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David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$987k
Granted FY2023
38
Itemized grants FY2023
37
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$897k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
36 to 53
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
3
Total assets, FY2023
$19M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc 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; $219k 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
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalEducationMembership BenefitOther
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
FY202337$897k11%
FY202236$919k11%
FY202145$834k42%
FY201753$888kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$855kHuman Services$577kEducation$523kYouth Development$442kFood & Nutrition$425kRecreation & Sports$265kPhilanthropy$150kPublic Safety & Disaster$120kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pampa Youth and Community Center Inc$250,000135%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$240,00030%
Lone Star Ballet Inc$130,00045%
Tyler Street Resource Center Inc$130,00033%
Don Harrington Discovery Center Foundation Inc$100,00041%
Kids Inc of Amarillo$100,00012%
Ranching Heritage Association$100,00014%
Pampa Meals on Wheels Inc$95,000411%
Maverick Boys & Girls Club of Amarillo Inc$85,00041%
Spearhead Corporation$85,000412%
Donley County Senior Citizens Inc$80,00047%
Hedley Senior Citizens Association Inc$80,000423%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$75,00030%
Pampa Optimist Youth Club$75,000315%
Amarillo Wesley Community Center Inc$70,00042%
Wellington Ritz Theatre Inc$65,00045%
Family Support Services of Amarillo$60,00041%
West Texas A&M Univ Foundation$60,00030%
Presbyterian Home for Children$60,00041%
Citadelle Art Foundation$45,00034%
Tralee Crisis Center for Women Inc$40,00042%
Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains Inc$40,00030%
KANZA Society Inc$37,50041%
Faith City Inc$35,00040%
High Plains Food Bank$35,00010%
Opportunity School Inc$35,00021%
Make a Child Smile Inc$25,000225%
White Deer Land Museum Foundation$25,0001n/a
Amarillo Opera Inc$25,00014%
High Plains Retreat Center$25,00014%
Amarillo Little Theater Inc$25,00012%
Downtown Women's Center Inc$20,00020%
Graycares Living at Home Inc$20,0004n/a
Panhandle Community Services$20,00010%
Canadian Volunteer Fire Department Inc$20,00015%
Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation$20,0001n/a
Canadian Community Center$20,00017%
The Amarillo College Foundation$16,00020%
Pampa United Way Inc$15,00016%
Pampas Tribute to Woody Guthrie$15,0003n/a
Driskill Halfway House Inc$15,000111%
Good Samaritan Christian Services Inc$15,0001n/a
The Bridge$15,00030%
Casa of the High Plains Inc$12,00022%
Pampa High School Choir Booster Club$12,000223%
Sharing Hope Ministry Inc$10,00012%
The Opportunity Plan Inc$10,00010%
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas$10,00010%
Hilltop Senior Citizens Assoc$10,000131%
Texas Archeological Society$9,00012%
Harvest House Ministries of Pampa$5,0001n/a
PHS Baseball Softball Booster Club$5,000119%
Hansford County Library$5,00014%
Top O Texas Crisis Pregnancy Center$2,50041%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($904k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPampa Youth and Community Center Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetTexas Tech Foundation Inc: $240,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLone Star Ballet Inc: $130,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetTyler Street Resource Center Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetDon Harrington Discovery Center Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetKids Inc of Amarillo: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRanching Heritage Association: $100,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetPampa Meals on Wheels Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetMaverick Boys & Girls Club of Amarillo Inc: $85,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSpearhead Corporation: $85,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetDonley County Senior Citizens Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetHedley Senior Citizens Association Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPampa Optimist Youth Club: $75,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetAmarillo Wesley Community Center Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetWellington Ritz Theatre Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetFamily Support Services of Amarillo: $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWest Texas A&M Univ Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPresbyterian Home for Children: $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCitadelle Art Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetTralee Crisis Center for Women Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetGirl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKANZA Society Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFaith City Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHigh Plains Food Bank: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOpportunity School Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMake a Child Smile Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetAmarillo Opera Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetHigh Plains Retreat Center: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetAmarillo Little Theater Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDowntown Women's Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPanhandle Community Services: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCanadian Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCanadian Community Center: $20,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetThe Amarillo College Foundation: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPampa United Way Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetDriskill Halfway House Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Bridge: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCasa of the High Plains Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPampa High School Choir Booster Club: $12,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetSharing Hope Ministry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Opportunity Plan Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLegal Aid of Northwest Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHilltop Senior Citizens Assoc: $10,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetTexas Archeological Society: $9,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPHS Baseball Softball Booster Club: $5,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetHansford County Library: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTop O Texas Crisis Pregnancy Center: $2,500 over 4y, 0.9% 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 48.

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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.

Amarillo Area Foundation IncTX86.1× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

How much does David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc give?
David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc reported 38 itemized grants totaling $896,507, out of $986,507 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (9%), Human Services (6%), Education (6%).
Who are David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Pampa Youth and Community Center Inc ($250k), Texas Tech Foundation Inc ($240k), Lone Star Ballet Inc ($130k).
Does David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amarillo Area Foundation Inc, Mary E Bivins Foundation, Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust.
Where is David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc based?
David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc 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 81 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 2023, released 2023. 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 $1.1M 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 FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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