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FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA
FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,956 to it, the largest being Paso del Norte Community Foundation ($41,334). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Far West Texas & Southern New Mexico Regional Advisory Council on Trauma does
Mission
Development & implementation of a regional trauma care system for w. Texas & s. New mexico & trauma prevention through education & public awareness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Developed and maintained the regional emergency response system to advance the quality of emergency healthcare in west texas and southern new mexico through system-wide performance improvement. Maintain systems of care addressing trauma, cardiac, stroke, behavioral health, neonatal and maternal care, and disaster preparedness. Provided professional education on trends in medical care for the systems of care. Coordinated the regional healthcare coalition and respond to covid and other disasters throughout the region providing regional medical operations, mobile medical care and regional response. Provided community education about safety & trauma prevention including the use of bicycles, skateboards, and car seats as well as conducted community prevention programs for stroke, heart attack, senior falls, traumatic injuries & underage anti-drinking.
$1,956,272 spentof which $831,370 as grants$4,320 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,956,272.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $3.6M to $2.6M (−29%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 90% · 2018 90% · 2019 83% · 2020 92% · 2021 98% · 2022 96% · 2023 87% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Wanda Helgesen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $27k → $9k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA’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
FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 67% · 2021 97% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
70% of FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $18k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA's revenue grew 59% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA?
- FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,956 to it, the largest being Paso del Norte Community Foundation ($41,334). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $59,956 in grants to FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA?
- Paso del Norte Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $41,334 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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