In 2001, the  Ford Foundation gave birth to the concept of a US-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership by providing $3 million in seed funds. At its core was a dream -- to create a partnership of funders who shared a commitment to supporting community philanthropy along the border.

 

 In 2002, The Texas Valley Communities Foundation (TVCOF) became a founding affiliate of the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Group, a bi-national organization of community foundations created by twelve (12)  major funders. The founding funders included: Ford Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Pfizer Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Houston Endowment, Meadows Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, Inter-American Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and the Foundation  Gonzalo Rio Arronte.

 

  In 2008, with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Houston Endowment and Meadows Foundations, the Texas Valley Communities Foundation launched Engaging Communities for College Readiness (ENCORE)  an initiative encompassing forty-eight (48) South Texas school districts, the business community and the governmental sector. Funding from the Gates Foundation provided pass-through grants to participating local NGOs to strengthen their ability to mobilize  and engage parents, teachers, students and the general community in advocacy for school reform.

 

 

Texas Valley Communities Foundation

History

Texas Valley Communities Foundation

Is designed to empower the community through education and innovation.