· Private foundation
The James Foundation Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF ABILENE | $4,000 |
| BOBS AKA BREAKFAST ON BEECH STREET | $3,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $3,000 |
| NOAH PROJECT | $2,000 |
| DAY NURSERY OF ABILENE | $2,000 |
| LOVE AND CARE MINISTRIES | $2,000 |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF ABILENE | $2,000 |
| PHOENIX HOUSE | $1,000 |
| FAITH WORKS OF ABILENE INC | $1,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT | $1,000 |
| SERENITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS | $1,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | $1,000 |
| GROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUND | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FBFood Bank of West Central Texas8× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +47%
- DNDay Nursery of Abilene Inc7× · 2018–2024 · $23k · revenue +35%
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS8× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- TPTHE PHOENIX HOUSE INCone grant, 2024 · $1k
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 WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…
Meals on Wheels of Odessa enables people to live with dignity by offering community support and sustenance through coordinated services and enable older adults to live in their own homes safely and independently as long as they are able.
Pregnancy Resources' mission is to inspire hope and unconditionally love everyone we serve by empowering them to thrive through compassionate support and positive solutions.
Committed to supporting displaced single mothers in Fort Bend County by providing housing assistance and wraparound services.
To alleviate hunger by distributing food to families who are food deprived through a network of volunteers and other agencies within Hays County.
Care, hope, and support for all when illness threatens life.
Construct and/or rehabilitate houses for sale to low- and moderate-income families who qualify for home ownership. Homes are sold for an affordable mortgage.
To operate a 30 unit permanent and temporary housing facility known as Destiny Village for rental to low income individuals and families who are survivors of domestic violence and or sexual assault
To assist homeless families in securing stable housing
Feed and house homeless families, counsel and help them prepare for job interviews, assist in completing forms for govt assistance, and provide rent/utilities assistance. Coordinate with local food bank.
Engage in building procted to provide emergency shelters, transitional housing, and permanent housing while offering job skills training and support to help residents move toward self-sufficiency.
To support and compliment the work of Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas Board, which is responsible for the planning, oversight, and evaluation of a consolidated workforce system for the 19 County West Central Texas region.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 16 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.
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: Barber Foundation · Greathouse Foundation · Shelton Family Foundation · Food Bank of West Central Texas · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Community Foundation of Abilene · The Massey Family Charitable Trust · Moss Adamson Spalding Charities · The Legett Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The James Foundation Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James Foundation Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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