Skip to content

Texas · Private foundation

Abell-Hanger Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
382
Grants FY2025
171
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$6,250
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,150,000
Organizations funded a year
117 to 171
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$135M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Abell-Hanger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureReligionInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving160$12M17%
FY2024171$11M37%
FY2023138$8.4M15%
FY2022150$8.3M21%
FY2021137$6.8M18%
FY2020140$9.2M23%
FY2019117$6.5M23%
FY2018152$8.5Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$23MHealth$12MHuman Services$9.2MArts & Culture$5.0MHousing & Shelter$3.7MCommunity Improvement$3.2MYouth Development$3.1MFood & Nutrition$3.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Midland College Foundation$6,418,054829%
Midland Memorial Foundation$2,879,4008n/a
Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center$2,311,000217%
West Texas Food Bank$2,019,10082%
Odessa College Foundation Inc$1,858,463830%
Harmony Public Schools$1,700,00020%
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Library and Hall of Fame$1,519,225826%
The Springboard Center$1,496,17786%
The Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin Inc$1,414,426826%
IDEA Public Schools$1,355,52440%
Show all 270 grantees
All grantees of Abell-Hanger Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Midland College Foundation$6,418,054829%
Midland Memorial Foundation$2,879,4008n/a
Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center$2,311,000217%
West Texas Food Bank$2,019,10082%
Odessa College Foundation Inc$1,858,463830%
Harmony Public Schools$1,700,00020%
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Library and Hall of Fame$1,519,225826%
The Springboard Center$1,496,17786%
The Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin Inc$1,414,426826%
IDEA Public Schools$1,355,52440%
High Sky Childrens Ranch Inc$1,283,83376%
Midland Habitat for Humanity$1,215,350612%
Bynum School$1,171,550813%
Midland College$990,9606n/a
Centers for Children and Families Inc$952,17585%
Midland Isd Education Foundation$942,70066%
Midland Community Theatre Inc$902,79588%
Young Men's Christian Association of Midland Texas$804,40066%
Texas Interscholastic League Foundation$714,000710%
Basin Dream Center for Orphans$706,500330%
Midland Shared Spaces Inc$693,420712%
Midland Childrens Rehabilitation Center Inc$677,85886%
Marc Inc$659,25043%
Greater Ideal Family Life Center$653,293829%
Midland Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$646,200710%
Senior Life Midland Inc$614,75083%
Helping Hands of Midland Inc$570,92587%
Midland Rape Crisis Center Inc$525,00084%
Casa of West Texas$506,60385%
Remember the Alamo Foundation$500,00012%
Midland Athletic Syndicate Inc$489,36821%
Teen Challenge-Adult Centers of Texas Inc$485,00086%
Permian Basin Public Telecommunications Inc$467,35077%
Communities in Schools of the Permian Ba$463,40084%
United Way of El Paso County$461,20082%
Teen Flow Youth Ministry$457,958814%
America's Warrior Partnership Inc$444,00035%
Educate Midland$440,000433%
Literacy Coalition of the Permian Basin$438,860312%
Bill of Rights Institute$425,00073%
City of Midland Aquatics Inc$402,10473%
Midland Community Development Corp$400,000145%
Aphasia Center of West Texas Inc$387,12588%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$375,00080%
Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center$374,66282%
Manor Park Inc$374,65081%
Boys & Girls Club of Odessa$372,50057%
Unlock Ministries Inc Dba Opportunity Tribe$346,15066%
I-20 Wildlife Preserve & Jenna Welch Nature Study Center$345,217730%
Crisis Center of West Texas$345,00073%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Permian Basin Inc$306,58087%
Mission Health Care Inc$303,750610%
Museum of the Southwest$294,73873%
United Way of Midland Inc$277,42577%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$262,50041%
Midland Fair Havens$260,02085%
National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation$250,00010%
Hellinghausen Hope Inc$240,00085%
Team Rubicon Inc$235,12740%
Boys and Girls Club of Midland Inc$227,50057%
The Fields Edge$226,25057%
The Shumla School Inc$225,00065%
Agape Christian Services$222,60058%
Hospice of Midland Inc$219,93951%
Ward County Greater Works Inc$217,50043%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Permian Basin Inc$192,60075%
Water Missions International$192,00060%
Third Future Schools$187,00011%
Samaritan Center Inc$179,43368%
Odessa Family YMCA$179,00052%
Northeast Midland County Volunteer Fire Department$175,000112%
