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Brumley Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Itemized grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 34
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$24M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Brumley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionArts & CulturePublic BenefitHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY2024still arriving29$1.0M34%
FY202334$1.2M38%
FY202232$1.2M31%
FY202124$968k29%
FY202030$1.0Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$1.5MEducation$937kFood & Nutrition$679kHealth$592kRecreation & Sports$514kArts & Culture$360kYouth Development$341kHousing & Shelter$333kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Brumley Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
YMCA of Moore County$712,400518%
High Plains Food Bank$315,00041%
Amarillo Wesley Community Center Inc$280,00046%
Martha's Home Inc$235,000415%
West Texas A&M Univ Foundation$232,00050%
Seven Star Horse and Family Center$215,000525%
Donley County Senior Citizens Inc$200,000516%
Special Olympics of Texas Inc$184,00051%
Opportunity School Inc$140,00042%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$112,00040%
Kids Co$100,0001n/a
Amarillo Opera Inc$100,000311%
Turn Center$80,00021%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$75,00050%
Hedley Senior Citizens Association Inc$65,000332%
Pampa Meals on Wheels Inc$55,250210%
Don Harrington Discovery Center Foundation Inc$55,00013%
Southwest Chapter of National Ambucs Inc$50,000111%
Amarillo Senior Citizens Association$50,000124%
Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas Inc$50,000222%
The Amarillo College Foundation$50,00011%
Amarillo Habitat for Humanity Inc$38,00022%
Lions High Plains Eyeglass Program Inc$35,0003n/a
Southwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc$34,00050%
Eastridge Mission Center$30,00019%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Amarillo$30,00011%
Storybridge Inc$25,00013%
High Plains Helping Hands Inc$25,000125%
Tyler Street Resource Center Inc$25,00013%
Texas Ramp Project$25,00011%
Moore County Senior Center Inc$24,000110%
Education Credit Union Foundation$23,75027%
Taos Opera Institute$19,000223%
Another Chance House$15,00011%
Panhandle Breast Health$15,000114%
High Plains Retreat Center$10,00011%
Texas Panhandle War Memorial Foundation Inc$10,00013%
Texas Panhandle Independent Futures Foundation$10,00011%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$10,00010%
Faith City Inc$10,00010%
Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation$5,00011%
Window on a Wider World Inc$5,00012%
Hilltop Senior Citizens Assoc$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Brumley Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYMCA of Moore County: $712,400 over 5y, 18% of budgetHigh Plains Food Bank: $315,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAmarillo Wesley Community Center Inc: $280,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMartha's Home Inc: $235,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetWest Texas A&M Univ Foundation: $232,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSeven Star Horse and Family Center: $215,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetDonley County Senior Citizens Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetSpecial Olympics of Texas Inc: $184,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetOpportunity School Inc: $140,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $112,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmarillo Opera Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTurn Center: $80,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHedley Senior Citizens Association Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetPampa Meals on Wheels Inc: $55,250 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetDon Harrington Discovery Center Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSouthwest Chapter of National Ambucs Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAmarillo Senior Citizens Association: $50,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetVeterans Assistance Dogs of Texas Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetThe Amarillo College Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmarillo Habitat for Humanity Inc: $38,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSouthwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc: $34,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEastridge Mission Center: $30,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Amarillo: $30,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetStorybridge Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHigh Plains Helping Hands Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetTyler Street Resource Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTexas Ramp Project: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMoore County Senior Center Inc: $24,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetEducation Credit Union Foundation: $23,750 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetTaos Opera Institute: $19,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetAnother Chance House: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPanhandle Breast Health: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHigh Plains Retreat Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTexas Panhandle War Memorial Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTexas Panhandle Independent Futures Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFaith City Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Veterinary Medical Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWindow on a Wider World Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budget

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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 40.

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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.

Mary E Bivins FoundationTX61.8× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mary E Bivins Foundation · Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust · Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · Dr Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett Foundation · High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation · Cj and Syble Fowlston Charitable Trust · Amarillo Business Foundation · Kimble Foundation Trust · The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation · Mays Foundation · David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy 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.

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Find your warmest path to Brumley Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Brumley Foundation

How much does Brumley Foundation give?
Brumley Foundation reported 34 itemized grants totaling $1,003,000, out of $1,191,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Brumley Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (21%), Education (13%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
Who are Brumley Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: YMCA of Moore County ($712k), High Plains Food Bank ($315k), Amarillo Wesley Community Center Inc ($280k).
Does Brumley Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brumley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Brumley Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mary E Bivins Foundation, Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust, Amarillo Area Foundation Inc.
Where is Brumley Foundation based?
Brumley 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 70 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.4M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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