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Welborn-Payne Endowment Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Welborn-Payne Endowment Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$3.9MHuman Services$2.9MFood & Nutrition$2.5MArts & Culture$1.9MEducation$1.6MHealth$857kPublic Safety & Disaster$685kScience & Tech$525kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $172k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$115,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$69M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUBBOCK DREAM CENTER$300,000
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$227,937
ONE VOICE HOME$210,000
SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK$200,000
THE CITY CHURCH$200,000
THE WESLEY AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY$150,000
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION$150,000
LUBBOCK PUBLIC MEDIA$150,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$131,000
TEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH FOUNDATION$126,511
LUBBOCK WOMENS CLUB$125,000
BALLET LUBBOCK$120,000
LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS$115,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK$100,000
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF LUBBOCK$86,662
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $823k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%HIGH POINT VILLAGE: $75k → 17%HIGH POINT VILLAGE: $60k → 17%HIGH POINT VILLAGE: $60k → 17%HIGH POINT VILLAGE: $50k → 17%HIGH POINT VILLAGE: $50k → 17%HIGH POINT VILLAGE: $50k → 17%HIGH POINT VILLAGE: $20k → 17%LUBBOCK DREAM CENTER: $300k → 17%EARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK: $53k → 17%EARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK: $35k → 17%EARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK: $35k → 17%EARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK: $35k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 31% of Welborn-Payne Endowment Trust’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Welborn-Payne Endowment Trustlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 24 repeat orgs$942k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
3

Total granted

$14M
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+72%

Still filing today

75%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $890k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionCrime & LegalHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SP
    SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +46%
  • TG
    TEXAS GIRLS & BOYS RANCH FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +68% · 51% of their budget
  • BL
    BALLET LUBBOCK
    8× · 2018–2025 · $755k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • BS
    BUILDING STRONG FAMILIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $27k
  • SP
    South Plains SPCAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +72%
  • TO
    THE OUTSIDE IN FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce

The lubbock chamber of commerce provides promotion of business and community growth and development as well as preserving the competitive business enterprise system in the lubbock and surrounding area.

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2
Children's Home of Lubbock and Family Service Agency Inc

Working in creative collaboration to provide quality care that transforms the lives of at-risk children and their families through the active compassion of christ.

Human Services
3
Lubbock Family Outreach Center Inc Dba Family Guidance & Outreach Center

The Family Guidance & Outreach Center of Lubbock is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and supporting, mentoring, and educating parents.

Human Services
4
Friends of the Lubbock Public Library Inc

To financially contribute to the lubbock library system and promoting its many programs.

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5
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Foundation
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6
Lubbock Christian University Foundation

Raising funds to support the activities of lubbock christian university and to fund capital projects for instructional facilities for lubbock christian university.

Education
7
Civic Lubbock Inc

To foster and promote educational, cultural and entertainment programs, to include the visual and performing arts, for the citizens of lubbock and the surrounding area.

Arts & Culture
8
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Inc

The purpose of the lubbock symphony orchestra is to enrich the greater community we serve through quality symphonic performances and educational experiences.

Arts & Culture
9
Lubbock Community Theatre

Provide cultural and performing arts programs for our community.

Arts & Culture
10
Junior League of Lubbock Inc

The junior league of lubbock is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

Community Improvement
11
Volunteer Center of Lubbock Inc

The volunteer center of lubbock inspires a more engaged community by helping people find their purpose and act on it.

Community Improvement
12
Lubbock Association of Realtors Inc

Trade Organization of Real Estate Professionals. Promoting the common interest of the Real Estate industry in Lubbock and the surrounding area. To help promote improvement of business conditions in this area.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lubbock Area United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is High Point Village Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 35 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $3,268,212 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHTEXAS GIRLS & BOYS RANCH FOUNDATION: $1,130,619 · OtherTEXAS GIRLS & BOYS RANCH FOUNDATIONTHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,055,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYLUBBOCK WOMEN'S CLUB: $605,000 · OtherLUBBOCK WOMEN'S CLUBTHE WESLEY AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · OtherLUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY INC: $255,000 · Other+11 more: $689,877 · Other+11 moreSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $1,815,000 · Food & NutritionSOUTH PLAINS FOOD …LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $730,718 · Food & NutritionLUBBOCK MEALS ON W…BALLET LUBBOCK: $755,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET LUBBOC…SCIENCE SPECTRUM INC: $525,258 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE SPECT…LUBBOCK PUBLIC MEDIA: $300,000 · Arts & CultureLUBBOCK PUBLI…THE CHARLES ADAMS STUDIO PROJECT: $130,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHARLES A…LUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $128,300 · Arts & CultureLUBBOCK ARTS …+1 more: $9,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $1,190,000 · EducationTEXAS TEC…LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $94,642 · EducationLUBBOCK C…+1 more: $40,000 · EducationHIGH POINT VILLAGE INC: $365,000 · Human ServicesLUBBOCK DREAM CENTER: $300,000 · Human ServicesONE VOICE HOME: $210,000 · Human ServicesEARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK INC: $158,165 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC: $705,000 · HealthCASA OF THE SOUTH PLAINS INC: $410,000 · Crime & LegalBRIDGES TO LIFE: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$7,304,208Food & Nutrition$2,545,718Arts & Culture$1,847,558Education$1,324,642Human Services$1,033,165Health$705,000Crime & Legal$435,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $1,815,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $1,190,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS GIRLS & BOYS RANCH FOUNDATION: $1,130,619 over 9y, 51% of budgetBALLET LUBBOCK: $755,000 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetLUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $730,718 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC: $705,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLUBBOCK WOMEN'S CLUB: $605,000 over 9y, 16% of budgetSCIENCE SPECTRUM INC: $525,258 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetCASA OF THE SOUTH PLAINS INC: $410,000 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetHIGH POINT VILLAGE INC: $365,000 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetLUBBOCK PUBLIC MEDIA: $300,000 over 2y, 98% of budgetLUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY INC: $255,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetEARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK INC: $158,165 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CHARLES ADAMS STUDIO PROJECT: $130,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetLUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $128,300 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetLUBBOCK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $94,642 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES TO LIFE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSouth Plains SPCA: $14,725 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE LUBBOCK CHORALE: $9,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budget
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 SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS GIRLS & BOYS RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BALLET LUBBOCK ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK WOMEN'S CLUB ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE SPECTRUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF THE SOUTH PLAINS INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGH POINT VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK DREAM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE VOICE HOME ↗
  • Who funds EARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHARLES ADAMS STUDIO PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK ARTS ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LOS HERMANOS FAMILIA ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES TO LIFE ↗
  • Who funds South Plains SPCA ↗
  • Who funds THE LUBBOCK CHORALE ↗

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.

Ch Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Helen Jones Foundatio…Diekemper Family Foun…HDS FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Mary L Livermore Foun…Kuykendall FoundationSouth Plains Foundati…Garrison Family Found…Sessions Family Found…Asco Foundation
Ch Foundation IncTX34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ch Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of West Texas · Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Diekemper Family Foundation Inc · HDS Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Mary L Livermore Foundation · Kuykendall Foundation · South Plains Foundation · Garrison Family Foundation · Sessions Family Foundation Inc · Asco Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Welborn-Payne Endowment Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Welborn-Payne Endowment Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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