Simon Bolivar Foundation Incorporated
Official website of the Simón Bolívar Foundation, the 501(c)(3) private foundation of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, registered in multiple U.S. states including Texas. The site publishes annual reports, governance information, and details about grants and grantees, with recent content including a 2024 Annual Report and 2024 grant activity.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established health or humanitarian organizations (including hospitals, international relief NGOs, and intermediaries) with capacity to manage medium‑to‑large grants and either programmatic work in Texas/Latin America or existing ties to the foundation’s network.
Good Fit
- • Programs focused on humanitarian health or medical assistance.
- • Ability to manage grants in the $100K–$1M scale and to report on program outcomes.
- • Operational presence in Texas, other U.S. states, or Latin America.
- • Existing relationship or referral from known partners, intermediaries, or corporate affiliates.
- • Experience partnering on patient assistance, medical transfers, or donations of equipment/supplies.
Geography
Observed grants span about ten U.S. states (and occasional international recipients), with only a modest concentration in Texas (around 29% of dollars) and the majority of funds going out of state.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 35 distinct recipients (38 grants) and the three-year record documents dozens of different grantees with 23 repeat recipients across years, indicating a broadly distributed recipient set for this foundation.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of recipient turnover is available (12 new recipients in the latest year), but the foundation explicitly says it does not accept unsolicited proposals; therefore new entrants appear possible but are likely added via invitation, referral, or cultivation rather than an open application process.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
