Funding search · EIN 752970373 · Big Spring, TX
Big Spring Area Community Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 46
- grants reported
- $1.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $24,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- Ymca2 grants · $242,825
- Big Spring Ymca1 grant · $208,493
- Howard Co Fair Assoc Bs Cowboy Reun2 grants · $138,725
- Howard Co Junior College2 grants · $96,902
- Big Spring Symphony2 grants · $63,257
- Howard Co Volunteer Fire Dept2 grants · $61,949
- Big Spring Isd2 grants · $55,511
- Heritage Museum2 grants · $51,945
- Northside Movement2 grants · $51,350
- Big Spring Ymca Kids Academy1 grant · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 46 reported grants, largest first.
- $208,493
Big Spring Ymca · Big Spring, TX · 2024
Teen & youth center, general purpose
- $133,628
Ymca · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $109,197
Ymca · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Operations
- $90,725
Howard Co Fair Assoc Bs Cowboy Reun · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $54,162
Howard Co Junior College · Big Spring, TX · 2023
Scholarships
- $50,000
Big Spring Ymca Kids Academy · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $48,000
Howard Co Fair Assoc Bs Cowboy Reun · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $42,740
Howard Co Junior College · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Scholarships
- $35,000
Northside Movement · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Operations
- $33,841
Big Spring Isd · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $33,000
United Way of Big Spring & Howard C · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $32,637
Big Spring Symphony · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Operations
- $31,130
Howard Co Volunteer Fire Dept · Big Spring, TX · 2023
Operations
- $30,819
Howard Co Volunteer Fire Dept · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Operations
- $30,620
Big Spring Symphony · Big Spring, TX · 2023
Operations
- $30,000
Big Spring Amphitheater Improvement · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $27,615
Big Spring Symphony Association Incorporated · Big Spring, TX · 2024
Funding for the nutcracker ballet, general purpose
- $25,977
Heritage Museum · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Operations
- $25,968
Heritage Museum · Big Spring, TX · 2023
Operations
- $25,000
Howard County Junior College · Big Spring, TX · 2024
First flight concurrent scholarship for hs seniors, scholarships nontraditional students
- $25,000
Howard Co Resource Center · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $24,950
St Marys Episcopal Church · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $24,000
Dav Chapter 47 · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $24,000
Dav Chapter 47 · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $23,236
St Marys Episcopal Church · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Operations
- $23,000
Big Spring Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable Trust 1 · Big Spring, TX · 2024
Renovations
- $23,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2023
- $22,666
St Mary'S Episcopal Church · Big Spring, TX · 2024
General purpose
- $21,670
Big Spring Isd · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $21,000
Angelo State University · San Angelo, TX · 2023
- $20,000
Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $16,777
Hangar 25 Air Museum · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Operations
- $16,350
Northside Movement · Big Spring, TX · 2023
Operations
- $15,459
Hangar 25 Air Museum · Big Spring, TX · 2023
Operations
- $15,000
Highland Council for the Deaf · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $15,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2022
- $15,000
Victim Services of Big Spring · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $14,400
Heritage Museum of Big Spring · Big Spring, TX · 2024
Lighting, paint & repairs, extra help, new mural
- $12,500
Howard Co 4-H Adult Leaders Assoc · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $9,000
Cross Roads Young Marines · Big Spring, TX · 2022
- $9,000
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2022
- $8,000
Southwest College for the Deaf · Big Spring, TX · 2022
Scholarships
- $7,850
Cross Roads Young Marines · Big Spring, TX · 2023
- $7,500
Angelo State University · San Angelo, TX · 2022
- $7,000
Texas State Technical College · Sweetwater, TX · 2022
Scholarships
- $5,725
Hangar 25 Air Museum Association · Big Spring, TX · 2024
General purpose
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