Warren Charitable Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated priority is the Permian Basin, so organisations working there are the clearest fit, and its website names no particular sectors or types of organisation.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $50,000, with a median of $5,000, so a request in that range is typical.
- Its largest grant, about $1,850,000 to Memas Foundation, shows that the range is not a ceiling.
- According to the filing, 95% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, so a first-time applicant should weigh that and expect a harder route than repeat grantees.
- Apply by submitting an online Letter of Intent during its spring or fall grant cycle, as its deadlines are fixed.
Overview
Warren Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Midland, TX.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Warren Charitable Foundation is committed to improving lives and focuses primarily on organisations in the Permian Basin. It directs interested organisations to complete and submit an online Letter of Intent as part of its spring and fall grant cycles. The Foundation describes its focus in geographic terms and does not name particular charitable sectors or types of organisation on the pages of its own site reviewed. Its stated approach is to consider requests through these two cycles, with the initial expression of interest made online.
Geographic Focus
Priority: Permian Basin.
How to apply
Interested organisations complete and submit an online Letter of Intent.
Deadlines: Spring and fall grant cycles.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 95% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 352 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 32% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 95% of grant dollars went to organisations Warren Charitable Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 33% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 122 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $6,250 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Memas Foundation · Program support / capital$1,835,0002024 tax year
- Buckner Children Family Services · Capital$361,0002024 tax year
- Ymca · Program support/ capital$125,0002024 tax year
- Basin Dream Center for Orphans · Program support$120,0002024 tax year
- Museum of the Southwest · Program support$100,0002024 tax year
- Midland College Foundation · Capital$100,0002024 tax year
- Literacy Coalition Of The Permian B · Program support$95,0002024 tax year
- Midland Habitat for Humanity · Program support$80,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Allen Pruitt — Board Member
- David Smith — Board Member
- Joshua P Ham — Secretary
- Kevin Y Petty — Treasurer / Ed
- Anne M Warren — Vice President
- W Stirling Warren — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,599,404 | $3,417,815 | $81,545,402 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $4,046,240 | $3,737,130 | $103,171,932 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $5,472,918 | $4,311,889 | $171,400,637 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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- info@warrengiving.org
- Midland, TX
- warrengiving.org
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- info@warrengiving.org
- Midland, TX
- warrengiving.org