· Private foundation
JC Ferguson Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k42 grants · $1.0M
- $50k–250k12 grants · $745k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | $105,000 |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | $80,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $70,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Odessa Inc | $60,000 |
| Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin | $60,000 |
| Odessa Rehab Center | $60,000 |
| Birthright of Odessa Inc | $60,000 |
| West Texas Food Bank | $50,000 |
| Midland Odessa Symphony and Chorale Inc | $50,000 |
| American National Red Cross | $50,000 |
| Odessa College Foundation Incorporated | $50,000 |
| Odessa College Building Fund | $50,000 |
| Meals on Wheels of Odessa Incorporated | $45,000 |
| The Life Center | $45,000 |
| High Sky Childrens Ranch Endowment Inc | $40,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
92 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2025, 41 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OCODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +207%
- IPIDEA Public Schools7× · 2019–2025 · $464k · revenue +123%
- WTWEST TEXAS FOOD BANK9× · 2017–2025 · $365k · revenue +91%
Funded once
- OROdessa Rape Crisis Centerone grant, 2017 · $90k
- ENEllen Noel Art Musuem of Permian Basinone grant, 2022 · $75k
- OPOdessa Permian Basın Rehab Centerone grant, 2017 · $50k
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.
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.
To improve housing conditions within Odessa, Texas through credit counseling, homebuyer education and home building/ rehabilitation programs that is affordable for low to moderate income residents.
Catholic charities/community services odessa, inc is a social service agency in the diocese of san angelo, tx catholic charities under the diocesan bishop accepts the responsibility to promote the physical
Permian basin animal advocates strives to educate and help the public with spay and neuter while also rescuing abandoned or unwanted animals and finding them forever homes.
To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.
Odessa christian school provides primary education and associated services
The mission of casa of west texas is to recruit, train and support committed volunteers who are appointed by the court to advocate for the best interest of children in the foster care system.
Feed and house homeless families, counsel and help them prepare for job interviews, assist in completing forms for govt assistance, and provide rent/utilities assistance. Coordinate with local food bank.
The Organizations mission is to bring unity and efficiency to investigations of child abuse through the use of a multi-disciplinary team and, thereby, to provide the best possible services to victims of child abuse and their families.
Support of special needs military or first responders and their families.
The life center foundation shall be operated exclusively for the benefit of the permian basin women's resource center (the life center) by making grants to or for the benefit of the life center, and/or engaging in activities that support…
Provide facilities, services, and programming for churches and groups to promote Christian education character building activities and recreation.
The odessa chamber of commerce is a volunteer business organization providing leadership to further develop and market the city of odessa, ector county, and the permian basin.
How this is measured
66 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 66 of the 142 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds IDEA Public Schools ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF ODESSA INC ↗
- Who funds WEST TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds PERMIAN BASIN FIRST PRIORITY ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF ODESSA INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ODESSA ↗
- Who funds BIRTHRIGHT OF ODESSA INC ↗
- Who funds CRISIS CENTER OF WEST TEXAS ↗
- Who funds ODESSA FAMILY YMCA ↗
- Who funds ELLEN NOEL ART MUSEUM OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ↗
- Who funds PERMIAN BASIN REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds PERMIAN PLAYHOUSE OF ODESSA INC ↗
- Who funds WEST TEXAS GIFTS OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds PERMIAN BASIN MISSION CENTER ↗
- Who funds HARMONY HOME CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale Inc ↗
- Who funds JESUS HOUSE ODESSA INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE PLACE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ↗
- Who funds CASA OF THE PERMIAN BASIN INC ↗
- Who funds ODESSA LINKS INC ↗
- Who funds APHASIA CENTER OF WEST TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds PERMIAN BASIN WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds ADDYS HOPE SOCIAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
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: Abell-Hanger Foundation · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Fmh Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Junior League of Odessa Inc · The Fasken Foundation · Beal Foundation · The Henry Foundation · Bryant Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization JC Ferguson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from JC Ferguson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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