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    Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust

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    POST, TX8064953570EIN: 75-63057613 filings on record

    About Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust

    The Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust concentrates giving in West Texas higher education, regional healthcare, and faith-based scholarship support. Its grants combine multi‑year or repeat commitments to a handful of local institutions (notably Texas Tech and area medical centers) with smaller gifts for public broadcasting, arts programming, and hospital fundraising. The foundation favors place-based investments that support student scholarships, community health campaigns, and cultural/educational programming tied to local institutions.

    Focus Areas

    Undergraduate and graduate scholarships for West Texas students (including faith‑affiliated scholarship funds)Support for regional hospital fundraising and children's medical campaigns (University Medical Center/Children's Miracle Network)Capacity and program support for Texas Tech initiatives (public broadcasting KTTZ, museum teaching artists, scholarship funds)Local cultural and educational programming in Lubbock/Post area (public TV, museum arts education)

    Who They Fund

    children and youthstudents/scholars (scholarship recipients)families (including low-income families)

    About Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust

    A $100,000 Passion Campaign gift to University Medical Center Foundation in 2025 stands out in the Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust’s recent record, showing how the trust pairs large anchor grants with steady local support. The trust backs West Texas higher education, regional healthcare, scholarship funds, and community institutions tied to Post and Lubbock. Its giving also reaches public broadcasting, museum programming, emergency services, and faith-based education support. Recent grants show a pattern of concentrating resources around a small set of recurring recipients. Texas Tech Foundation received support for KTTZ public broadcasting, scholarships, and a museum teaching artists program. Presbyterian Church Education Fund received multiple scholarship grants. Community Recovery Center received both operating support and funding for drug and alcohol education. The trust also supported children's health and hospital fundraising through UMC and St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, alongside local cultural and service organizations such as Os Ranch Foundation, Lubbock Public Media, and Post-garza County Ems. These grants reflect a place-based funder that uses a mix of program support, operating support, and scholarship funding to reinforce institutions serving the region.

    What Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust Funds

    Higher education is a central theme. The trust gave $70,000 to Texas Tech Foundation in 2025 for KTTZ - Channel 5 Public Broadcasting System, scholarships, and the Museum-Teaching Artists Program, and it also gave $75,000 and $50,000 to Presbyterian Church Education Fund for scholarships in 2023 and 2024. Healthcare support appears through multiple channels. In 2025, Community Health Center of Lubbock received $25,738 for dental equipment, and Community Recovery Center received $25,500 for general operations. The trust also funds youth and family services. Buckner Foundation received $40,000 in 2023, $40,000 in 2024, and $40,000 in 2025 for the Family Pathways Project and Family Hope Center. In substance-use prevention and education, Community Recovery Center received $22,500 in 2023 and $22,500 in 2024 for operating expenses and drug and alcohol educational programs.

    How Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust Gives

    Typical grant size is modest but not small: the p25 is $3,500, the median is $7,500, and the p75 is $22,500. That distribution sits alongside a few larger awards, including six-figure gifts to hospital fundraising efforts and repeated $40,000 and $70,000 commitments to regional institutions. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off; several recipients appear across multiple years, including Texas Tech Foundation, Presbyterian Church Education Fund, Buckner Foundation, Community Recovery Center, St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, and Os Ranch Foundation. The trust appears to give directly to organizations rather than through an open application program, and it does not fund individuals.

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $1.3M

    Total Assets

    $9.6M

    Total Revenue

    $799K

    Total Expenses

    $687K

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $4K and $23K, with a median of $8K.

    25th Percentile

    $4K

    Median

    $8K

    75th Percentile

    $23K

    Geographic Reach

    Local4 states funded

    About 91% of grants go to recipients in TX.

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    patients/clients of hospice and healthcare services
    general community served by public media and food pantries
    first responders/ emergency units

    Giving Approach

    Concentrated, place-based giving: a small number of relatively large grants (three ~100k+ awards) to repeat institutional grantees, supplemented by several modest gifts for events, campaigns, and program support.

