· Private foundation
W C Payne Foundation
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
- $10k–50k6 grants · $129k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $525k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY | $500,000 |
| NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM | $200,000 |
| THE LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL | $200,000 |
| THE COMMIT PARTNERSHIP | $75,000 |
| YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON | $50,000 |
| OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART | $48,800 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS | $25,000 |
| CASADY SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| JORDAN SPIETH FAMILY FOUNDATION | $14,808 |
| TEACH FOR AMERICA | $10,000 |
| FAITH FIGHT FINISH FOUNDATION | $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 (FY17–24, $375k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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 +1% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Washington and Lee University7× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +15%- TBTHE BRIDGE3× · 2017–2020 · $150k · revenue +74%
OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC5× · 2017–2021 · $135k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- CCOMMIT2DALLASgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +28%
- SFSCHOOL FINANCEone grant, 2018 · $30k
- OCOK CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTERone grant, 2023 · $30k
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.
Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.
Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.
The organization was established to impact, over time, the quality of pre-k-12 public education for all texas students by supporting and developing educational leaders.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.
Esd prepares children for intellectual discovery, integrity and purpose; we develop the talent and potential in each student through sound learning, discipline, and faith.
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To prepare students for college through a rigorous arts infused program.
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The Winston School Is A Small College Preparatory School Designed To Maximize The Potential Of Bright Students Who Learn Differently. Through individualized Learning Strategies Our Students Are Empowered To Meet Confidently The Challenges…
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How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 36 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 Washington and Lee University ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds LEADERSHIP ISD INC ↗
- Who funds THE BRIDGE ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE TEACHING TRUST ↗
- Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ↗
- Who funds DALLAS KIDS FIRST ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART INC FKA OKLAHOMA CITY ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Poston Gardens Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL CARE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMIT2DALLAS ↗
- Who funds The Stallings Award Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHEER 4 YOUR LIFE ↗
- Who funds THE JORDAN SPIETH FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD NEIGHBORS 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization W C Payne Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W C Payne Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- World Neighbors Inc: 46% of income from government
- Special Care Inc: 0% of income from government
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