· Private foundation
Willie I Wanda & W F Martin Charitable Trust
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k8 grants · $83k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $349k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MCMURRY UNIVERSITY | $125,000 |
| NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY | $90,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ABILENE | $73,500 |
| TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION | $60,000 |
| BIG COUNTRY CASA | $12,500 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF ABILENE | $10,000 |
| ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE | $10,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $10,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CARE MISSION | $10,000 |
| CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF ABILENE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $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 (FY21–25, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.
13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
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
MCMURRY UNIVERSITY6× · 2020–2025 · $750k · revenue +82%- TTTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC6× · 2020–2025 · $320k · revenue +14%
- BCBIG COUNTRY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC6× · 2020–2025 · $63k · revenue +2%
Funded once
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.
To share Christ with others through serving those in need in the brazos valley and surrounding areas or wherever God leads and to bridge the gap by joining churches and other groups in serving together.
The High Plains Food Bank exists to help solve the issue of hunger and food insecurity in the Texas Panhandle.
The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.
Provide food & clothing to those in need
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
The purpose of the Organization is to provide knowledge and understanding of economics, matters of public concern, finance, education and training, and problems of minority groups therby promoting the economy and quality of life in Abilene…
To alleviate hunger by distributing food to families who are food deprived through a network of volunteers and other agencies within Hays County.
The mission of the Good Samaritan Center is to provide a safe, Christ- Centered environment that gives our patients quality, coordinated and affordable healthcare.
See Schedule OFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels provides comprehensive services, including Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, case management, health screenings, information and referral services, recreation, and more. Our…
To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 13 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 MCMURRY UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BIG COUNTRY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
- Who funds ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC ↗
- Who funds Christian Service Center of Abilene ↗
- Who funds Presbyterian Medical Care Mission ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds Abilene Hope Haven Inc ↗
- Who funds Food Bank of West Central Texas ↗
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 · Shelton Family Foundation · The Legett Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Community Foundation of Abilene · United Way of Abilene Inc · Abilene Christian University · The Karakin Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Willie I Wanda & W F Martin Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Willie I Wanda & W F Martin Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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