    Funding Style

    operational/general operating supportscholarships/education fundingemergency/COVID-19 relief and responseprogram-specific/project grantscapital/equipment funding

    Notable grantees: Texas Tech Foundation, Presbyterian Church Education Fund, UMC Foundation / University Medical Center Foundation, KTTZ (Texas Tech public broadcasting) - via Texas Tech Foundation

    Topics

    youth development and 4-H programsarts, museums, and public exhibitionshealthcare services (hospice, dental equipment)food security and mobile pantry programspublic broadcasting and mediasubstance abuse prevention and education

    Where Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust Makes Grants

    The trust’s giving is overwhelmingly Texas-based, with 91% of grants going to recipients in its HQ state. Post and Lubbock are the main nodes, with repeated grants to organizations in both cities. Outside Texas, the only recipient country shown is the United States, and the recent-grants list also includes one recipient in Memphis and one in Houston. That geographic pattern matches a local funder focused on West Texas institutions rather than broad national grantmaking.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust

    What are the main areas Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust supports?

    Its recent grants center on higher education scholarships, regional healthcare, public broadcasting, family services, and community education. Examples include scholarships through Presbyterian Church Education Fund, KTTZ public broadcasting and museum teaching artists support through Texas Tech Foundation, and health-related support for UMC Foundation and Community Health Center of Lubbock.

    Does Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust make recurring grants?

    Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Texas Tech Foundation in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Presbyterian Church Education Fund in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Buckner Foundation in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Community Recovery Center in 2023 and 2024.

    What is the typical grant size?

    The distribution is centered on smaller grants: p25 is $3,500, median grant size is $7,500, and p75 is $22,500. The recent record also includes larger awards, such as $70,000 and $102,500, but those are above the upper quartile.

    Where does the trust give most often?

    It gives most often in Texas, which accounts for 91% of grants. Recent recipients are concentrated in Post and Lubbock, with additional Texas grants in Houston.

    Does Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust fund individuals or use program-related investments?

