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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 75-2829989

Tecovas Foundation 4006-07-42

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 31 grants and $757,900 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $757,900

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $13,248,367
  • Tax year 2023

    $647,100

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $12,137,392
  • Tax year 2022

    $645,500

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $12,411,898
  • Tax year 2021

    $812,500

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $12,069,848
  • Tax year 2020

    $892,500

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $11,132,229
  • Tax year 2019

    $601,584

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $10,355,598

Grants paid in 2024

31 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Square Mile Community DevelopmentAmarillo, TX

    Capacity building &

    $81,500
  2. Ogallala Commons IncSpringfield, CO

    Panhandle food systems

    $60,000
  3. Range FoundationAmarillo, TX

    Water and environmental

    $55,000
  4. Clowns Without BordersNew York, NY

    Runway

    $50,000
  5. Farm & CityAustin, TX

    Core capacity/unrestricted

    $50,000
  6. Farm & CityAustin, TX

    Program funding

    $50,000
  7. Transform 1012 N Main StreetFort Worth, TX

    General operating 2024

    $50,000
  8. Ohio Debate Commission IncDublin, OH

    General operating support

    $30,000
  9. Center for Urban Pedagogy IncBrooklyn, NY

    Strategic work for national

    $30,000
  10. Food StrongCleveland, OH

    Superior avenue community

    $30,000
  11. Amarillo Area FoundationAmarillo, TX

    Support and expansion of

    $25,000
  12. Clowns Without BordersNew York, NY

    Retreat

    $25,000
  13. Kanza Society Inc High Plains Public RadioAmarilo, TX

    Amarillo public radio

    $25,000
  14. Place InitiativePortland, OR

    Place initiative general

    $25,000
  15. Amarillo TribuneAmarillo, TX

    General operations

    $20,000
  16. Jumpstart Labs IncSanta Monica, CA

    Costs related to

    $20,000
  17. Friends of the Texas Historical Commission IncAustin, TX

    Historic site land

    $20,000
  18. Amarillo College FoundationAmarillo, TX

    For panhandle PBS in

    $15,000
  19. High Plains Institute for Arts and EcologyAmarillo, TX

    The makespace project

    $15,000
  20. JudsonCleveland, OH

    Mansion garden renovation

    $15,000
  21. Amarillo Community Film SocietyAmarillo, TX

    Inaugural amarillo

    $10,000
  22. Amarillo Housing FirstAmarillo, TX

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  23. Crime Victims Treatment Center IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $10,000
  24. Mariposa Village Community LandAmarillo, TX

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  25. Compass Arts Creativity ProjectBeacon, NY

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  26. House of Honk New York CityBrooklyn, NY

    General operating support

    $5,000
  27. Texas Panhandle Art Education AssociationAmarillo, TX

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  28. The Quivira CoalitionSanta Fe, NM

    To plan the regenerate

    $5,000
  29. USS Cleveland Legacy FoundationCleveland, OH

    Unrestricted

    $3,000
  30. Cleveland Zoological SocietyCleveland, OH

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  31. High Plains Institute for Arts and EcologyAmarillo, TX

    Support for a solo art

    $1,400

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development4 grants $161,50025% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture3 grants $145,00023% of the total
  3. Arts and culture7 grants $118,00019% of the total
  4. Education2 grants $100,00016% of the total
  5. Environment3 grants $60,0009% of the total
  6. Human services2 grants $25,0004% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $27,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas16 grants $442,900
  2. California3 grants $95,000
  3. Ohio5 grants $80,000
  4. Colorado1 grant $60,000
  5. New York4 grants $50,000
  6. Oregon1 grant $25,000
  7. New Mexico1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • See Schedule AttachedSEE ATTACHED Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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