Texas · Nonprofit
BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION
BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,462,269 to it, the largest being FW BERT AND MAE DEAN WHEELER FOUNDATION ($1,905,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $40M
What Blinn College Foundation does
Mission
Organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes including providing support of programs and activities that enhance the quality of education for blinn college students; expanding the educational opportunities for the communities in which blinn college operates by raising funds for scholarships, capital projects, educational programs and other related activities; heightening community awareness of the mission and accomplishmentes of the college, promoting excellence in education and performing such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purposes of the corporation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide support for programs and activities which enhance the quality of education for blinn college students and expand the educational opportunities for the entire community.
$185,341 spentof which $185,341 as grants14% of program spendingScholarships to blinn college
$1,101,214 spentof which $1,101,214 as grants86% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,286,555.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $27M to $33M (+21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Michael Schaefer
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $88k → $527k.
8 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 94% · 2019 48% · 2020 87% · 2021 46% · 2022 50% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
47% of BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Blinn College · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
- BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,462,269 to it, the largest being FW BERT AND MAE DEAN WHEELER FOUNDATION ($1,905,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $4,462,269 in grants to BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
- FW BERT AND MAE DEAN WHEELER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,905,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 24 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing