ASCO Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- ASCO Foundation, based in Lubbock, TX, states no geographic focus and no grantmaking theme, and the filing describes its recorded grants as for general purposes, so a range of charitable work may suit it.
- Organisations that do not qualify as exempt under section 170(b)(1)(A) should not apply, since that is its stated eligibility limit.
- A modest request fits best: about 8 in 10 of its 66 grants to organisations fall between $2,500 and $110,000, and half were about $13,500 or less, although its largest grant was $1,000,000.
- Apply with a letter stating the amount requested and the purpose, as no deadlines are given, and note any earlier support, because 41% of its grant dollars in its latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings.
Overview
ASCO Foundation is a US private foundation based in Lubbock, TX.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings describe every recorded grant as for general purposes, with awards going to a varied group of Texas organisations. Recipients include schools and education foundations, hospital foundations, food banks, family-support and children’s advocacy organisations, university foundations, and civic and community groups. This gives a picture of diverse charitable recipients rather than a single concentrated field; the filing does not state a substantive grantmaking theme. Its application information limits eligibility to organisations qualifying as exempt under section 170(b)(1)(A), but provides no further description of preferred charitable work.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Texas.
How to apply
An organisation should submit a letter stating the amount requested and the purpose.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 41% 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 66 grants to organisations were about $13,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 31% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 41% of grant dollars went to organisations ASCO Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 23 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- All Saints School · General purpose$300,0002024 tax year
- Unbound Now · General purpose$173,4462024 tax year
- Harvest House Ministry · General purpose$100,0002024 tax year
- Childrens Advocacy Center · General purpose$76,5652024 tax year
- Breedlove Foods · General purpose$50,0002024 tax year
- For the Silent · General purpose$39,5002024 tax year
- Ernest Cecil Foundation · General purpose$33,1002024 tax year
- Amarillo Family Support Services · General purpose$31,1972024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Paula Wright Key — Trustee
- John Stephen Wright — Trustee
- WB Brax Wright — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,503,358 | $1,503,323 | $22,112,846 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $791,146 | $788,611 | $28,090,990 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,321,011 | $918,584 | $4,215,623 | 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
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- (806) 745-2000
- Lubbock, TX
Applying to ASCO Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (806) 745-2000
- Lubbock, TX