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Abilene Chamber of Commerce
The mission of ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is to promote the economy and quality of life in abilene, texas by providing services to local businesses, educational opportunities, promoting abilene as a travel destination, and promoting cultural activities and organizations.
- $153k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $111k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,263
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,413
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Abilene Chamber of Commerce funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $129k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $295k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $120k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $102k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $100k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $88k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $87k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Museum Inc | $256,504 | 9 | 2% |
| Abilene Philharmonic Association | $196,932 | 9 | 4% |
| Center for Contemporary Arts | $189,542 | 8 | 10% |
| National Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat | $148,314 | 9 | 4% |
| West Central Texas Council of Gover | $62,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Heru Community Development Corporation | $54,167 | 1 | n/a |
| Abilene Black Chamber of Commerce | $54,167 | 1 | 61% |
| Historic Paramount Theatre Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Cisco College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Abilene Community Theatre Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 8% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Museum Inc | $256,504 | 9 | 2% |
| Abilene Philharmonic Association | $196,932 | 9 | 4% |
| Center for Contemporary Arts | $189,542 | 8 | 10% |
| National Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat | $148,314 | 9 | 4% |
| West Central Texas Council of Gover | $62,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Heru Community Development Corporation | $54,167 | 1 | n/a |
| Abilene Black Chamber of Commerce | $54,167 | 1 | 61% |
| Historic Paramount Theatre Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Cisco College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Abilene Community Theatre Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Abilene High School Booster Club | $20,250 | 3 | 4% |
| Abilene Zoological Society | $18,021 | 3 | 0% |
| Abilene Ballet Theatre Inc | $17,420 | 2 | 3% |
| St Vincent Pallotti Catholic Ballet Folklorico | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wylie Fastpitch Softball Association | $6,000 | 1 | 13% |
Where it is load-bearing
Abilene Chamber of Commerce supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Abilene · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · The Robison Excelsior Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · The Legett Foundation · Barber Foundation · Greathouse Foundation · Shelton Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Abilene Chamber of Commerce
- How much does Abilene Chamber of Commerce give?
- Abilene Chamber of Commerce reported 8 itemized grants totaling $110,858, out of $153,184 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Abilene Chamber of Commerce fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Community Improvement (10%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are Abilene Chamber of Commerce's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Grace Museum Inc ($257k), Abilene Philharmonic Association ($197k), Center for Contemporary Arts ($190k).
- Does Abilene Chamber of Commerce fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Abilene Chamber of Commerce?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Abilene, Dian Graves Owen Foundation, The Robison Excelsior Foundation.
- Where is Abilene Chamber of Commerce based?
- Abilene Chamber of Commerce is based in TX.
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