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FY 2024

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2024EIN 74-1839536

El Paso Community Foundation

EL PASO, TXNTEE: T310Founded 1975Website

mission statement

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.

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Total Revenue

$20.0M

FY 2024

Program Spending

90.3%

of total expenses

Known Funders

112

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2024)

The Numbers

$87.7M

Total Assets

$54.6M net

32.4 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2024

+92%

Revenue Growth

YoY

Total Employees

FY 2024

Funding Track Record

Backed by 112 Institutional Funders

$40.6M raised across 237 grants · +$9.7M committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 25 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
The Cardwell Foundation	EL PASO, TX	$7,098,215
American Online Giving Foundation Inc	NEWARK, DE	$6,462,923
The Burkitt Foundation	EL PASO, TX	$6,039,194
Prentice Farrar Brown and Alline Ford Foundation	DALLAS, TX	$3,412,000
Paul L Foster Family Foundation	EL PASO, TX	$3,325,000 +$7,400,000 committed
Texas Educational Foundation Inc	San Antonio, TX	$2,500,000
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	SEATTLE, WA	$2,472,500 +$2,257,500 committed
J Edward Stern and Helen M C Stern Charitable Foundation	EL PASO, TX	$1,692,536
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$598,000
The Hunt Family Foundation	EL PASO, TX	$525,393

Total tracked: $40,553,607 across 237 grants · +$9,657,500 committed across 3 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2024)

What They Do

$13.9M in expenses

The Foundation serves the general charitable, educational, and scientific needs of El Paso and surrounding areas.

$2.1M in expenses

Scholarship Programs

$1.3M in expenses

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.

$989K in expenses

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.

Financial History