Texas · Public charity
Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation
The accumulation of and disbursement of funds for charitable purposes in the counties comprising the service territory of farmers electric cooperative, inc. This includes the following counties in texas: dallas, collin, rockwall, hunt, hopkins, kaufman, rains, delta, franklin, fannin, van zandt and wood.
- $517k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $266k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $234k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $266k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $197k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $183k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $129k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $143k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $126k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $138k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $112k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylie Ministerial Alliance | $260,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Lake Area Shared Ministries | $193,188 | 8 | 31% |
| Hunt County Shared Ministries Inc | $122,688 | 7 | 1% |
| Rockwall County Helping Hands Inc | $113,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Senior Services | $104,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Hopkins County Community Chest Inc | $88,188 | 6 | 9% |
| Coventry Reserve | $67,773 | 6 | 2% |
| Rains County Good Samaritans | $50,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Wilbur J & Zelma M Smith FBO Salvation Army | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Amazing Grace Food Pantry | $37,500 | 5 | 4% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: North Texas Food Bank · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation
- How much does Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation give?
- Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $265,500, out of $517,066 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (60%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wylie Ministerial Alliance ($260k), Lake Area Shared Ministries ($193k), Hunt County Shared Ministries Inc ($123k).
- Does Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Texas Food Bank, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.
- Where is Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation based?
- Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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