Harmony Home Children's Advocacy Center Inc$166,83143%
Bush Tennis Center$165,00028%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$160,00080%
Mission Agape$151,25020%
Fort Stockton Community Theatre Inc$150,000310%
Sunshine House Inc$138,660417%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$128,00080%
Recording Library of West Texas$127,36578%
Community Children's Ministry$112,25088%
Friendship House$110,750512%
Odessa Community Foundation Inc$110,000268%
Marfa Public Radio Corporation$102,70062%
Battleship Texas Foundation$102,50020%
Southwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc$101,10071%
Marathon Public Library and History Museum$100,000110%
Alpine Public Library Association Inc$100,000124%
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department$100,000120%
Reflection Ministries of Texas Inc$98,80062%
Permian Basin Mission Center$98,50075%
Redirectional Outreach Program Efforts for Youth$98,25066%
Boys and Girls Club of Menard$90,000614%
Young Life$87,75050%
The Squared Network$80,00029%
The Gladney Center for Adoption$80,00080%
Hispanic Cultural Center of Midland$77,000613%
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Inc$75,00010%
Umc Foundation$75,00012%
Langtry Village Inc$72,00019%
Ector County Isd$71,0001n/a
Addys Hope Social Services$70,00046%
Odessa Family Pathways$67,50059%
Mission India$62,5003n/a
Concho Valley Community Action Agcy$61,45330%
Permian Basin Honor Flight Inc$60,00027%
Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse$60,00014%
Americares Foundation Inc$58,50020%
Midland Baptist Crisis Center$57,500320%
Grace School of Theology$57,50050%
Thriving United Inc$52,50031%
Midland Teen Court Inc$51,500310%
Friends of Big Bend National Park$50,00017%
Camp Fire West Texas$50,00032%
Prevent Blindness Texas$50,00051%
Cactus Health Services Inc$50,0001n/a
Covenant Health System Foundation$50,00010%
Mid-Town Soldiers Boxing Club$45,7151n/a
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$45,50050%
Marfa Education Foundation Inc$45,000310%
Baylor University$44,31820%
West Texas A&M University$41,4544n/a
WI Cook Foundation Inc$40,00020%
United Way of Odessa Inc$40,00012%
Odessa Christmas in Action Inc$40,000115%
Hope Mommies Inc$39,00044%
National Alliance for Childrens Grief$37,00032%
Frontier Casa$35,00038%
Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale Inc$35,00013%
Bush Family Home Foundation$35,000212%
Moving Waters$34,83265%
Texas Public Policy Foundation$34,01030%
University of Texas at El Paso$31,2503n/a
Friends of the Good Samaritans Inc$30,00022%
Cook Children's Medical Center$30,00010%
Stepping Stone Ministry Inc$29,500221%
Terlingua Fire & EMS Inc$28,75015%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$28,00030%
Samaritan's Purse$27,03330%
Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center$26,00054%
Permian Basin First Priority$25,00022%
The Way Retreat Center$25,00014%
Advocates for Camp Able Camp Able of Buffalo Gap$25,00022%
Jubilee Center of Midland Inc$25,00039%
Vapor Sports Ministries$25,00022%
Crusaders Track Club$25,000556%
Food Pantry of Alpine$25,00019%
Friends of the Jeff Davis County Library$25,000110%
Ector County Isd Education Foundation$25,00011%
Children's Advocacy Center of Greater West Texas$25,00011%
The Texas State Historical Association$25,00021%
Habitat for Humanity Texas Inc$25,00012%
Polwarth Ministries$24,36036%
Permian Basin Bookies Inc$21,5003n/a
Vapor Ministries Inc$20,00020%
Regional Adult Protective Services Advisory Board$20,00029%
Baptist State Cenvention of North Carolina$20,0001n/a
Engage Hope Ministries$20,00021%
One Accord for Kids$19,00023%
St Andrews Presbyterian Mission$18,000124%
Midland Storytelling Festival$17,550313%
Faith Inclusion Network$17,500213%
Midland Historical Society$17,50023%
Philanthropy Southwest$15,58040%
Permian Basin - Be The Change Sandra Candia$15,57024%
Special Olympics of Texas Inc$15,00010%
Midland Community Healthcare Services Inc$15,00010%
Food Pantry of Jeff Davis County Inc$15,0001n/a
Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend Inc$15,00020%
Glorieta 20 Inc$15,0002n/a
Meals for the Elderly Inc$15,00011%
Midland County Public Library Foundation$15,00013%
Project2fourteen$13,500236%
Idle Hands Ministries$13,33411%
Christmas in Action Inc$13,25041%
Midland African American Roots Historical-Cultural Arts Council$12,5002n/a
For Others Collective Inc$12,5001n/a
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$12,50010%
Offshore Rig Museum Inc$11,00011%
Church on Wheels Inc$11,00041%
Midland Project Graduation$10,000123%
Midlandodessa Area AIDS Support Inc$10,000110%
Aphasiaaccess$10,000112%
