Texas · Public charity
The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation
Support organization of amarillo area foundation, inc. Meeting charitable needs through discretionary grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations located throughout the texas panhandle.
- $4.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 38
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $897,574
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $121M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 37 | $3.0M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $2.0M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $6.3M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $7.8M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $2.4M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $2.7M | 41% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $1.1M | 43% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $1.4M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decoursey Properties | $12,656,226 | 4 | 100% |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas | $1,255,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The United Way Inc | $717,729 | 8 | 5% |
| Don Harrington Discovery Center Foundation Inc | $717,182 | 8 | 9% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $700,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Network of Youth Services Inc | $425,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Amarillo Recovery From Alcohol and Drugs Inc | $375,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Turn Center | $353,740 | 3 | 4% |
| Amarillo Symphony Inc | $338,589 | 8 | 3% |
| Hemphill County Hospital District | $335,000 | 2 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 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 · Mary E Bivins Foundation · Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust · Cj and Syble Fowlston Charitable Trust · Dr Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett Foundation · Kimble Foundation Trust · The United Way Inc · Mays Foundation · David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc · High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation · Amarillo Business Foundation · Brumley Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation
- How much does The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation give?
- The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation reported 38 itemized grants totaling $3,874,919, out of $3,992,574 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (39%), Philanthropy (22%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Decoursey Properties ($13M), Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas ($1.3M), The United Way Inc ($718k).
- Does The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amarillo Area Foundation Inc, Mary E Bivins Foundation, Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust.
- Where is The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation based?
- The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation is based in TX.
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