Ernest L Kurth JR Charitable Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-1862248. Reported 122 grants totalling $6,550,465 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Ernest L Kurth JR Charitable 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $47,502. Half of everything it gave fell between $28,170 and $75,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $155,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Forestry Museum | Lufkin, TX | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Angelina College | Lufkin, TX | $292,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lufkin Neighborhood Strong | Lufkin, TX | $290,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City of Lufkin | Lufkin, TX | $256,393 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society Angelina County | Lufkin, TX | $235,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| East Texas Paws Inc | Lufkin, TX | $232,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moffett Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Lufkin, TX | $216,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hudson Isd | Lufkin, TX | $205,817 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beth & Horace Stubblefield Learning Ctr | Lufkin, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Lufkin, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Lufkin, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Legacy Institute for Financial Education | Lufkin, TX | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of East Texas | Lufkin, TX | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Help Center of Lufkin | Lufkin, TX | $194,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Angelina Arts Alliance Inc | Lufkin, TX | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA of the Pines Inc | Lufkin, TX | $132,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hospice in the Pines Inc | Lufkin, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Huntington Volunteer Fire Department | Huntington, TX | $122,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Houston, TX | $120,174 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council | Lufkin, TX | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club - Deep East Tx (lufkin Diboll) | Lufkin, TX | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Deep East Tx | Lufkin, TX | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Diboll Isd | Diboll, TX | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope | Lufkin, TX | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jd's Center of Hope Inc | Lufkin, TX | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hermann Eye Fund | Houston, TX | $117,829 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Angelina County Exposition Center | Lufkin, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth & Harace Stubblefield Learning Center | Lufkin, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beth & Horace Stubblefield Learning Center | Lufkin, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Shelter of East Texas Inc | Lufkin, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Angelina Alliance for Children | Lufkin, TX | $95,956 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lufkin Independent School District | Lufkin, TX | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Help Center | Lufkin, TX | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buckner Children & Family Services | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Texas | Pflugerville, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of East Texas | Longview, TX | $68,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Angelina County Second Helpings | Lufkin, TX | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Junior League of Lufkin | Lufkin, TX | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Diboll Isd Family Education | Diboll, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Coalition Inc | Lufkin, TX | $58,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lufkin Isd | Lufkin, TX | $53,163 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seasons of Hope Center | Lufkin, TX | $50,530 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Angelina Thrive | Lufkin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christian Mens Job Corps | Lufkin, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| East Texas Cancer Alliance | Lufkin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mosaic Center | Lufkin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Texas | Lufkin, TX | $38,976 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Junior Acheivement of Angelina County | Lufkin, TX | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior Acheivement of East Texas | Lufkin, TX | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Mens Job Corps Lufkin | Lufkin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Men's Fieldhouse | Lufkin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Isd | Pollock, TX | $28,244 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Mantooth House | Lufkin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens' Sober House | Lufkin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Angelina County Senior Center | Lufkin, TX | $16,583 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lufkin Adult Learning Center Inc (aces) | Lufkin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
36 of 56 (64%) 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 72%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Beth & Horace Stubblefield Learning Center
SUMMER AT RISK STUDENT PROGRAM - Texas Forestry Museum
EDUCATION OPERATION EXPENSES - CASA of the Pines
SUPPORT THE DIRECTOR AND CASEWORKER - Museum of East Texas
2023-2024 EDUCATION PROGRAM - Diboll Isd
SUPPORT FAMILY LITERACY SERVICES - Hudson Isd
TO SUPPORT VARIOUS PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 56 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $1,370,340 | $38,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $1,545,811 | $40,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $1,909,400 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $1,724,914 | $50,000 |
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
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $47,502. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- 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.
- 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 Ernest L Kurth JR Charitable 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: Po Box 653067, Dallas, TX, 75265. 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.
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