Children's Advocacy Center of the Big Bend Inc$10,00015%
Lamesa Boys & Girls Club Inc$10,00014%
Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail Inc$10,00011%
Our Daily Bread Inc$10,00020%
Kaleidoscope Ministries$10,00014%
Gracelyn Global Education Foundation$10,00011%
Streetside Showers Inc$10,00021%
Search Homeless Services$10,0001n/a
Odessa Council for the Arts & Humanities$10,00012%
Club Fort Davis-After School Program Inc$9,5431n/a
Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange$9,00010%
China Aid Association Inc$8,50050%
Tying Vines Inc$8,30050%
Hillcrest School Inc$8,00010%
Regis University$7,84410%
Red River Ministries Inc$7,75081%
Texas State History Museum Foundation$7,37431%
The Houston Food Bank$7,22520%
Safe Place of the Permian Basin$6,75060%
Mountain States Legal Foundation$6,50020%
San Antonio Food Bank$6,00030%
Midland Community Concert Association$6,00019%
Greater Europe Mission$5,70050%
Fort McKavett Texas Volunteer Fire Department Inc$5,50033%
Focus on the Family$5,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
Harvest of Praise Ministry$5,0001n/a
Moreno Valley Ministerial Alliance$5,0001n/a
Taking Care of Texas$5,00020%
Texas Lyceum Association Inc Dba the Texas Lyceum$5,0001n/a
Presbyterian Children's Homes & Services$5,00010%
Friends of the Terrell County Public Library Inc$5,0001n/a
Pioneers$4,4504n/a
Partners Relief & Development$3,50020%
Every Nation Churches & Ministries$3,3003n/a
Midland Soup Kitchen Ministry$2,72520%
Sharing Hands A Respite Experience Inc$2,65020%
His Voice Inc His Voice Global$2,57550%
Milagros Foundation$2,50012%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$2,5002n/a
Fuel the Mission$2,50011%
Texas Department of Agriculture$2,5001n/a
Arts Council of Midland$2,50010%
Texas Children's Hospital$2,50010%
St Scholastica Monastery$2,5001n/a
Legacy High School Orchestra Booster Club$2,50015%
Permian Basin Great 25 Nurses$2,500143%
Frontline Healing Foundation$2,50010%
Texas Baptist Men Inc$2,5001n/a
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute$2,50011%
Compassion International Incorporated$2,1943n/a
Odessa Links Inc$2,00010%
Celebrate Kids Inc$1,60010%
Permian Basin Opera$1,5001n/a
West Texas Youth Development Inc$1,20020%
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch$1,00020%
Permian Basin Gifts of Hope Inc$1,00040%
Heifer Project International$95040%
Rock the Desert Ministries Inc$80020%
Keep Midland Beautiful Inc$75020%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$66560%
Florida College Inc$60010%
Denison Ministries$5002n/a
Skyline Urban Outreach Inc$5001n/a
Tarleton State University Foundation$50010%
Houston Zoo Inc$50010%
Seek First Midland$5001n/a
Elam Ministries$50010%
The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University$5001n/a
Steiger International Limited$50010%
Known Legacy Ministries$5001n/a
Fore Hadley Foundation$50010%
Donorschooseorg$32510%
Midland Humane Coalition Inc$25010%
Starlight Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$25010%
Friends of Lhs Boys Golf$2501n/a
Trinity School of Midland Texas$22530%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$20010%
Midland Festival Ballet$16310%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$15010%
Thrive Ministry$10010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10010%
United Service Organizations Inc$7510%
Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc$6010%
Greater Good Charities$5010%
Naomi's Village Inc$5010%
Child Mind Institute Inc$5010%
Warrior Spirit Project$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 110 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Abell-Hanger Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMidland College Foundation: $6,418,054 over 8y, 29% of budgetPermian Basin Behavioral Health Center: $2,311,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetWest Texas Food Bank: $2,019,100 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetOdessa College Foundation Inc: $1,858,463 over 8y, 30% of budgetHarmony Public Schools: $1,700,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPermian Basin Petroleum Museum Library and Hall of Fame: $1,519,225 over 8y, 26% of budgetThe Springboard Center: $1,496,177 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetThe Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin Inc: $1,414,426 over 8y, 26% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $1,355,524 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHigh Sky Childrens Ranch Inc: $1,283,833 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetMidland Habitat for Humanity: $1,215,350 over 6y, 12% of budgetBynum School: $1,171,550 over 8y, 13% of budgetCenters for Children