Funding search · EIN 752445912 · Lubbock, TX
Spears Charitable Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 53
- grants reported
- $511,370
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Pre-Born4 grants · $85,000
- Generation Next4 grants · $70,000
- Texas Baptist Missions Foundation4 grants · $60,000
- Baylor University4 grants · $50,000
- First Baptist Church4 grants · $40,000
- Oklahoma Baptist University4 grants · $40,000
- Children'S Bereavement Center3 grants · $30,000
- Redeemer Church4 grants · $25,000
- Wayland Baptist University4 grants · $20,005
- Baptist University of the Americas4 grants · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 53 reported grants, largest first.
- $40,000
Generation Next · Lake Dallas, TX · 2025
General operations
- $35,000
Pre-Born · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General purposes
- $20,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $20,000
Texas Baptist Missions Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025
General purposes
- $20,000
Texas Baptist Missions Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
General purposes
- $18,000
Pre-Born · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General purposes
- $17,000
Pre-Born · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General purposes
- $15,000
Pre-Born · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General purposes
- $10,000
First Baptist Church · Lubbock, TX · 2025
General operations
- $10,000
Oklahoma Baptist University · Shawnee, OK · 2025
Scholarship
- $10,000
Redeemer Church · Lubbock, TX · 2025
General operations
- $10,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
General operations
- $10,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2024
Scholarship
- $10,000
Children'S Bereavement Center · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
First Baptist Church · Lubbock, TX · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Generation Next · Lake Dallas, TX · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Intn'L Fwshp of Christians & Jews · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Oklahoma Baptist University · Shawnee, OK · 2024
Scholarship
- $10,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2023
Scholarship
- $10,000
Children'S Bereavement Center · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Dallas Baptist University · Dallas, TX · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
First Baptist Church · Lubbock, TX · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Generation Next · Lake Dallas, TX · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Oklahoma Baptist University · Shawnee, OK · 2023
Scholarship
- $10,000
Texas Baptist Missions Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
General purposes
- $10,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2022
Scholarship
- $10,000
Children'S Bereavement Center · San Antonio, TX · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
First Baptist Church · Lubbock, TX · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Generation Next · Lake Dallas, TX · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Oklahoma Baptist University · Shawnee, OK · 2022
Scholarship
- $10,000
Texas Baptist Missions Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
General purposes
- $5,005
Wayland Baptist University · Lubbock, TX · 2024
Scholarship
- $5,000
Baptist University of the Americas · San Antonio, TX · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Murphy Ministries · Lubbock, TX · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Wayland Baptist University · Lubbock, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $5,000
Baptist University of the Americas · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Murphy Ministries · Lubbock, TX · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Redeemer Church · Lubbock, TX · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Baptist University of the Americas · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Murphy Ministries · Lubbock, TX · 2023
General purposes
- $5,000
Redeemer Church · Lubbock, TX · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Wayland Baptist University · Lubbock, TX · 2023
Scholarship
- $5,000
Baptist University of the Americas · San Antonio, TX · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Murphy Ministries · Lubbock, TX · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
Peo Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Redeemer Church · Lubbock, TX · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Wayland Baptist University · Lubbock, TX · 2022
Scholarship
- $3,365
Peo Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General operations
- $2,000
Partners in Development Worldwide · Lubbock, TX · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Partners in Development Worldwide · Lubbock, TX · 2024
General operations
- $2,000
Partners in Development Worldwide · Lubbock, TX · 2023
General operations
- $2,000
Partners in Development Worldwide · Lubbock, TX · 2022
General operations
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