Love Builds Hope Foundation
The purpose of the Love Builds Hope Foundation is to financially support the spiritual, educational, and social needs of the community through the procurement and building of funds for the preservation and promotion of pastoral and charitable work within the geographic area encompassed by the catholic diocese of brownsville.
Love Builds Hope Foundation at a glance
- Total assets
- $680,500
- +165.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,566,539
- +164.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,062,788
- +69.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Love Builds Hope Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
50 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 44 grants of 50 (88%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Love Builds Hope Foundation gives
- Giving fell 96% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $30K (2024) to $766K (2021). In 2024 it made 2 grants totaling $30K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| San Ignacio De La Loya Brownsville, TX | Help Diocesan Ministers. | $15,000 |
| St Anthony Catholic Church Brownsille, TX | Help Diocesan Ministers. | $14,602 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $680,500 | $1,566,539 | $1,062,788 | — | — |
| 2024 | $256,576 | $591,471 | $628,078 | $29,602 | 2 |
| 2023 | $164,645 | $47,623 | $165,742 | $50,000 | 1 |
| 2022 | $289,547 | $532,501 | $488,212 | $357,245 | 7 |
| 2021 | $235,610 | $1,109,251 | $1,249,118 | $766,191 | 40 |
| 2020 | $128,321 | $552,399 | $659,368 | — | — |
About Love Builds Hope Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Love Builds Hope Foundation is a public charity, based in Brownsville, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $681K in total assets.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Love Builds Hope Foundation is led by Israel Ramon Jr., Chairperson since 2022 (on filings since 2020); none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Israel Ramon Jr.
Chairperson
Member → Chairperson, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Elena Beltran
Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Williamson
Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alonzo Beltran
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lorena Castillo-Saldana
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick Serafy
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bradley Wolfe
Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cassandra Wolfe
Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (8)
- Former: Dcn Rosvel Pruneda (2022–2023) — Member
- Former: Diane Garza (2022–2023) — Member
- Former: Bishop Daniel E. Flores (2020–2022) — Member
- Former: Bishop Mario A. Aviles (2020–2022) — Member
- Former: Al Beltran (2020–2021) — Member
- Former: Jack Graham (2020–2021) — Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Lorena Castillo (2020–2021) — Member
- Former: Rosvel Pruneda (2020–2021) — Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Love Builds Hope Foundation
How large is Love Builds Hope Foundation?
Love Builds Hope Foundation reported $681K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.
Where does Love Builds Hope Foundation operate?
Love Builds Hope Foundation has awarded grants in Texas.
What is Love Builds Hope Foundation's EIN?
Love Builds Hope Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-3869087. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 2, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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