    No. The trust does not fund individuals, and it does not make program-related investments.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    UMC FOUNDATIONLUBBOCK, TX$102,5002025CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK $2,500; PASSION CAMPAIGN $100,000
    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATIONBOX, TX$70,0002025KTTZ - CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM $20,000; SCHOLARSHIPS $30,000; MUSEUM-TEACHING ARTISTS PROGRAM $20,000
    BUCKNER FOUNDATION CO MYNDI EASTERLUBBOCK, TX$40,0002025FAMILY PATHWAYS PROJECT $20,000; FAMILY HOPE CENTER $20,000
    POST-GARZA COUNTY EMSPOST, TX$40,0002025FIRST RESPONDER UNIT
    OS RANCH FOUNDATIONPOST, TX$40,0002025MUSEUM
    COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCKLUBBOCK, TX$25,7382025DENTAL EQUIPMENT
    COMMUNITY RECOVERY CENTERPOST, TX$25,5002025GENERAL OPERATIONS
    ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITALMEMPHIS, TN$25,0002025RESEARCH & EDUCATION PROGRAMS
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EDUCATION FUNDPOST, TX$20,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    LUBBOCK PUBLIC MEDIALUBBOCK, TX$15,0002025RADIO STATION
    GARZA COUNTY TRAILBLAZERSPOST, TX$10,0002025GENERAL OPERATIONS
    POST ALCOHOL RECOVERY CENTERPOST, TX$7,5002025RECIPIENT DISCRETION
    CAPROCK CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONPOST, TX$6,0002025GENERAL OPERATIONS
    POST CITY FESTIVALSPOST, TX$5,0002025RECIPIENT DISCRETION
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LUBBOCKLUBBOCK, TX$5,0002025PARENT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
    ALCOHOLIC RECOVERY CENTERLUBBOCK, TX$5,0002025GENERAL OPERATIONS
    MUSEUM OF TTU ASSOCIATIONLUBBOCK, TX$5,0002025ART OF LLANO ESTACADO EXHIBIT
    SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANKLUBBOCK, TX$4,8002025MOBILE PANTRY PROGRAM
    UNIVERSITY OF THE OZARKSCLARKSVILLE, AR$3,5002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    GARZA COUNTYPOST, TX$3,0002025SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAMS
    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 11807LUBBOCK, TX$3,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    GARZA COUNTY JR LIVESTOCKPOST, TX$2,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONLUBBOCK, TX$102,5002024COVID 19 FIGHT $2,500; 20 UMC GALA $3,000
    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATIONLUBBOCK, TX$68,0002024KTTZ-CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EDUCATION FUNDPOST, TX$50,0002024SCHOLARSHIPS
    BUCKNER FOUNDATIONLUBBOCK, TX$40,0002024FAMILY PATHWAYS PROJECT $20,000; FAMILY HOPE CENTER $20,000
    ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITALMEMPHIS, TN$25,0002024CHARITABLE
    RANCHING HERITAGE ASSOCLUBBOCK, TX$22,5002024CHARITABLE
    COMMUNITY RECOVERY CENTERPOST, TX$22,5002024OPERATING EXPENSES $500; DRUG & ALCOHOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS $20,000
    OS RANCH FOUNDATIONPOST, TX$10,5002024CHARITABLE
    GARZA COUNTY TRAILBLAZERSPOST, TX$10,0002024OPERATING EXPENSES
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIESLUBBOCK, TX$10,0002024COVID 19 OPERATIONAL
    COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERLUBBOCK, TX$10,0002024COVID 19 OPERATIONAL $25,0000; COVID 19 SPONSOR $1,000
    POST ANIMAL REFUGE CENTERPOST, TX$7,5002024OPERATING EXPENSES
    ALCOHOLIC RECOVERY CENTERLUBBOCK, TX$5,0002024DISCRETIONARY USE
    MUSEUM OF TTU ASSOCIATIONLUBBOCK, TX$5,0002024ART OF LLANO ESTACADO EXHIBIT
    CROSSVIEW CHRISTIAN CAMPDICKENS, TX$4,0002024CHARITABLE
    GARZA COUNTYPOST, TX$4,00020244-H YOUTH PROGRAM $250
    PLEASANT HOME BAPTIST CHURCHPOST, TX$4,0002024OPERATING EXPENSES
    POST CITY FESTIVALSPOST, TX$3,5002024OPERATING EXPENSES
    CAPROCK CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONPOST, TX$3,0002024PARKING LOT PROJECT.
    OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCHLUBBOCK, TX$3,0002024SCHOLARSHIPS
    SAMARITANS PURSEBOONE, NC$2,5002024OPERATIONAL USE
    SALVATION ARMYLUBBOCK, TX$1,5002024OPERATIONAL USE
    POST ART GUILD INCPOST, TX$5002024SPRING ART SHOW & EXHIBIT MEMORIAL
    CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICELUBBOCK, TX$5002024NIGHT TO REMEMBER FUNDRAISER
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EDUCATION FUNDPOST, TX$75,0002023SCHOLARSHIPS
    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATIONLUBBOCK, TX$65,0002023KTTZ-CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM
    BUCKNER FOUNDATIONLUBBOCK, TX$40,0002023FAMILY PATHWAYS PROJECT $20,000; FAMILY HOPE CENTER $20,000
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CENTERHOUSTON, TX$25,0002023RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

    UMC FOUNDATION

    $102,500
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK $2,500; PASSION CAMPAIGN $100,000

    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION

    $70,000
    BOX, TX2025

    KTTZ - CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM $20,000; SCHOLARSHIPS $30,000; MUSEUM-TEACHING ARTISTS PROGRAM $20,000

    BUCKNER FOUNDATION CO MYNDI EASTER

    $40,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    FAMILY PATHWAYS PROJECT $20,000; FAMILY HOPE CENTER $20,000

    POST-GARZA COUNTY EMS

    $40,000
    POST, TX2025

    FIRST RESPONDER UNIT

    OS RANCH FOUNDATION

    $40,000
    POST, TX2025

    MUSEUM

    COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK

    $25,738
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    DENTAL EQUIPMENT

    COMMUNITY RECOVERY CENTER

    $25,500
    POST, TX2025

    GENERAL OPERATIONS

    ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

    $25,000
    MEMPHIS, TN2025

    RESEARCH & EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EDUCATION FUND

    $20,000
    POST, TX2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    LUBBOCK PUBLIC MEDIA

