Texas · Nonprofit
Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center
Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center (Texas) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $719,538 to it, the largest being FMH FOUNDATION ($128,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $5k
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $720k
- Net assets
- $0
What Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center does
Mission
The mission of PBALC is to develop the literacy skills of adults so they can achieve their goals, improve their lives, and impact our community. Our vision is that all adults would be able to accomplish their learning goals, regardless of language or literacy barriers.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Adult Literacy & Learning- 5 students served- English Language Learning- 167 students served- Since our establishment in 1985, the Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center (PBALC) has operated as an independent organization funded through grants, donations, and fundraising efforts. Approximately 80% of our classes are offered virtually, with a limited number of in- person courses. PBALC offers essential English Language Learning (ELL) and Adult Education & Literacy (AEL) services. The ELL program helps adults improve their English skills, offering classes from beginner to advanced levels, including citizenship preparation. Instruction is available in small group settings, one-on-one tutoring, and through self-paced online programs. The AEL program focuses on fundamental reading and writing skills, providing personalized tutoring and flexible learning options
$118,664 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $118,664.
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 2025 to 2026, from $171k 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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Alba Austin
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $120k → $45k.
3 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center’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
Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 37% · 2019 34% · 2020 16% · 2021 23% · 2022 18% · 2023 33% — broadly stable.
“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 Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
86% of Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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.
Organizations like Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center
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.
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center: 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 Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center?
- Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center (Texas) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $719,538 to it, the largest being FMH FOUNDATION ($128,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $719,538 in grants to Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center?
- FMH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $128,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 26 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