Oldham Little Church Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your congregation is a small evangelical Protestant church of about 40 to 300 members and your project is a facility improvement such as a roof, heating and cooling, or accessibility work, the foundation's Facility Completion Grants fit your work.
- Parsonages, property purchases, leased buildings and items already bought or contracted are excluded.
- Most of its grants fall between $8,000 and $15,000, with a median of $12,500, so a request of that order for a specific item within the project is a realistic size to ask for.
- Start with a letter of intent, which is reviewed first, and only if it meets the foundation's criteria and the project could be considered does the full application open in the Applicant Dashboard; the filing gives no deadlines, so you can submit when the project is ready.
- Repeat recipients account for 11% of its grant dollars, so a first request from a church it has not funded before is not unusual for it.
Overview
Oldham Little Church Foundation is a US private foundation based in Houston, 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
The Foundation supports small evangelical Protestant churches with improvements to their facilities so that they may be a Gospel witness in their community and win souls for Jesus Christ. Its Facility Completion Grants support specific items within building repair, renovation or new-construction projects that help churches finish their work. Eligible projects are for church facilities, excluding parsonages, and may include roofs, heating and cooling, plumbing, electrical and lighting, doors and windows, parking lots, baptistries, flooring, accessibility, seating and steeples. Its stated criteria call for congregations generally between 40 and 300 members, growth in people led to Christ and attendance, strong financial stewardship, assets not exceeding $1 million, property in the church's name, and some savings towards the request.
Themes
- Church facility improvements
Geographic Focus
United States.
What They Don't Fund
- Individuals or vendors/contractors affiliated with the project
- The purchase of property, operational support, or debt-retirement
- Items that have previously been purchased or contracted
- Improvements to rented/leased facilities
- Churches outside the generally 40-to-300-member range
- Churches that do not reflect growth within previous twelve months, both in leading people to Christ/baptisms and in church attendance
- Churches without strong financial stewardship
- Churches with assets exceeding $1 million
- Churches whose property is not listed in the church name
- Churches with no funds saved toward the request
- Parsonages and facilities other than church facilities
How to apply
Submit an LOI for review. If it meets the Foundation's criteria and the project could be considered for a grant, Step 2, the application, opens in the Applicant Dashboard.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 11% 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 388 grants to organisations were $12,500 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The church generally has between 40 and 300 members.
- The church reflects growth in leading people to Christ and in attendance.
- The church reflects strong financial stewardship.
- The church's assets do not exceed $1 million.
- The church's property is listed in its name.
- The church has some funds saved towards the request.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 15%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 25%
- The largest single recipient received 1% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 11% of grant dollars went to organisations Oldham Little Church Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 129 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $14,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- South Union Missionary Baptist Church · A/V Equipment and Chairs (After Church Fire)$45,0002024 tax year
- Iglesia Real · New Roof$25,0002024 tax year
- Brookstone Church · Disaster Relief for Western Nc$25,0002024 tax year
- Houston Christian University · Grant to Honor Stewart Morris, Sr.$25,0002024 tax year
- Rio Grande Bible Institute · Furnishings / Appliances for Student Housing$20,0002024 tax year
- Freedom Worship Center · Mold Remediation$18,0002024 tax year
- As Our Own · Lighthouse Care Center$18,0002024 tax year
- Vine Street Baptist Church · New Windows$18,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- David Taylor — Director
- David Stutts — Director
- Kay Parker — Director
- Ralph T Hull — Director
- Rev Lee Hsia — Director
- Kris Peters — Assistant Secretary
- Rev Garry Blackmon — Secretary
- Stewart Morris Jr — Chairman
- Dr Paul Sanders — President / CEO / Treasurer
- Suzette Young — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,359,034 | $1,510,600 | $32,094,156 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,400,945 | $1,583,350 | $35,141,216 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,598,122 | $1,701,200 | $37,161,088 | 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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At a glance
Applying to Oldham Little Church Foundation?
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Contact
- (713) 275-1050
- Houston, TX
- oldhamlcf.org
Applying to Oldham Little Church Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (713) 275-1050
- Houston, TX
- oldhamlcf.org