Finis Welch Foundation
EIN 274470063 Private FoundationTotal Given 2017–2024
$3.2M
79 grants · $406K avg/year
based on 8 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100K+/yr
local funder
capacity
$16K
typical small grants · $10K–$28K
grant size
4%
transactional · 3/73 multi-year
repeat
$39.5M
Assets (2024)
73
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No. Preselected Only
Contact Person
LARA ANDERSON
Phone
(979) 321-6397
Deadlines
NONE.
How to Apply
NO SPECIFIC FORM.
Restrictions
NONE.
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $641K | $51K | $645K | 3 |
| 2018 | $333K | $53K | $340K | 2 |
| 2019 | N/A | $-73K | $178K | N/A |
| 2020 | $329K | $58K | $464K | 2 |
| 2021 | $137K | $55K | $136K | 1 |
| 2022 | $276K | $18.1M | $18.5M | 1 |
| 2023 | $408K | $27.9M | $10.9M | 1 |
| 2024 | $1.1M | $39.5M | $13.7M | 69 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 79 grants on record
Minimum
$1K
25th Pctl
$10K
Median
$16K
Average
$41K
75th Pctl
$28K
Maximum
$500K
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
98.7% of US grants
· Rank #1 of 2 states
$2.7M across
78 grants
3 of 254 counties
Top 3 counties
- 1 Brazos
- 2 Travis
- 3 Tarrant
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (79 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LECTURE SERIES | 2017 |
| Texas A&M University | College Station, TX | $408,195 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR 2023 SPRING AND FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2023 |
| Texas A&M University | College Station, TX | $283,045 | TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS | 2018 |
| Texas A&M University | College Station, TX | $278,851 | TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS | 2020 |
| Texas A&M University | College Station, TX | $276,494 | TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS | 2022 |
| Texas A&M University | College Station, TX | $136,696 | TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS | 2021 |
| Texas A&M University | College Station, TX | $91,409 | TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS | 2017 |
| AMON Carter Museum | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | TO FUND PHOTOGRAPHY ACQUISITIONS. | 2018 |
| AMON Carter Museum | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | TO FUND PHOTOGRAPHY ACQUISITIONS. | 2020 |
| AMON Carter Museum | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | TO FUND PHOTOGRAPHY ACQUISITIONS. | 2017 |
| Nicholas Moore | Austin, TX | $34,026 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Ronak Reddy | Austin, TX | $33,772 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Kishan Sivakumar | Austin, TX | $33,712 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| ALDO Avila Escobedo | College Station, TX | $32,947 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Austin Hecker | College Station, TX | $32,947 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Quinton Walberg | College Station, TX | $32,947 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Tracy QI | College Station, TX | $31,902 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| YASH Gupta | Austin, TX | $31,272 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Aminuddin Momin | Austin, TX | $30,632 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Kashvi Vijay | Austin, TX | $28,372 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Caleb CORY | College Station, TX | $27,947 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Erika Salvador | Austin, TX | $27,138 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Frida Guajardo | College Station, TX | $26,609 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Arish ALI | Austin, TX | $26,238 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
| Kathleen Song | Austin, TX | $25,807 | 2024 SPRING & FALL SCHOLARSHIPS | 2024 |
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