Texas · Public charity
Mary E Bivins Foundation
The mary e. Bivins foundation, a texas non-profit corporation, was formed in 1949. The purposes / mission for which the corporation was formed are: (a) to operate for the benefit of nursing homes established for worthy, aged, and needy persons. (b) to operate for the benefit of nursing homes established for worthy, aged, and needy…
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 63
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 54
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $154M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations Mary E Bivins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 60 | $2.7M | 28% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $2.5M | 48% |
| FY2023 | 54 | $2.4M | 48% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $884k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $1.8M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $1.2M | 86% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $1.1M | 96% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $397k | 100% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Texas A&M Univ Foundation | $614,826 | 4 | 1% |
| Panhandle Community Services | $474,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amarillo Wesley Community Center Inc | $392,290 | 3 | 17% |
| Turn Center | $310,370 | 2 | 5% |
| Opportunity School Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Pampa Youth and Community Center Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Presbyterian Home for Children | $298,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Amarillo College Foundation | $270,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Hope to Opportunities Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 18% |
Show all 164 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Mary E Bivins Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 132 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: Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust · The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation · High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation · Dr Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett Foundation · Cj and Syble Fowlston Charitable Trust · Kimble Foundation Trust · The United Way Inc · Brumley Foundation · Amarillo Business Foundation · David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc · Mays Foundation
How this is measured
About Mary E Bivins Foundation
- How much does Mary E Bivins Foundation give?
- Mary E Bivins Foundation reported 63 itemized grants totaling $2,716,935, out of $2,996,798 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mary E Bivins Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (17%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Mary E Bivins Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: West Texas A&M Univ Foundation ($615k), Panhandle Community Services ($475k), Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas ($400k).
- Does Mary E Bivins Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mary E Bivins Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amarillo Area Foundation Inc, Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust, The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation.
- Where is Mary E Bivins Foundation based?
- Mary E Bivins Foundation is based in TX.
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