Helen Jones Foundation Inc
Lubbock, TX · EIN 75-1977748. Reported 157 grants totalling $46.4M to 64 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. Helen Jones Foundation Inc 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 $38,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $22,500 and $110,000; the smallest was $4,850 and the largest $7,500,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock Entertainment & Performing Arts Association | Lubbock, TX | $13.9M | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| South Plains College | Levelland, TX | $5,500,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texas Tech University - Museum of Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | $5,100,500 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of Texas Tech University Association | Lubbock, TX | $4,786,100 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way - Lubbock Area United Way | Lubbock, TX | $2,488,909 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lubbock Christian University | Lubbock, TX | $1,725,130 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City of Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Ranching Heritage Center | Lubbock, TX | $1,370,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wayland Baptist University | Plainview, TX | $1,340,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | $1,299,135 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ranching Heritage Association | Lubbock, TX | $1,077,994 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University - Office of the Provost | Lubbock, TX | $786,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University - College of Arts and Sciences | Lubbock, TX | $311,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Science Spectrum | Lubbock, TX | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lubbock Symphony Orchestra | Lubbock, TX | $304,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech Univeristy - College of Education | Lubbock, TX | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Covenant Health System Foundation | Lubbock, TX | $297,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University - Graduate School | Lubbock, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guadalupeparkway Sommerville Centers Inc | Lubbock, TX | $229,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Center of Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $213,300 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Men's Christian Association | Plainview, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ballet Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $182,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Women's Christain Association of Lubbock Inc | Lubbock, TX | $160,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts | Lubbock, TX | $158,650 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University - College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resour | Lubbock, TX | $156,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texas Tech University - College of Visual and Performing Arts | Lubbock, TX | $133,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Texas Tech University Libraries | Lubbock, TX | $130,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University - College of Education | Lubbock, TX | $127,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University - Kttz-Tv | Lubbock, TX | $127,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wallace Theatre of Levelland | Levelland, TX | $122,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Goodwill of Northwest Texas | Lubbock, TX | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texas Tech University - Museum of Texas Tech | Lubbock, TX | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Early Learning Centers of Lubbock Inc | Lubbock, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lubbock Chorale | Lubbock, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Silverton Downtown Association | Silverton, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Women's Christian Association | Lubbock, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University - College of Human Sciences | Lubbock, TX | $95,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Literacy Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $82,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way - Lubbock Area United Way Annual Campaign | Lubbock, TX | $63,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charles Adams Studio Project | Lubbock, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | Lubbock, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lubbock Habitat for Humanity | Lubbock, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lubbock Arts Alliance | Lubbock, TX | $59,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lubbock Boys and Girls Club Inc | Lubbock, TX | $47,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Lubbock, TX | $46,150 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Silent Wings Museum Foundation Inc | Lubbock, TX | $42,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University - College of Agriculture Sciences | Lubbock, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Services Council | Lubbock, TX | $28,725 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Health Center of Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $26,841 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scottish Rite Learning Center of W Texas | Lubbock, TX | $26,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Plains Council - Boy Scouts of America | Lubbock, TX | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Promise of Lubbock Inc | Lubbock, TX | $25,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains | Lubbock, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lubbock Women's Club Historial Foundation | Lubbock, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Plains Food Bank | Lubbock, TX | $23,574 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA | Lubbock, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropy Southwest | Dallas, TX | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girl Scounts of Texas Oklahoma Plains | Lubbock, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lubbock Independent School District | Lubbock, TX | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| High Point Village | Lubbock, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lubbock Symphony Guild Inc | Lubbock, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lubbock Womens Club Historic Foundation | Lubbock, TX | $6,765 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
39 of 64 (61%) 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 71%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 83 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | $11.6M | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $11.4M | $38,500 |
| 2023 | 34 | $11.3M | $35,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $12.2M | $87,500 |
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 $38,000. 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 Helen Jones Foundation Inc'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: P O Box 53665, Lubbock, TX, 79453. 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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