Texas · Private foundation
W C Payne Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $48,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations W C Payne Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k 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 | 11 | $1.2M | 36% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $475k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $535k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $473k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $518k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $568k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $523k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $460k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington and Lee University | $1,148,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $355,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Lamplighter School | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Leadership Isd Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Bridge | $150,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Teaching Trust | $125,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dallas Kids First | $95,000 | 3 | 23% |
| Oklahoma City Museum of Art Inc Fka Oklahoma City Art Museum | $88,800 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington and Lee University | $1,148,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $355,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Lamplighter School | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Leadership Isd Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Bridge | $150,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Teaching Trust | $125,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dallas Kids First | $95,000 | 3 | 23% |
| Oklahoma City Museum of Art Inc Fka Oklahoma City Art Museum | $88,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Poston Gardens Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Special Care Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Commit2dallas | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Stallings Award Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Cheer 4 Your Life | $25,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Casady School | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation | $14,808 | 1 | 1% |
| Behind Every Door Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Neighbors Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget W C Payne Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Byrne Family Foundation Trust · Records Johnston Family Foundation · The Merrick Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About W C Payne Foundation
- How much does W C Payne Foundation give?
- W C Payne Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $1,153,608 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does W C Payne Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (53%), Arts & Culture (21%), Community Improvement (5%).
- Who are W C Payne Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Washington and Lee University ($1.1M), Teach for America Inc ($355k), The Lamplighter School ($300k).
- Does W C Payne Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W C Payne Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as W C Payne Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Byrne Family Foundation Trust, Records Johnston Family Foundation, The Merrick Foundation.
- Where is W C Payne Foundation based?
- W C Payne Foundation is based in TX.
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