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Asco Foundation

Lubbock, TX · EIN 45-6659354. Reported 82 grants totalling $3,352,338 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$9,860median grant
$3,352,338granted, 2021-2024
56organizations funded
39%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,215,623assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Asco Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $9,860. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,395 and $30,881; the smallest was $250 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
19 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
18 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
13 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
6 grants
$100,000 and Up
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX$1,000,000112022
All Saints SchoolLubbock, TX$315,000332024
UMC FoundationLubbock, TX$250,000112023
The Garth HouseBeaumont, TX$228,335222023
Unbound NowWaco, TX$173,446112024
San Angelo Area FoundationSan Angelo, TX$118,669112023
Harvest House MinistryBeaumont, TX$100,000112024
Adams Angels MinistriesBrenham, TX$94,364222023
The Good HoodSan Antonio, TX$88,263112022
Childrens Advocacy CenterSan Angelo, TX$76,565112024
CASA of the South PlainsLubbock, TX$68,173222022
Encouragement Media GroupTyler, TX$66,163222023
West Texas Football ClassicLubbock, TX$65,000332024
Gary Sinese FoundationWoodland Hills, CA$64,870112021
Ernest Cecil FoundationOdessa, TX$60,185222024
Operation Support a HeroGranbury, TX$58,159222023
Breedlove Foods IncLubbock, TX$50,000112024
For the SilentTyler, TX$39,500112024
Amarillo Family Support ServicesAmarillo, TX$31,197112024
Kids IncAmarillo, TX$27,792112022
Covenant Hospital FoundationLubbock, TX$26,250442024
OnevoicehomeLubbock, TX$25,613112024
Vault Fostering CommunitySan Antonio, TX$25,382112023
Laura W Bush Institute for Womens HAmarillo, TX$25,000112021
100 Club of the Texas PanhandleAmarillo, TX$23,749112023
Bacfs IncBelton, TX$22,052112022
Give US PawsHouston, TX$18,658112023
Foster Love Bell CountyBelton, TX$18,124112023
Camp Hope (ptsd Foundation of AmeriHouston, TX$17,892112022
High Point VillageLubbock, TX$16,000332024
Big Brothersbig SistersLubbock, TX$13,598112023
Fibermax Center for DiscoveryLubbock, TX$12,000442024
Bcfs Health and Human ServicesSan Antonio, TX$11,518112024
K9S 4 CopsCollege Station, TX$10,043222023
Heart Gallery of the Panhandle PlaiLubbock, TX$10,000112024
Laura Bush Institute of Women's HeaLubbock, TX$10,000112023
Lubbock Isd FoundationLubbock, TX$10,000442024
West Texas Food BankOdessa, TX$9,720112022
Lubbock County Junior Livestock ShoIdalou, TX$9,500222024
JR League of LubbockLubbock, TX$7,500112024
South Plains Food BankLubbock, TX$7,500112024
Back the Badge San AngeloSan Angelo, TX$6,463112022
Lubbock Women's ClubLubbock, TX$6,200222022
Boy Scouts of AmericaLubbock, TX$5,000112021
Community Partners of LubbockLubbock, TX$5,000222022
JR League of Lubbock Touch a TruckLubbock, TX$5,000112023
Texas Tech Rodeo AssocLubbock, TX$5,000112021
Treasured VesselsFrisco, TX$3,395112024
Shallowater Education FoundationShallowater, TX$2,500112022
Buddy Holly CenterLubbock, TX$2,250112021
Lamar University FoundationBeaumont, TX$2,000112024
Hospice of LubbockLubbock, TX$1,000112021
Metropolitan Rotary ClubLubbock, TX$1,000222022
The WellLubbock, TX$1,000112023
Legacy Christian SchoolBrenham, TX$500112024
Texas School CharitiesLubbock, TX$250112024

17 of 56 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 39%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
12 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
5 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Education
2 grants
Health Care
1 grant
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Animal Welfare
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$141,820$4,250
202223$1,503,323$10,000
202320$788,611$19,329
202423$918,584$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$3.3M
California
$65K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Community Foundation of West Texas9 shared recipientsTexas Instruments Foundation9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $9,860. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Asco Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 2102 E Slaton Road, Lubbock, TX, 79404. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 45-6659354 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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