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Gene Conley Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$469k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$85,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 22
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$6.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Gene Conley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
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
FY2025still arriving20$469k40%
FY202420$486k25%
FY202321$441k48%
FY202218$431k17%
FY202122$423k45%
FY202016$375kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$858kHealth$418kReligion$352kHuman Services$270kArts & Culture$186kEducation$155kCrime & Legal$137kCivil Rights$65kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Gene Conley Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys and Girls Club of Vernon Inc$350,66356%
Boys Club of Burkburnett Burkburnett Boys & Girls Club$203,00054%
Child Care Inc$140,00052%
Child Advocates CASA of Red River$91,00044%
Patsy's House Children's Advocacy Center$60,00033%
Hardeman County Museum & Historical Society$60,000223%
Texoma Alliance to Stop Abuse$57,50059%
Wichita Falls Faith Mission Inc$50,00021%
Quanah Historical Preservation$45,0002n/a
Interfaith Ministries of Wichita Falls Inc Dba Interfaith Outreach Services$44,50063%
Wichita Falls Area Food Bank$43,90020%
Southern Grit Advocacy$41,000220%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth$30,00030%
Christ Counseling Ministry Inc$25,00051%
E Eugene Johnson Memorial Foundation$22,96529%
Zavala Hispanic Cultural Initiative$22,50028%
Presbyterian Children's Homes & Services$20,00020%
Arts Council Wichita Falls Area Inc$20,00040%
Hardeman County Essentials Center$20,000118%
Camp Fire West Texas$20,00013%
Second Baptist Church$20,0001n/a
Thompson Sawyer Public Library$20,000114%
Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra$18,00031%
Project Back to School$17,50027%
Second Baptist Church$15,0001n/a
The Arc of Wichita County Inc$15,00011%
Tfi Family Services Inc$10,00010%
The Boys Club of Wichita Falls Inc Dba Boys & Girls Clubs of Wichita Falls$10,00021%
Red River Valley Museum$10,00013%
Pets Low Cost Spay & Neuter$10,0001n/a
River Bend Nature Works Inc$10,0001n/a
Camp Fire North Texas$10,00012%
Genesis Womens Shelter & Support$10,0001n/a
Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture$10,00011%
North Texas Area United Way Inc$5,00010%
First Step of Wichita Falls Inc$5,00011%
Rathgeber Hospitality House$5,00011%
Quanah High School Alumni Association$4,50016%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$4,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gene Conley Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys and Girls Club of Vernon Inc: $350,663 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetBoys Club of Burkburnett Burkburnett Boys & Girls Club: $203,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetChild Care Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetChild Advocates CASA of Red River: $91,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetPatsy's House Children's Advocacy Center: $60,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetHardeman County Museum & Historical Society: $60,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTexoma Alliance to Stop Abuse: $57,500 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetWichita Falls Faith Mission Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetInterfaith Ministries of Wichita Falls Inc Dba Interfaith Outreach Services: $44,500 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetWichita Falls Area Food Bank: $43,900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Grit Advocacy: $41,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetCatholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChrist Counseling Ministry Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetE Eugene Johnson Memorial Foundation: $22,965 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetZavala Hispanic Cultural Initiative: $22,500 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetPresbyterian Children's Homes & Services: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArts Council Wichita Falls Area Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHardeman County Essentials Center: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCamp Fire West Texas: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThompson Sawyer Public Library: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetWichita Falls Symphony Orchestra: $18,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetProject Back to School: $17,500 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetThe Arc of Wichita County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTfi Family Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Boys Club of Wichita Falls Inc Dba Boys & Girls Clubs of Wichita Falls: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRed River Valley Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCamp Fire North Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNorth Texas Area United Way Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFirst Step of Wichita Falls Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRathgeber Hospitality House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetQuanah High School Alumni Association: $4,500 over 1y, 6.3% 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 32.

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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.

The Priddy FoundationTX51.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Priddy Foundation · James N McCoy Foundation · Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation · The Fain Foundation · Bryant Edwards Foundation Inc · J S Bridwell Foundation · Donnell Foundation · Guinn Foundation Inc · Libra Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Leota Steed Foundation · Dillard Family 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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How do I get to Gene Conley Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gene Conley 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 Gene Conley Foundation

How much does Gene Conley Foundation give?
Gene Conley Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $469,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Gene Conley Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (33%), Health (16%), Religion (13%).
Who are Gene Conley Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Boys and Girls Club of Vernon Inc ($351k), Boys Club of Burkburnett Burkburnett Boys & Girls Club ($203k), Child Care Inc ($140k).
Does Gene Conley Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gene Conley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gene Conley Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Priddy Foundation, James N McCoy Foundation, Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation.
Where is Gene Conley Foundation based?
Gene Conley Foundation is based in MO.

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 52 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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