Behmann Brothers Foundation
The Behmann Brothers Foundation is a private foundation based in Corpus Christi, Texas. Established in October 1979, it supports agricultural research and education, schools, youth groups, healthcare, and service organizations.
Behmann Brothers Foundation at a glance
In short: Behmann Brothers Foundation gave $364K across 106 grants in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in Texas. 19% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $363,840
- -8.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 106
- +35.9% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $3,432
- -32.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,500
- Total assets
- $8,527,481
- +5.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 19% first-time grantees (16 of 83, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Texas (99% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Behmann Brothers Foundation
- How to Apply
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The foundation’s website provides an application form and says applications must be mailed by regular U.S. Postal Service mail; it does not accept applications by email, FedEx, or UPS. Applicants must use the foundation’s form without modifications and be IRS-recognized public charities that are not private foundations. The application requests a recent IRS determination letter, the organization’s most recent tax return, and a current board list with addresses, occupations, and community affiliations. The guidelines also require the most recent signed and filed IRS Form 990. The foundation’s 2023 filing states that it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations.
- Review Cycle
- The stated application period for the 2026 grant year was February 1 through May 1, 2026. This cycle has passed.
- Deadline
- The stated application period for the 2026 grant year was February 1 through May 1, 2026.
- Contact
Application contact: Sherry M Kosarek
Mailing address: PO Box 271486, Corpus Christi, TX 78427-1486
Phone: (361) 852-8223
Website: https://behmannbrothersfoundation.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Behmann Brothers Foundation
Who Behmann Brothers Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service ($36K). Together the top 10 received $174K.
Organizations only. It also paid 1 individual scholarship ($10,000), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
411 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 410 grants of 411 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation’s guidelines say applicant organizations must be headquartered in Texas and that grants are primarily made in Nueces, Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Refugio, and San Patricio counties. In 2025, 99% of grant dollars went to recipients in Texas and 1% to recipients in Indiana.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 106 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Behmann Brothers Foundation open to new grantees?
19%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 16 of 83 grantees (19%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $4K; repeat grants $5K. How we count
Medians: $3K first-time, $3K repeat.
- 60% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+2%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 77% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2021–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $355K (2022) to $429K (2023). In 2025 it made 106 grants totaling $364K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service Corpus Christi, TX | Coastal Bend Ag Grant | $36,000 |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Reseach Corpus Christi, TX | Crop & livestock alternatives for the coastal bend region | $30,000 |
| 1 individual scholarship Recipients not named | — | $10,000 |
| Incarnate Word Academy Corpus Christi, TX | Behmann Brothers Foundation Scholarship Fund | $10,000 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Foundation Corpus Christi, TX | Behmann Brothers Foundation Annual Scholarship | $10,000 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Foundation Corpus Christi, TX | Behmann Brothers Foundation Endowed Scholarship | $10,000 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Foundation Corpus Christi, TX | Behmann Brothers Foundation Music Theory Classroom | $10,000 |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation Kingsville, TX | Increasing the Educational Capacity of an Agricultural Property | $9,550 |
| New Life Fellowship of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX | Outcry in the Barrio Home Daily Operations | $7,500 |
| Shelter a Mutt Inc Corpus Christi, TX | Kennel and Bus Crates | $7,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,527,481 | $892,436 | $446,827 | $363,840 | 106 | $381,314 | $826,924 | $495,871 |
| 2024 | $8,077,545 | $453,011 | $503,485 | $397,390 | 78 | $413,671 | $364,518 | $443,424 |
| 2023 | $8,127,760 | $2,320,935 | $502,825 | $428,875 | 79 | $447,483 | $2,259,754 | $371,080 |
| 2022 | $6,308,137 | $671,763 | $435,088 | $355,290 | 73 | $381,983 | $618,841 | $399,864 |
| 2021 | $6,071,190 | $460,602 | $465,769 | $375,630 | 75 | — | $410,471 | $374,348 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Behmann Brothers Foundation reported a distributable amount of $496K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s motto is “For the Good of the People.” Its stated areas of interest are agricultural research and education, schools, youth groups, healthcare, and service organizations.
