Sessions Family Foundation Inc
Lubbock, TX · EIN 81-3846746. Reported 65 grants totalling $1,440,001 to 37 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. Sessions Family 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $4,700 and the largest $80,296. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisdom & Truth Classical Academy | Bentonville, AR | $110,754 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Roo Doo's Wildlife Park | Greenwood, AR | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lubbock Community Theater | Lubbock, TX | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carillon Foundation | Lubbock, TX | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mt Zion Church of S Sebastian Co | Greenwood, AR | $80,296 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Liberty Baptist Association | El Dorado, AR | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Food Bank Grand Junction | Grand Junction, CO | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mesa County Land Conservancy | Grand Junction, CO | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nourish Colorado | Denver, CO | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Sebastian Co Boys & Girls Clu | Greenwood, AR | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lubbock Arts Alliance | Lubbock, TX | $61,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lubbock Entertainment Performing Ar | Lubbock, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rocky Mountain Arts | Telluride, CO | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Learning Council | Paonia, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Health Center of Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manna Foodbank | Mills River, NC | $33,334 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mutual Aid Disaster Relief | Tampa, FL | $33,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Asheville & Buncombe | Asheville, NC | $33,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ballet Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colorado Canyons Association | Grand Junction, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenwood Fine Arts Academy Inc | Greenwood, AR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Honor Veterans Now | Fredricksburg, TX | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colorado Nonprofit Development Cent Dba We Create Heart | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gregory Kistler Treatment Center in | Fort Smith, AR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unlimited Play Inc | St Peters, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grand Valley Youth Cycling | Grand Junction, CO | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alstrom Angels | Lubbock, TX | $13,110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Abilities Unlimited of Fort Smith I | Van Buren, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buckner Children & Family Services | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian Children's Home & Serv | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of the Sw | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Van Buren School District Edu Found | Van Buren, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lubbock Symphony Guild Inc | Lubbock, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lubbock Meals on Wheels | Lubbock, TX | $5,141 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lubbock Experience Inc | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monarch 61 Project | Van Buren, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Library | Lubbock, TX | $4,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 37 (41%) 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 75%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Liberty Baptist Association
CONSTRUCTION OF DORM/MEETING SPACE - The Learning Council
SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION - Carillon Foundation
CARPETING OF WINDSONG BUILDING - Greenwood Fine Arts Academy Inc
PERFORMING ARTS & ART EDUCATION - Colorado Canyons Association
FUND COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAMS - Mesa County Land Conservancy
LAND PERSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $247,437 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | $260,110 | $14,055 |
| 2023 | 15 | $369,700 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $562,754 | $20,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 36% of this one's giving went to organizations in Arkansas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 $20,000. 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 Arkansas.
- 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 Sessions Family 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: 1401 Avenue Q, Lubbock, TX, 79401. 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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