· Private foundation
The Lockett Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Texas Tech Foundation | $56,125 |
| Texas Tech Alumni Association (TTAA) | $40,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Vernon | $5,500 |
| Vernon College | $5,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House | $2,000 |
| Admiral Nimitz Foundation | $2,000 |
| Gillespie County Historical Society | $2,000 |
| Blanco Education Foundation | $2,000 |
| Holy Ghost Lutheran Church | $2,000 |
| Red River Valley Museum | $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 (FY18–18, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 0% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TTTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC8× · 2018–2025 · $255k · revenue +27%
- BABoys and Girls Club of Vernon Inc8× · 2018–2025 · $25k · revenue +48%
- RRRed River Valley Museum8× · 2018–2025 · $5k · revenue +247%
Funded once
- CUChrist United Methodist Churchone grant, 2018 · $1k
- SHSterling High School Boostersone grant, 2018 · $500
- HOHospice of Wichita Falls Incone grant, 2018 · $250 · revenue -16%
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 Association is developing, distributing and archiving oral histories, atlas maps and descriptive essays, and wildlife illustrations to expand public appreciation and grasp of Texas environmental history.
To foster transparency and uphold ethical standards across all levels of government in texas and empower citizens to hold their government accountable.
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…
Foster the history, art, culture, & humanities of the brenham-washington county, tx region.
To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.
The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…
Preserve the history of brazoria county, texas.
To collect, maintain, preserve, publish and interpret the heritage and history of waco, mclennan county, texas
Texas Food & Wine Alliance is dedicated to fostering awareness and innovation in the Texas culinary community through grants, educational programing, and events.
To collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history of the North Texas Area to inspire an interest in the past for the education and enrichment of people of all ages.
The Museum was organized to distribute educational information and data on animals of the world; and provide a channel for organized efforts to promote a public understanding and acceptance of sport hunting as an effective tool for…
To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.
How this is measured
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 15 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 TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Vernon Inc ↗
- Who funds Blanco Education Foundation ↗
- Who funds GILLESPIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Red River Valley Museum ↗
- Who funds ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Create Healthy Management ↗
- Who funds THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc ↗
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: Dian Graves Owen Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lockett Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lockett Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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