Its 2025 grants included agricultural research and education projects, scholarships, youth programs, animal rescue, and other community activities. For example, Del Mar College Foundation describes its mission as helping students get the education they need to achieve career and personal goals; Shelter A Mutt describes its mission as providing a safety net for animals facing euthanasia, abuse, abandonment, and neglect.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation reported 106 grants totaling $363,840. Grant amounts ranged from $145 to $36,000, with a median of $2,500.
Among the largest grants were $36,000 to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for a an individual recipient agriculture grant and $30,000 to Texas A&M AgriLife Research for crop and livestock alternatives for the an individual recipient region. The foundation also awarded $10,000 each to Del Mar College Foundation for an endowed scholarship, Incarnate Word Academy for a scholarship fund, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Foundation for three purposes: annual scholarships, an endowed scholarship, and a music theory classroom.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Sherry M. Kosarek as president, T. Mark Anderson as vice president, Nancy Kosarek Lindell as secretary, and Daniel Bluntzer as treasurer. Tristin Kosarek-Butler and Eric Bluntzer are listed as directors.
Behmann Brothers Foundation is led by Sherry M. Kosarek, President since 2024 (on filings since 2021); all 6 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sherry M. Kosarek
President
Director & Vice President → Secretary, 2023
Secretary → President, 2024
On filings since 2021
20 hrs/week
$300 (2021) → $38K (2025)
Eric Bluntzer
Director
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
$300 (2025)
Tristin Kosarek-Butler
Director
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
$300 (2025)
Daniel Bluntzer
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
$300 (2021) → $300 (2025)
Nancy Kosarek Lindell
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
$300 (2021) → $300 (2025)
T. Mark Anderson
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
$300 (2021) → $300 (2025)
Former officers (3)
- Former: Charles L. Kosarek Jr. (2021–2024) — Past President
- Former: Willie J. Kosarek (2021–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: John Lloyd Bluntzer (2021–2023) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $38K, to Sherry M Kosarek (President). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Behmann Brothers Foundation
How much does Behmann Brothers Foundation give each year?
Behmann Brothers Foundation gave $364K across 106 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $397K across 78 grants.
What is Behmann Brothers Foundation's typical grant size?
Behmann Brothers Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $2,500, and its average grant was $3,432, across 106 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Behmann Brothers Foundation that year got $4K on average.
Where does Behmann Brothers Foundation give grants?
Behmann Brothers Foundation gives mostly in Texas: 99% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Corpus Christi, TX (83 grants), Robstown, TX (5 grants), Kingsville, TX (2 grants) and Fort Worth, TX (2 grants).
Does Behmann Brothers Foundation give general operating support?
Occasionally: 8% of Behmann Brothers Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (8 of 106) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Recurring purposes include "2025 Donations" (14 grants) and "2025 Donation" (13 grants).
Who are Behmann Brothers Foundation's largest grantees?
Behmann Brothers Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service ($36,000), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Foundation ($35,000 across 4 grants) and Texas A&M Agrilife Reseach ($30,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It also paid 1 individual scholarship ($10,000), which are not listed by name. Together they received 28% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Behmann Brothers Foundation?
Behmann Brothers Foundation reported $8.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $381K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $496K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Behmann Brothers Foundation fund?
The foundation’s motto is “For the Good of the People.” Its stated areas of interest are agricultural research and education, schools, youth groups, healthcare, and service organizations. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Behmann Brothers Foundation?
The foundation’s website provides an application form and says applications must be mailed by regular U.S. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Behmann Brothers Foundation's EIN?
Behmann Brothers Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2146739. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 1, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 9, 2026)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 9, 2024)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025
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