Spears Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Lubbock, TX · EIN 75-2445912 · reported 2023–2025
40grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$2,000smallest grant
$409Ktotal paid
6states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 23 of its 40 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $195K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
3506 Ross Ave
Lubbock, TX 79407-1122
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Generation Next | Lake Dallas, TX | $40,000 |
| Pre-Born | Indianapolis, IN | $35,000 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $20,000 |
| Texas Baptist Missions Foundation | Dallas, TX | $20,000 |
| Texas Baptist Missions Foundation | Dallas, TX | $20,000 |
| Pre-Born | Indianapolis, IN | $18,000 |
| Pre-Born | Indianapolis, IN | $17,000 |
| First Baptist Church | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | Shawnee, OK | $10,000 |
| Redeemer Church | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $10,000 |
| First Baptist Church | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | Shawnee, OK | $10,000 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $10,000 |
| Generation Next | Lake Dallas, TX | $10,000 |
| Texas Baptist Missions Foundation | Dallas, TX | $10,000 |
| Children's Bereavement Center | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 |
| Dallas Baptist University | Dallas, TX | $10,000 |
| First Baptist Church | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | Shawnee, OK | $10,000 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $10,000 |
| Generation Next | Lake Dallas, TX | $10,000 |
| Children's Bereavement Center | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 |
| Intn'l Fwshp of Christians & Jews | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Wayland Baptist University | Lubbock, TX | $5,005 |
| Murphy Ministries | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 |
| Wayland Baptist University | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 |
| Baptist University of the Americas | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 |
| Murphy Ministries | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 |
| Wayland Baptist University | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 |
| Redeemer Church | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 |
| Baptist University of the Americas | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 |
| Murphy Ministries | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 |
| Redeemer Church | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 |
| Baptist University of the Americas | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $5,000 |
| Peo Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $3,365 |
| Partners in Development Worldwide | Lubbock, TX | $2,000 |
| Partners in Development Worldwide | Lubbock, TX | $2,000 |
| Partners in Development Worldwide | Lubbock, TX | $2,000 |
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