· Private foundation
South Plains Foundation
Its FY2020 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 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k7 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $161k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY | $58,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $21,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| HIGH POINT VILLAGE | $15,000 |
| CASA | $10,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF LUBBOCK | $10,000 |
| OPEN DOOR | $10,000 |
| LUBBOCK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CLINIC | $10,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOME OF LUBBOCK | $10,000 |
| SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK | $10,000 |
| KINGDOM COME MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOME OF LUBBOCK | $10,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–20, $124k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2020, 12 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (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 FY2020, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WPWOMEN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +54%
- SPSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC2× · 2018–2020 · $28k · revenue +20%
- LDLUBBOCK DREAM CENTER3× · 2017–2020 · $26k · revenue +146%
Funded once
- LCLUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +13%
- LCLUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY NURSINone grant, 2017 · $19k
- LBLUBBOCK BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB INCone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +19%
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.
The Family Guidance & Outreach Center of Lubbock is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and supporting, mentoring, and educating parents.
Giving people hope. working to address the root issues of the significant challenges facing our south plains communities to create lasting, positive change.
To provide victims of sexual assault in the lubbock county and surrounding area with free, confidential crisis advocacy, assistance, and support, and to promote public awareness of the realities of sexual victimization and strive toward…
The volunteer center of lubbock inspires a more engaged community by helping people find their purpose and act on it.
Lubbock christian school is dedicated to providing a quality environment in which each student will grow in wisdom and stature and in favor with god and man. lcs strives for excellence spiritually, personally, and professionally among…
Goodwill is a local nonprofit helping people overcome challenges, build skills, find jobs and grow careers.
The young women's christian association of lubbock is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.
The family legal services of the south plains works to provide low income clients of the south plains with first-rate legal assistance, advocacy, and quality counsel in matters of family and elder law at free and/or reduced cost.
Goodwill is a local nonprofit helping people overcome challenges, build skills, find jobs and grow careers.
Educating and nurturing young children and their families for successful futures.
The mission of ballet lubbock is to change lives. as a pre-professional dance school, we enhance our community through premier dance training, performances, and outreach.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 59 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES ↗
- Who funds SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds LUBBOCK DREAM CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME OF LUBBOCK AND FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY INC ↗
- Who funds HIGH POINT VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds KINGDOM COME MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Ranching Heritage Association ↗
- Who funds LUBBOCK CHILDRENS HEALTH CLINIC ↗
- Who funds BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds LUBBOCK IMPACT INC ↗
- Who funds LUBBOCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds LUBBOCK BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ALAMO AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds BREEDLOVE FOODS INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds Alstrom Angels ↗
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: Ch Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of West Texas · Diekemper Family Foundation Inc · HDS Foundation · Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Kuykendall Foundation · Garrison Family Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Mary L Livermore Foundation · Caprock Foundation Inc · C and a McDonald Family Foundation · International Assoc of Lions Clubs
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization South Plains Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from South Plains Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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