Texas · Nonprofit
Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council
Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS ($26,030). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $185k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $185k
What Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council does
Mission
The Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council seeks to enrich the life and history of the African Americans of West Texas by promoting a greater understanding of the African American experience through the practice and appreciation of the visual and performing arts and through the study, interpretation and preservation of the history of the African American in the Early American West and West Texas. Roots is the owner of the Caviel Museum of African American History, Roots Community Revitalization Center and the Roots Booker T. Washington Community Garden. Roots is also the founder of the Caprock Jazz Festival; that is a major annual fundraiser to support the Caviel Museum and gives awards the Braxton music scholarship a selected talented youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Caprock Jazz Festival Presented by the Roots Historical Arts Council, the Caprock Jazz Festival is a beloved Lubbock institution bringing outstanding jazz performances to the South Plains. In May 2025, the festival marked its 10th anniversary with a spectacular sold-out gala featuring dinner, live music, and local vendors at the Helen DeVitt Jones Auditorium, Museum of Texas Tech University. The evening began with an elegant reception accompanied by Bass Lady Joy Harris and Marco's Crew, followed by insightful remarks from local saxophonist Tom Braxton, bridging jazz's past with its present. Guests then enjoyed a specially curated three-course dinner before the main concert-each aspect reflecting the festival's commitment to cultural richness, community, and musical artistry. Founded by visionary community leaders including Greg Ricks and the Strong and McDonald families, the festival continues to honor Lubbock's jazz legacy while supporting the Roots Historical Arts Council's mission to champion African American heritage and the arts. While details for the 2026 festival are still forthcoming, anticipation already builds for another evening of unforgettable rhythms, community…
$71,133 spent$153,155 earned by the program72% of program spendingJazzy Christmas Celebrate the season with soul, swing, and the smooth sounds of the holidays at "A Jazzy Christmas," hosted by the Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council. This festive concert brings together the magic of Christmas with the rich rhythms of jazz, spotlighting local musicians, vocalists, and special guest performers who infuse holiday classics with vibrant energy and style. Whether you're a longtime lover of jazz or just looking to experience something special this holiday season, A Jazzy Christmas offers a joyful, toe-tapping, heartwarming evening perfect for the whole family. Come enjoy an unforgettable night filled with music, community, and the cultural spirit of Lubbock.
$26,467 spent$23,120 earned by the program27% of program spendingCaviel Museum Nestled in Lubbock's historic Eastside "Flats" neighborhood, the Caviel Museum of African American History stands on a foundation of pioneering legacy and community pride. This site was once home to Caviel's Pharmacy, a cornerstone business owned and operated for nearly five decades by Alfred and Billie Caviel - the first African-American couple in the United States to jointly own and manage their own pharmacy. The pharmacy opened in 1960, during the early years of the Civil Rights movement, and faithfully served the community until 2009. In 2011, the Caviels gifted the building to the Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council with the hope that it would someday serve as a cultural museum. That vision was realized in 2015 when the Caviel Museum officially opened its doors - becoming the first museum in West Texas dedicated to celebrating African-American heritage. Inside, visitors will find exhibits highlighting the rich legacy of African American professionals, educators, and everyday citizens whose contributions shaped life in Lubbock and beyond. Displays spotlight the history of Black medical practitioners, educators, and the broader community experience in West Texas.
$1,281 spent$5,410 earned by the program1% of program spendingBooker T Washington Community Garden
$0 spent$3,515 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,881.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $101k to $185k (+83%).
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: 2023 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $11k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 Roots Historical Arts Council’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 Roots Historical Arts Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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
96% 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 Roots Historical Arts Council.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2023 100% — 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
58% of Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council'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. $26k 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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council: 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 Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council?
- Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS ($26,030). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $44,500 in grants to Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS is the largest funder on record, with $26,030 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), 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