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Sessions Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$480k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$84k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Arts & Culture$513kReligion$510kFood & Nutrition$403kEnvironment$234kHuman Services$207kYouth Development$190kAnimals$171kHealth$127kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $225k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREENWOOD FINE ARTS ACADEMY INC$84,000
GJ BLACKOUT$75,000
ROO DOO'S WILDLIFE PARK$66,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$25,000
MESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY$25,000
CARILLON FOUNDATION$25,000
SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK$25,000
WISDOM & TRUTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY$25,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK GRAND JUNCTION$20,000
WE CREATE HEART$20,000
GRAND VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO CO INC$15,000
GRAND VALLEY YOUTH CYCLING$15,000
POST-GRAZA CO EMS$10,000
LUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE$10,000
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ABILITIES UNLIMITED OF FORT SMITH I: $10k → 16%UNLIMITED PLAY INC: $20k → 5%BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 17%BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 27 repeat orgs$462k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +45% since the first grant, against +20% for the ones you funded once.

27 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
13

Total granted

$2.3M
$307k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+20%

Still filing today

70%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MC
    MESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $198k · revenue +301%
  • CF
    CARILLON FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $157k · revenue +278%
  • LA
    LUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $103k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • LB
    LIBERTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $80k
  • TL
    THE LEARNING COUNCIL
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue 0%
  • MANNA FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $33k · revenue +141%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Volunteer Center of Lubbock Inc

The volunteer center of lubbock inspires a more engaged community by helping people find their purpose and act on it.

Community Improvement
2
Lubbock Family Outreach Center Inc Dba Family Guidance & Outreach Center

The Family Guidance & Outreach Center of Lubbock is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and supporting, mentoring, and educating parents.

Human Services
3
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce

The lubbock chamber of commerce provides promotion of business and community growth and development as well as preserving the competitive business enterprise system in the lubbock and surrounding area.

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4
Civic Lubbock Inc

To foster and promote educational, cultural and entertainment programs, to include the visual and performing arts, for the citizens of lubbock and the surrounding area.

Arts & Culture
5
Lubbock Economic Development Alliance

To promote economic growth by creating high quality jobs, investing in new capital improvements, retaining and expanding existing businesses and enhancing lubbock's quality of life.

Community Improvement
6
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
7
Goodwill Industries of Lubbock Contract Services Inc

Goodwill is a local nonprofit helping people overcome challenges, build skills, find jobs and grow careers.

Employment
8
Creative Waco

Creative waco's mission is to grow and support a thriving cultural and creative community in waco and mclennan county, texas.

Arts & Culture
9
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
10
Urban Land Conservancy

Urban land conservancy's mission is to acquire, develop, and/or preserve community assets in urban areas for a variety of community needs especially in high poverty, low-income, underserved, at-risk communities.

Community Improvement
11
Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program

To develop leaders that will become a strong, unified voice for agricultural issues.

Education
12
Lubbock Area United Way Inc

Giving people hope. working to address the root issues of the significant challenges facing our south plains communities to create lasting, positive change.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center and the most unlike its peers is Post-Garza County Ems. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%7%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%9%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%16%20–35yr13%41%35–55yr16%9%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 9% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,531

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
19/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MT ZION CHURCH OF S SEBASTIAN CO — $279,296 · OtherMT ZION CHURCH OF S SEBASTIAN COROO DOO'S WILDLIFE PARK — $171,000 · OtherROO DOO'S WILDLIFE PARKCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK GRAND JUNCTION — $144,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK GRAND JUNCTIONWISDOM & TRUTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY — $135,754 · OtherWISDOM & TRUTH CLASSICAL ACADEMYLUBBOCK ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMING AR — $115,000 · OtherLUBBOCK ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMING ARLIBERTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION — $80,000 · OtherLIBERTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONSOUTH SEBASTIAN CO BOYS & GIRLS CLU — $70,000 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN ARTS — $70,000 · Other+19 more — $412,942 · Other+19 moreGREENWOOD FINE ARTS ACADEMY — $114,000 · Arts & CultureGREENWOOD FINE A…LUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE INC — $103,000 · Arts & CultureLUBBOCK ARTS ALL…Lubbock Community Theatre — $90,000 · Arts & CultureLubbock Communit…American Windmill Museum Inc — $49,147 · Arts & CultureAmerican Windmil…BALLET LUBBOCK — $30,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET LUBBOCK+2 more — $17,000 · Arts & CultureNOURISH COLORADO — $70,000 · HealthAlstrom Angels — $63,110 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC — $44,000 · HealthTHE GREGORY KISTLER TREATMENT CENTER INC — $20,000 · HealthPOST-GARZA COUNTY EMS — $10,000 · HealthMESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $198,000 · EnvironmentLUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $69,029 · Food & NutritionSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC — $64,924 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $33,334 · Food & NutritionCARILLON FOUNDATION — $157,000 · Housing & ShelterGJ BLACKOUT — $75,000 · Recreation & SportsCOLORADO CANYONS ASSOCIATION — $36,000 · Recreation & SportsGrand Valley Youth Cycling — $32,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,477,992Arts & Culture$403,147Health$207,110Environment$198,000Food & Nutrition$167,287Housing & Shelter$157,000Recreation & Sports$143,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $198,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetCARILLON FOUNDATION — $157,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetGREENWOOD FINE ARTS ACADEMY — $114,000 over 2y, 57% of budgetLUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE INC — $103,000 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetLubbock Community Theatre — $90,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetGJ BLACKOUT — $75,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetNOURISH COLORADO — $70,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN ARTS — $70,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetLUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $69,029 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC — $64,924 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAlstrom Angels — $63,110 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetAmerican Windmill Museum Inc — $49,147 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC — $44,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS — $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEARNING COUNCIL — $40,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetCOLORADO CANYONS ASSOCIATION — $36,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $33,334 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC — $33,333 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMUTUAL AID DISASTER RELIEF INC — $33,333 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGrand Valley Youth Cycling — $32,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetBALLET LUBBOCK — $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOR VETERANS NOW — $22,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE GREGORY KISTLER TREATMENT CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNLIMITED PLAY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOST-GARZA COUNTY EMS — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetABILITIES UNLIMITED OF FORT SMITH INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLUBBOCK SYMPHONY GUILD INC — $7,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetMONARCH 61 PROJECT INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ch Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Helen Jones Foundatio…Diekemper Family Foun…Texas Instruments Fou…Garrison Family Found…Mary L Livermore Foun…Welborn-Payne Endowme…South Plains Foundati…The Evelyn M Davies F…Civic Lubbock IncHDS Foundation
Ch Foundation IncTX24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ch Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of West Texas · Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Diekemper Family Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Garrison Family Foundation · Mary L Livermore Foundation · Welborn-Payne Endowment Trust · South Plains Foundation · The Evelyn M Davies Foundation Trust · Civic Lubbock Inc · HDS Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Sessions Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Sessions Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Sessions Family Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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