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Pampa United Way Inc

Provide support for local nonprofit agencies that benefit the community and general public.

$333k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$462kRecreation & Sports$181kHealth$142kFood & Nutrition$87kCrime & Legal$69kPublic Safety & Disaster$48kArts & Culture$37kYouth Development$31kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $212,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $332,965 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $120,565 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$590k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASPIRE A MINDFUL PLACE$40,000
PAMPA OPTIMIST YOUTH CLUB$20,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$17,400
PAMPA MEALS ON WHEELS$15,000
GRAY COUNTY CHILD PROTECTION$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$15,000
LEEFORS SENIOR CENTER$15,000
THE BRIDGE$15,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$15,000
SOUTHSIDE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER$15,000
TEXAS PANHANDLE MENTAL HEALTH$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $142k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%THE BRIDGE: $15k → 20%THE BRIDGE: $10k → 20%THE BRIDGE: $7k → 20%THE BRIDGE: $7k → 20%THE BRIDGE: $6k → 20%THE BRIDGE: $6k → 20%THE BRIDGE: $5k → 20%GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY: $15k → 17%GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY: $12k → 17%GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY: $11k → 17%GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY: $11k → 17%GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY: $10k → 17%GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY: $10k → 17%GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY: $9k → 17%TRALEE CRISIS CENTER: $8k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$951k · 14 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
3

Total granted

$951k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+50%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PO
    PAMPA OPTIMIST YOUTH CLUB
    8× · 2017–2024 · $181k · revenue +39%
  • PM
    PAMPA MEALS ON WHEELS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $87k · revenue +42%
  • GC
    GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $78k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • GV
    GRASS VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2022 · $48k
  • TC
    TRALEE CRISIS CENTER FOR WOMEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +50%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +24%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Milam County
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2
Casa of Deep East Texas Inc

Train volunteers to advocate for children in court directed foster care.

Crime & Legal
3
Casa for Kids of South Central Texas Inc

To recruit, train and supervise volunteers that advocate in the best interests of abused and neglected children in court.

Housing & Shelter
4
Children's Aid Society of West Tx Inc

To provide shelter, supervision, and counseling for children in crisis; to cooperate with other agencies in order to resolve problems related to the welfare of these children; to assist the families of these children in seeking possible…

Human Services
5
Casa of South Texas Inc

Child Advocacy

Human Services
6
Amarillo Area Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Amarillo area casa advocates for abused and neglected children through support and training of court appointed volunteers

Civil Rights
7
Court Appointed Special Advocates Casa of Liberty/Chambers Counties

None

Human Services
8
Casa of the South Plains Inc

Casa of the south plains inspires, educates, and empowers solution-minded community members who are committed to supporting the best interest of children in the foster care system. volunteer advocates create connections and promote…

Crime & Legal
9
Casa of Central Texas Inc

Advocates for children

Civil Rights
10
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Denton County Inc

To provide trained community volunteers, to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children, and to promote community awareness about child abuse issues.

Civil Rights
11
Big Country Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Big country casa recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteers who are appointed by judges to represent and advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children in the cps system in taylor county, texas.

Crime & Legal
12
Casa of Grayson County Inc

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Grayson County is a non-profit organization dedicated to training and equipping our community to protect children, empower families, and advocate for positive outcomes for children involved in…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tralee Crisis Center for Women Inc; the most unlike its peers is Create a Beat. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAMPA OPTIMIST YOUTH CLUB: $180,824 · OtherPAMPA OPTIMIST YOUTH CLUBSOUTHSIDE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $115,376 · OtherSOUTHSIDE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTERTEXAS PANHANDLE MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL RETARDATION: $91,014 · OtherTEXAS PANHANDLE MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL RETARDATIONThe Salvation Army: $84,166 · OtherThe Salvation ArmyGRAY COUNTY CHILD WALFARE BOARD INC: $81,905 · OtherGRAY COUNTY CHILD WALFARE BOARD INCCOMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER INC: $71,159 · OtherCOMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER INCGRASS VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT: $48,000 · OtherGRASS VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENTASPIRE A MINDFUL PLACE: $40,000 · OtherCREATE A BEAT: $36,744 · Other+5 more: $86,123 · Other+5 moreGRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY INC: $78,093 · Human ServicesGRAY COUNTY LA…THE BRIDGE: $55,500 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGETRALEE CRISIS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $8,369 · Human ServicesTRALEE CRISIS …PAMPA MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $87,375 · Food & NutritionPAMPA MEA…CASA OF THE HIGH PLAINS INC: $13,037 · Crime & LegalBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8,292 · Youth Development
Other$835,311Human Services$141,962Food & Nutrition$87,375Crime & Legal$13,037Youth Development$8,292

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPAMPA OPTIMIST YOUTH CLUB: $180,824 over 8y, 15% of budgetPAMPA MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $87,375 over 8y, 11% of budgetGRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY INC: $78,093 over 7y, 16% of budgetCOMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER INC: $71,159 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetTHE BRIDGE: $55,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCREATE A BEAT: $36,744 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetGOLDEN SPREAD COUNCIL INC 562 OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $22,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCASA OF THE HIGH PLAINS INC: $13,037 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetTRALEE CRISIS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $8,369 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8,292 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 PAMPA OPTIMIST YOUTH CLUB ↗
  • Who funds PAMPA MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAY COUNTY LATCHKEY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds CREATE A BEAT ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN SPREAD COUNCIL INC 562 OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF THE HIGH PLAINS INC ↗
  • Who funds TRALEE CRISIS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗

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.

Xcel Energy FoundationMN18.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · Gray-Pampa Foundation Inc · Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · M K Brown Foundation Inc · David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc · Hutchinson County United Way Inc · Inez B & He McCarley Foundation Trust · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Pampa United Way Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pampa United Way Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Pampa United Way Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Pampa United Way Inc 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.

    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 20 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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