Skip to content

Texas · Private foundation

James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
64%
First-time grantees FY2023
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,142,100
Organizations funded a year
8 to 25
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$38M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 64% of the organizations James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $626k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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 arriving25$2.4M60%
FY202311$2.4M64%
FY202214$2.4M64%
FY202125$2.9M76%
FY20208$2.2M50%
FY201912$2.2Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$7.1MHealth$5.3MCrime & Legal$1.1MRecreation & Sports$200kHuman Services$167kCommunity Improvement$132kHousing & Shelter$76kInternational$70kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
NY
IA
OH
CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Belmont University$3,850,00050%
Children's Advocacy Center of Greater West Texas$750,000310%
Angelo State University Foundation Inc$565,00023%
Teammates for Kids Foundation$250,00032%
The West Texas Rehabilitation Center$125,00030%
Martin House Childrens Advocacy Center$95,00033%
That Others May Rise Inc$93,270173%
Love One International$60,00021%
American Cornerstone Institute Inc$50,00020%
Junction Community After School Program & Family Center$50,000113%
West Texas Boys Ranch$41,40511%
Meals for the Elderly Inc$40,00013%
Wall Volunteer Fire Department Inc$35,000129%
New Horizons Ranch & Center Inc$33,00020%
Sutton County Food Pantry$30,000122%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$25,00010%
Senior Attention$22,0002n/a
Junior League of San Angelo Inc$20,00026%
Safari Club International$20,00010%
James Phillips Williams Mem Foundation$20,00016%
Sutton County Health Foundation$19,600116%
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation$19,1501n/a
Military Child Education Coalition$15,00010%
West Texas Counseling and Guidance$15,00010%
El Progreso Library$10,35012%
First Response Ministry Inc$10,00014%
Support for Life$10,000119%
Schreiner University$10,00010%
Kimble Rural Fire Department$10,00014%
Texas Ramp Project$10,00011%
Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc$10,00010%
Sonrisas Therapeutic Riding Inc$10,00013%
You Turn Ministries Inc$10,00011%
Breakthrough T1d$10,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Antonio Inc$10,00020%
Tadsaw Inc$10,0001n/a
Teamability Inc$10,00011%
Air University Foundation$10,00012%
The Forge for Families$10,00011%
Eaton Hill Nature Center & Preserve$10,0001n/a
The Transplant Association of Texas$10,00012%
Cityserve Network$10,00010%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$7,13010%
Journey of Hope Grief Support Center Inc$5,00012%
Pths 1974 Classmate Fund$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 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 budgetBelmont University: $3,850,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Advocacy Center of Greater West Texas: $750,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetAngelo State University Foundation Inc: $565,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTeammates for Kids Foundation: $250,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe West Texas Rehabilitation Center: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMartin House Childrens Advocacy Center: $95,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetThat Others May Rise Inc: $93,270 over 1y, 73% of budgetLove One International: $60,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Cornerstone Institute Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJunction Community After School Program & Family Center: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetWest Texas Boys Ranch: $41,405 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMeals for the Elderly Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWall Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetNew Horizons Ranch & Center Inc: $33,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSutton County Food Pantry: $30,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of San Angelo Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetSafari Club International: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJames Phillips Williams Mem Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetSutton County Health Foundation: $19,600 over 1y, 16% of budgetMilitary Child Education Coalition: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWest Texas Counseling and Guidance: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEl Progreso Library: $10,350 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFirst Response Ministry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSupport for Life: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSchreiner University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKimble Rural Fire Department: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTexas Ramp Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCasa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSonrisas Therapeutic Riding Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetYou Turn Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of San Antonio Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTeamability Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAir University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Forge for Families: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Transplant Association of Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCityserve Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSleep in Heavenly Peace Inc: $7,130 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJourney of Hope Grief Support Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

San Angelo Health FoundationTX28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Angelo Health Foundation · San Angelo Area Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Sterling-Turner Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Art and Eva Camunez Tucker Foundation · F V Hall & Marylou Hall Childrens Crisis Fund · Mary Ellen Kent Bunyard Family Foundation · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · San Antonio Area 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.

Compare James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to James B and Lois R Archer Charitable 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 James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation

How much does James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation give?
James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $2,378,830 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Health (37%), Crime & Legal (8%).
Who are James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Belmont University ($3.9M), Children's Advocacy Center of Greater West Texas ($750k), Angelo State University Foundation Inc ($565k).
Does James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Angelo Health Foundation, San Angelo Area Foundation, The Moody Foundation.
Where is James B and Lois R Archer Charitable Foundation based?
James B and Lois R Archer Charitable 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 66 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on James B and Lois R Archer’s filings →

More from the funding graph