Texas · Nonprofit
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER (Texas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $466,571 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($300,757). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $284k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $467k
- Net assets
- $0
What Lupus Foundation of America Lone Star Chapter does
Mission
The lone star chapter is a chapter of the national lupus foundation of america and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people affected by lupus through research, education, support and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The lupus foundation of america, lone star chapter is committed to improving the quality of life for all people affected by lupus through comprehensive programs of research, education, support, and advocacy. The chapter serves over 200 counties-geographically covering approximately 80% of texas-including major regions such as amarillo, texarkana, dallas/fort worth, austin, lubbock, san antonio, the rio grande valley, and el paso. In fiscal year 2024-2025, the chapter: -responded to requests for support and information via phone, email, and in-person at community outreach events. -educated individuals through a range of programming. These offerings featured expert-led presentations by physicians, nurses, and certified lupus education volunteers. -published the "lupus news" electronic newsletter. -maintained an active social media presence. -hosted the "walk to end lupus now" in dallas, fort worth, austin, and san antonio, raising awareness, promoting community engagement, and generating vital revenue to support the chapter's free programs and services. As of the end of the year, the organization has decided to cease operations.
$246,166 spentof which $126,541 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $246,166.
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.
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 $203k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2021 16% · 2022 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. 5 of the last 9 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 broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $600 → $129k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER’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
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 91% · 2020 85% · 2021 26% · 2022 38% · 2023 80% — 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
50% of LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
88% of LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER'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 $55k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $411k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 22 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER: 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 LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER?
- LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER (Texas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $466,571 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($300,757). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $466,571 in grants to LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER?
- COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $300,757 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA LONE STAR CHAPTER 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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