    $15,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    RADIO STATION

    GARZA COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS

    $10,000
    POST, TX2025

    GENERAL OPERATIONS

    POST ALCOHOL RECOVERY CENTER

    $7,500
    POST, TX2025

    RECIPIENT DISCRETION

    CAPROCK CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

    $6,000
    POST, TX2025

    GENERAL OPERATIONS

    POST CITY FESTIVALS

    $5,000
    POST, TX2025

    RECIPIENT DISCRETION

    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LUBBOCK

    $5,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    PARENT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

    ALCOHOLIC RECOVERY CENTER

    $5,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    GENERAL OPERATIONS

    MUSEUM OF TTU ASSOCIATION

    $5,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    ART OF LLANO ESTACADO EXHIBIT

    SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK

    $4,800
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    MOBILE PANTRY PROGRAM

    UNIVERSITY OF THE OZARKS

    $3,500
    CLARKSVILLE, AR2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    GARZA COUNTY

    $3,000
    POST, TX2025

    SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAMS

    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 11807

    $3,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    GARZA COUNTY JR LIVESTOCK

    $2,000
    POST, TX2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION

    $102,500
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    COVID 19 FIGHT $2,500; 20 UMC GALA $3,000

    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION

    $68,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    KTTZ-CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM

    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EDUCATION FUND

    $50,000
    POST, TX2024

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    BUCKNER FOUNDATION

    $40,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    FAMILY PATHWAYS PROJECT $20,000; FAMILY HOPE CENTER $20,000

    ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

    $25,000
    MEMPHIS, TN2024

    CHARITABLE

    RANCHING HERITAGE ASSOC

    $22,500
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    CHARITABLE

    COMMUNITY RECOVERY CENTER

    $22,500
    POST, TX2024

    OPERATING EXPENSES $500; DRUG & ALCOHOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS $20,000

    OS RANCH FOUNDATION

    $10,500
    POST, TX2024

    CHARITABLE

    GARZA COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS

    $10,000
    POST, TX2024

    OPERATING EXPENSES

    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES

    $10,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    COVID 19 OPERATIONAL

    COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

    $10,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    COVID 19 OPERATIONAL $25,0000; COVID 19 SPONSOR $1,000

    POST ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER

    $7,500
    POST, TX2024

    OPERATING EXPENSES

    ALCOHOLIC RECOVERY CENTER

    $5,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    DISCRETIONARY USE

    MUSEUM OF TTU ASSOCIATION

    $5,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    ART OF LLANO ESTACADO EXHIBIT

    CROSSVIEW CHRISTIAN CAMP

    $4,000
    DICKENS, TX2024

    CHARITABLE

    GARZA COUNTY

    $4,000
    POST, TX2024

    4-H YOUTH PROGRAM $250

    PLEASANT HOME BAPTIST CHURCH

    $4,000
    POST, TX2024

    OPERATING EXPENSES

    POST CITY FESTIVALS

    $3,500
    POST, TX2024

    OPERATING EXPENSES

    CAPROCK CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

    $3,000
    POST, TX2024

    PARKING LOT PROJECT.

    OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH

    $3,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    SAMARITANS PURSE

    $2,500
    BOONE, NC2024

    OPERATIONAL USE

    SALVATION ARMY

    $1,500
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    OPERATIONAL USE

    POST ART GUILD INC

    $500
    POST, TX2024

    SPRING ART SHOW & EXHIBIT MEMORIAL

    CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICE

    $500
    LUBBOCK, TX2024

    NIGHT TO REMEMBER FUNDRAISER

    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EDUCATION FUND

    $75,000
    POST, TX2023

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION

    $65,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2023

    KTTZ-CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM

    BUCKNER FOUNDATION

    $40,000
    LUBBOCK, TX2023

    FAMILY PATHWAYS PROJECT $20,000; FAMILY HOPE CENTER $20,000

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CENTER

    $25,000
    HOUSTON, TX2023

    RESEARCH AND EDUCATION