Nonprofits Funded in Hidalgo County

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA)is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote the dignity, self-suffiency, security, and stability of low-income residents of Texas. TRLA provides free civil legal aid to residents living in the 68 Southwest Texas counties and represents migrant and seasonal farm workers throughout Texas and six other southern states. TRLA serves approximately 22,000 income-eligible clients per year. TRLA's civil legal services span more than 45 specialized practice areas and are organized around seven broad groups: Community Preservation & Empowerment, Economic & Social Justice, Domestic Violence & Family Law, Housing, Immigration, Labor & Employment, and Public Benefits. TRLA also operates several specialized projects designed to address the unique legal needs of vulnerable communities including the Family Defense Project, the LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Project, Medical Legal Partnerships, the Mental Health Legal Project, and the Texas Foster Youth Justice Project.

IDEA Public Schools provides tuition-free education to college-bound students in Texas.

OUR MISSION IS TO SOURCE AND DISTRIBUTE SURPLUS PRODUCE TO THOSE IN NEED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH GROWERS AND FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANKS.

IDEA Florida provides tuition-free education to college-bound students in Florida.

Knapp Medical Center is a not-for-profit, acute care hospital in South Texas providing exceptional healthcare services to residents of Rio Grande Valley.

The Food Bank's purpose is to collect and warehouse salvageable food and commodities and to distribute those items to various area social agencies which assist the needy within Hidalgo, Willacy, and Cameron counties.

THE MISSION IS TO INCREASE THE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT BY CONNECTING ALL SEGMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY TO THE COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE WORLD THROUGH VALUE ENHANCING RELATIONSHIPS AND AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS AND/OR PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, SO ALL CAN ACCESS PREVENTIVE, SEXUAL, AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE WITHOUT JUDGMENT.

Catholic Charities RGV Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, the charitable branch of the Diocese of Brownsville, assists the poor and vulnerable in the community. Learn More Sister Norma Pimentel Sister Norma Pimentel, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, leads efforts to assist those in…

PROVIDES FACILITIES, PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES

Support an orphange in Reynosa, Mexico to give orphans hope and a future.

Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. is organized for the purpose of providing housing for qualified low-income families within the City of McAllen, Texas and Hidalgo County, Texas.

HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL YOUTH IN A POSITIVE CARING ENVIRONMENT TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE, RESPONSIBLE, INFLUENTIAL CITIZENS.

At Mission Regional Medical Center, our compassionate healthcare professionals are dedicated to a single purpose — helping you and your loved ones. Whether you’re choosing a birthing center or you need to use one of our medical or surgical services, you can count on us. With a medical staff of more than 300 physicians, Mission Regional Medical Center has been serving the Rio Grande Valley area since 1954. We are committed to making our facility a safe place for care.In fact, Mission Regional Medical Center is the only hospital in Hidalgo County which has consistently received an “A” grade for patient safety over the past five years (from The Leapfrog Group, a national healthcare ratings organization).

To develop and implement effective age-appropriate, consumer-driven, evidence-based services to prevent and reduce substance use and strengthen mental wellness across the southernmost Texas communities.

THE MISSION OF SOUTH TEXAS LITERACY COALITION IS TO ENHANCE AND ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR REGION THROUGH COMMUNITY LITERACY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS THAT LEAD TO MORE LITERATE COMMUNITIES. THE SOUTH TEXAS LITERACY COALITION IS ONE OF SEVEN COALITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHICH ARE 501(C)3 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE LITERACY AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MEETING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE HIGHER LEVELS OF LITERACY AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY AND BECOME CONTRIBUTING, PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.