and Families Inc: $952,175 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetMidland Isd Education Foundation: $942,700 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetMidland Community Theatre Inc: $902,795 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Midland Texas: $804,400 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetTexas Interscholastic League Foundation: $714,000 over 7y, 10.0% of budgetBasin Dream Center for Orphans: $706,500 over 3y, 30% of budgetMidland Shared Spaces Inc: $693,420 over 7y, 12% of budgetMidland Childrens Rehabilitation Center Inc: $677,858 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetMarc Inc: $659,250 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetGreater Ideal Family Life Center: $653,293 over 8y, 29% of budgetMidland Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc: $646,200 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetSenior Life Midland Inc: $614,750 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetHelping Hands of Midland Inc: $570,925 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetMidland Rape Crisis Center Inc: $525,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetCasa of West Texas: $506,603 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetRemember the Alamo Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMidland Athletic Syndicate Inc: $489,368 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTeen Challenge-Adult Centers of Texas Inc: $485,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetPermian Basin Public Telecommunications Inc: $467,350 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of the Permian Ba: $463,400 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetUnited Way of El Paso County: $461,200 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetTeen Flow Youth Ministry: $457,958 over 8y, 14% of budgetAmerica's Warrior Partnership Inc: $444,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetEducate Midland: $440,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetLiteracy Coalition of the Permian Basin: $438,860 over 3y, 12% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $425,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetCity of Midland Aquatics Inc: $402,104 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetMidland Community Development Corp: $400,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetAphasia Center of West Texas Inc: $387,125 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $375,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPermian Basin Rehabilitation Center: $374,662 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetManor Park Inc: $374,650 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Odessa: $372,500 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetUnlock Ministries Inc Dba Opportunity Tribe: $346,150 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetI-20 Wildlife Preserve & Jenna Welch Nature Study Center: $345,217 over 7y, 30% of budgetCrisis Center of West Texas: $345,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Permian Basin Area FoundationTX202.4× affinity109 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Permian Basin Area Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Fmh Foundation · The Henry Foundation · Beal Foundation · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Warren Charitable Foundation · Yarborough Foundation · The Fasken Foundation · Bryant Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare Abell-Hanger Foundation with peer funders

About Abell-Hanger Foundation

How much does Abell-Hanger Foundation give?
Abell-Hanger Foundation reported 382 grants totaling $11,693,004 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 117 and 171 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Abell-Hanger Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Health (17%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Abell-Hanger Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Midland College Foundation ($6.4M), Midland Memorial Foundation ($2.9M), Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center ($2.3M).
Does Abell-Hanger Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Abell-Hanger Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Abell-Hanger Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Permian Basin Area Foundation, Scharbauer Foundation Inc, Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust.
Where is Abell-Hanger Foundation based?
Abell-Hanger Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 384 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Abell-Hanger’s filings →

More from the funding graph