Finis Welch Foundation

EIN 274470063 Private Foundation

Houston, TX 77027 |(979) 321-6397

Total 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

Education

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.
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Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
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. 1 Brazos 52 grants · $2.1M
  2. 2 Travis 23 grants · $472K
  3. 3 Tarrant 3 grants · $150K

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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