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LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC

LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,223,840 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS ($3,503,840). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$3.8M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$4.2M
Net assets
$5.7M
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 91%
01What it does

What Lubbock Experience Inc does

Mission

Seek funding through private contributions, sponsorships and apply for local, state and national grants to 1) support increased participation in amateur sporting events, 2) assist and support educational opportunities and conferences in the community, 3) assist in support of historic preservation and cultural heritage, and 4) support qualifying activities related to visitor information centers in support of the lubbock community and west texas area.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. In 2025, lubbock experience, inc and its dba lubbock cultural arts foundation (lcaf) grew the mission of the organization. Lcaf celebrated its 5th anniversary with the "hi 5 celebration" in september 2025. Lcaf was successful in obtaining private support that allowed for the continuation of buffalo grass fest, arts after hours, filmmakers meet-ups and "getting the gig" educational and networking opportunities for local creatives. Lcaf worked with the city to obtain the texas digital media friendly certification for the city of lubbock. Lubbock experience continues to provide assistance to the lubbock downtown tif and the city of lubbock to oversee the construction of a pickering park in downtown lubbock.

    $351,627 spentof which $2,000 as grants$9,348 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $351,627.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($2.7M) Expenses 0 ($0) Net assets 100 ($2.7M)2020 Revenue 67 ($1.8M) Expenses 100 ($143k) Net assets 162 ($4.3M)2021 Revenue 21 ($569k) Expenses 148 ($211k) Net assets 176 ($4.7M)2022 Revenue 12 ($325k) Expenses 3307 ($4.7M) Net assets 11 ($288k)2023 Revenue 87 ($2.3M) Expenses 223 ($317k) Net assets 86 ($2.3M)2024 Revenue 14 ($378k) Expenses 243 ($346k) Net assets 88 ($2.3M)2025 Revenue 144 ($3.8M) Expenses 311 ($443k) Net assets 215 ($5.7M)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (144)Expenses (311)Net assets (215)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.7M to $289k (−94%).

$2.7M
$4.3M
$4.7M
$289k
$2.3M
$2.3M
$5.7M
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 38% · 2023 89% · 2024 21% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$2.7M
’19
$1.7M
’20
$359k
’21
−$4.4M
’22
$2.0M
’23
$32k
’24
$3.4M
’25
155
months of
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

Stacy Keith

Executive director

Board chair

James Conwright

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed3444446
Joined·+1+1+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·010000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $1.7M → $106k.

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC’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

LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

92% 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 LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC.

83%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 96% · 2020 91% · 2021 70% · 2022 48% · 2023 71% — 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.

Where its funders are

83% of LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC'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 $720k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Texas funders.

OH
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin88% · top quartile
Months of reserve154.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC

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In Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 11%Fundraising 9%

Governance

5
board members
40%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

62%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Lubbock Economic Development Alliance · exempt
  • Market Lubbock Economic Development Corporation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC?
LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,223,840 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS ($3,503,840). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $4,223,840 in grants to LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS is the largest funder on record, with $3,503,840 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LUBBOCK EXPERIENCE INC 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 5 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