
$1.3M
K-12 EDUCATION
2024
$764K
BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S
2024
$500K
Support of Programs and Services
2024
$252K
General Nonprofit Support
2024
$100K
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRANDING EFFORT
2024
$100K
PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
2024
$56K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$50K
Generational Learning
2024
$33K
LA NUBE GRAND OPENING EVENT
2024
$30K
to support Classroom 10, "Full Moon"
2024
$25K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$25K
Civic & Community
2024
$16K
El Paso Giving Day Grant
2024
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$13K
Community Collaboration
2024
$10K
YOU ROCK CAMP
2024
$5K
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM M. HARRISON JR.
2024
$3K
COMMUNITY CHARITY
2024
$2K
VOLUNTEER INCENTIVE PROGRAM
2024
$1K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$500
TO FOSTER PHILANTHROPY TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF THE EL PASO, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO, AND CIUDAD JUAREZ REGION BY MAKING GRANTS.
2024
$220
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$100
GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
2024
$1.2M
K-12 EDUCATION
2023
$1.2M
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2023
$700K
BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S
2023
$250K
EDUCATOR PIPELINE COMMUNITY
2023
$145K
TEACHER MENTORSHIP
2023
$100K
PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
2023
$100K
Generational Learning
2023
$75K
Toward support of emergency needs related to the El Paso sector migrant surge
2023
$55K
GENERAL FUNDING
2023
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE SUPPORT - NO DESIGNATION
2023
$30K
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2023
$25K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$23K
El Paso Giving Day Grant
2023
$22K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$13K
FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$10K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
TO PROMOTE LOCAL PHILANTHROPY
2023
$8K
TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT FUNCTION AS PUBLIC CHARITIES AND/OR EXEMPT OPERATING FOUNDATIONS
2023
$5K
ABLE TO MAKE GOALS AND MISSION
2023
$5K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
SUPPORT EDUCATION PROGRAMS
2023
$2K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2023
$1K
General charitable purposes
2023
$300
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$240
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100
GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
2023
$3.1M
BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S
2022
$1.0M
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2022
$135K
PLAZA CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL
2022
$101K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$100K
To support emergency storm relief to impacted communities
2022
$100K
Generational Learning
2022
$100K
PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
2022
$75K
support for emergency relief to impacted communities at the US-Mexican border
2022
$63K
SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE, AND ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN, THE REGION OF EL PASO, LAS CRUCES AND CD. JUAREZ
2022
$55K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE SUPPORT - NO DESIGNATION
2022
$27K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$22K
El Paso Giving Day Grant
2022
$10K
Support of a scholarship
2022
$10K
FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$8K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2022
$6K
Donor Advised Grant
2022
$5K
General charitable purposes
2022
$500
SUPPORT OF SEC. 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION
2022
$250
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$220
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$100
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2022
$100
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2022
$2.5M
Scholarship/Field of Interest
2021
$921K
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2021
$635K
BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S
2021
$140K
EL PASO COVID-19 VACCINE AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
2021
$78K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$78K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$25K
Support of operations
2021
$24K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
$18K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2021
$976
CHARITABLE
2021
$240
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$2.9M
SUPPORT EL PASO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PROJECT
2020
$1.4M
BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S
2020
$834K
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2020
$800K
TEACHER PIPELINE PROGRAM
2020
$598K
TO SUPPORT HIGHER EDUCATION FOR CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED STUDENTS (PART OF THE FUTURE OF HIGHER LEARNING IN PRISON CALL FOR PROPOSALS)
2020
$200K
GET SHIFT DONE FOR EL PASO
2020
$125K
SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRANDING EFFORT
2020
$100K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2020
$100K
GENERAL CHARITABLE SUPPORT - NO DESIGNATION
2020
$100K
CORONAVIRUS FUND
2020
$100K
COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORT GRANT
2020
$77K
SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE, AND ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN, THE REGION OF EL PASO, LAS CRUCES AND CD. JUAREZ
2020
$75K
General Nonprofit Support
2020
$63K
SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE, AND ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN, THE REGION OF EL PASO, LAS CRUCES AND CD. JUAREZ
2020
$58K
GENERAL ASSISTANCE
2020
$51K
PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
2020
$50K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2020
$35K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR INTERSECTION OF POSSIBILITIES
2020
$26K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$26K
EP Giving Day Grant
2020
$26K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2020
$25K
COVID-19 Relief Grants
2020
$20K
COVID-19 ASSISTANCE
2020
$13K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$10K
SUPPORT ANNUAL PLAZA CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER
2020
$10K
Pledge Commitment
2020
$5K
SPONSORSHIP OF THE PLAZA CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL
2020
$2K
PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR THE LONG TERM BENEFIT OF THE EL PASO REGION PROMOTE LOCAL PHILANTHROPY
2020
$1K
SUPPORT CHILD PROGRAMS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS
2020
$500
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2020
$45
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$735K
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2019
$501K
BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S
2019
$100K
RAFAEL LOZANO HEMMER: BORDER TUNER
2019
$100K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$50K
TO BENEFIT THE VICTIMS OF THE MASS SHOOTING IN EL PASO, TEXAS ON AUGUST 3, 2019 AND THEIR FAMILIES.
2019
$50K
CCS - Place-Based Collaborations
2019
$49K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$38K
IN SUPPORT OF DISASTER RELIEF
2019
$36K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2019
$25K
TOWARD HIGHEST NEED FOLLOWING EL PASO SHOOTING
2019
$12K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$5K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2019
$230
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$200
Medical Program
2019
$1.9M
BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S
2018
$783K
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2018
$110K
MIGRANT FAMILIES RELIEF FUND
2018
$52K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$250
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$7K
SOCIAL SERVICES/SOCIAL BENEFITS
2017

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$3.1M · 4 grants · 2020–2022

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$2.5M · 1 grant · 2021

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$2.5M · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Prentice Farrar Brown And Alline Ford Brown

$2.0M · 3 grants · 2020–2023

The J Edward Stern And Helen Mc Stern

$1.7M · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Details

EIN741839536
NTEE codeT310
Subsection03
Ruling date1975-11
Formed1975
Employees33
Volunteers165
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