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Brumley Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% 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
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $1,003,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,191,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $188,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $489k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $490k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Frank Phillips College$75,000
1615 Wesley Community Center$65,000
Ceta Canyon Camp & Retreat$50,000
Family Support Services$50,000
7 Star Therapeutic Riding Center$50,000
High Plains Food Bank$50,000
Amarillo College Foundation$50,000
West Texas A&M Univ Foundation$50,000
YMCA of Moore County$50,000
Ceta Canyon Camp & Retreat$45,500
YMCA of Moore County$45,000
Opportunity School$40,000
Donley County Senior Citizens$30,000
Turn Center$30,000
Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas$26,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 31 repeat orgs$905k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
29

Total granted

$4.4M
$670k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
-18%

Still filing today

65%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • YO
    YMCA OF MOORE COUNTY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $712k · revenue +63%
  • AW
    AMARILLO WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $280k · revenue +18%
  • WT
    WEST TEXAS A&M UNIV FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $232k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • KC
    KIDS CO
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • DH
    DON HARRINGTON DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $55k · revenue +50%
  • SC
    SOUTHWEST CHAPTER OF NATIONAL AMBUCS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -53%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Meals On Wheels and More Inc

To nourish and enrich the lives of the homebound and other people in need through programs that promote dignity and independent living.

Food & Nutrition
2
Meals On Wheels South Texas

Provide nutrition, transportation, and other services that support independent living for seniors, including the operation of a senior citizens center, meals on wheels, and transportation services within victoria and the surrounding…

Food & Nutrition
3
Meals On Wheels Ministry Inc

Empowers older and disabled adults to live independentlly in thier own homes by providing nutritious home-delivered meals, safety checks, socialization, and community connection, which result in an enhanced quality of life and purpose as…

Food & Nutrition
4
Medical Center League House of Amarillo Texas Inc

To serve as a home away from home for patients and their families coming to amarillo, texas for health care treatment.

Health
5
Dawson County Senior Citizens Center Inc

Provide meals on wheels, congregate meals, and recreational facility for elderly and low income persons of dawson county texas.

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6
Mountbatten House Inc

To provide aid to elderly individuals and to operate mountbatten house; a twenty four room personal care home in highlands, tx.

Human Services
7
Meals On Wheels Waco

Meals on wheels waco nourishes the bodies, minds, and spirits of older adults in the heart of texas through meals, transportation, activities, and volunteer support.

Human Services
8
Meals On Wheels Texas

Meals on wheels texas is a voluntary membership association of home-delivered and congregate meal programs established to ensure every older person and individual with a disability in texas is well nourished and has the social supports…

Food & Nutrition
9
Meals On Wheels of Odessa Inc

Meals on Wheels of Odessa enables people to live with dignity by offering community support and sustenance through coordinated services and enable older adults to live in their own homes safely and independently as long as they are able.

—
10
Tejas Health Care

To provide primary health and dental care to the underserved of fayette and lee counties, texas.

Health
11
Meals On Wheels - Walker Countytx Inc

The center functions to serve senior adults 60 yrs and older. provide programs and services that will enable the individuals to be an integral part of the community and allow them to retain independence dignity and sense of well being

Human Services
12
Health Center of Southeast Texas

Our mission is to provide accessible, compassionate, culturally competent, and quality health care, affordable for all, regardless of ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amarillo Wesley Community Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Taos Opera Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 70 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
23/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF MOORE COUNTY: $712,400 · OtherYMCA OF MOORE COUNTYFrank Phillips College: $470,000 · OtherFrank Phillips CollegeHIGH PLAINS FOOD BANK: $315,000 · OtherHIGH PLAINS FOOD BANKCeta Canyon Camp & Retreat: $296,000 · OtherCeta Canyon Camp & RetreatAMARILLO WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $280,000 · OtherAMARILLO WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INCOPPORTUNITY SCHOOL INC: $140,000 · OtherSpearhead Corporation dba The O'Loughlin Center: $130,500 · Other+37 more: $1,196,250 · Other+37 moreSEVEN STAR HORSE AND FAMILY CENTER: $215,000 · Human ServicesSEVEN STAR …DONLEY COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesDONLEY COUN…BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesBUCKNER CHI…EDUCATION CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $23,750 · Human Services+3 more: $35,000 · Human Services+3 moreMARTHA'S HOME INC: $235,000 · Housing & ShelterAMARILLO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $38,000 · Housing & ShelterTEXAS RAMP PROJECT: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $184,000 · Recreation & SportsSOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 · Recreation & SportsEASTRIDGE MISSION CENTER: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsTYLER STREET RESOURCE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsWEST TEXAS A&M UNIV FOUNDATION: $232,000 · EducationSTORYBRIDGE INC: $25,000 · EducationALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $112,000 · HealthTURN CENTER: $80,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF AMARILLO: $30,000 · HealthPANHANDLE BREAST HEALTH: $15,000 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · HealthAMARILLO OPERA INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureDON HARRINGTON DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureTaos Opera Institute: $19,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS PANHANDLE WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,540,150Human Services$548,750Housing & Shelter$298,000Recreation & Sports$273,000Education$257,000Health$247,000Arts & Culture$189,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds YMCA OF MOORE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HIGH PLAINS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds AMARILLO WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST TEXAS A&M UNIV FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEVEN STAR HORSE AND FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DONLEY COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMARILLO OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds TURN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HEDLEY SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PAMPA MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds DON HARRINGTON DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST CHAPTER OF NATIONAL AMBUCS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMARILLO SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMARILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMARILLO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTRIDGE MISSION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF AMARILLO ↗
  • Who funds STORYBRIDGE INC ↗

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 Foundat…Josephine Anderson Ch…Amarillo Area Foundat…Dr Kent Roberts & Ile…High Plains Christian…Cj and Syble Fowlston…Amarillo Business Fou…Kimble Foundation Tru…The Don & Sybil Harri…Mays FoundationDavid D & Nona S Payn…Xcel Energy Foundation
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Brumley Foundation?

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.

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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