The Fred & Louise Joachim Foundation concentrates its support on faith-affiliated education and local community services, favoring a small number of repeat recipients. Grants are dominated by contributions to a Baptist university and a local private school, with additional funding directed to spiritual outreach and infant safety programs. The foundation appears to prioritize faith-based schooling and practical, locally focused human services in and around Lubbock, TX.
A recurring pattern defines the Fred & Louise Joachim Foundation C/o Don Williams: large grants to faith-affiliated education alongside support for local ministries and practical community services. Wayland Baptist University received $30,000 in 2023, followed by $20,000 in both 2024 and 2025, showing sustained backing for Baptist higher education. The foundation also gave Top of the Hill School $27,000 in 2024 and $20,000 in 2025, which places a local private school near the center of its giving. Other significant recent grants extend the same pattern into faith and service settings, including Share International at $25,000 in 2024 and Safe Haven Baby Box at $16,496 in 2025. That mix points to a funder that combines education, religious outreach, and targeted human services rather than spreading gifts broadly across many unrelated fields. The recipient list also includes church-based groups, scholarship-related funds, and local civic organizations, reinforcing a grantmaking style built around a small set of closely aligned organizations and programs.
Baptist higher education is one of the clearest themes in the foundation’s recent giving. Wayland Baptist University received $30,000 in 2023 and $20,000 in each of the next two years. Local private schooling is another major thread: Top of the Hill School in Lubbock was awarded $27,000 in 2024 and $20,000 in 2025. The foundation also supports spiritual and religious outreach through Share International, which received $25,000 in 2024 and $20,000 in 2025. Its support for infant safety appears in a $16,496 grant to Safe Haven Baby Box in 2025, tying part of the portfolio to newborn protection and crisis-response infrastructure.
Typical grants are relatively modest but concentrated: the p25 is $1,000, the median is $1,875, and the p75 is $5,000. Even so, the foundation makes a few much larger gifts, which creates a split between routine support and larger institutional awards. Repeat recipients are common across the recent record, with several organizations appearing in multiple years. The foundation appears to operate as a family-style private foundation rather than a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
$101K
$2.6M
$430K
$144K
Most grants fall between $1K and $5K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$5K
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Concentrated giving: relatively few, moderately large gifts with repeat grants to the same core grantees; largely local and faith-oriented beneficiaries rather than broad national grantmaking.
Notable grantees: Wayland Baptist University, Top of the Hill School, Share International, Safe Haven Baby Box
The foundation gives almost entirely in the United States, and 83% of grants go to recipients in Texas. Plainview and Lubbock appear repeatedly in the recent grants, alongside Wolfforth, Canyon, Fort Worth, Amarillo, and Lockney. Outside Texas, recent recipients include Woodburn, Indiana; St. Louis, Missouri; and Phoenix, Arizona. The giving footprint is local and Texas-centered, but it is not limited to the headquarters city alone.
The recent record centers on Baptist higher education, local private K–12 schooling in Lubbock, spiritual and religious outreach, infant safety, and crisis pregnancy services. Named recipients include Wayland Baptist University, Top of the Hill School, Share International, and Safe Haven Baby Box.
The grant-size distribution is small at the middle of the range: p25 is $1,000, median is $1,875, and p75 is $5,000. The foundation also makes larger outlier gifts, including several awards in the $20,000 to $30,000 range.
Yes. Wayland Baptist University appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Top of the Hill School appears in 2024 and 2025; Share International appears in 2024 and 2025; and Fathers in the Field appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Texas is the main giving state, accounting for 83% of grants. Recent Texas recipients include organizations in Plainview, Lubbock, Wolfforth, Canyon, Fort Worth, Amarillo, and Lockney.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY | PLAINVIEW, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| TOP OF THE HILL SCHOOL | LUBBOCK, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| SHARE INTERNATIONAL | WOLFFORTH, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX | WOODBURN, IN | $16,496 | 2025 | DONATION |
| WTSU | CANYON, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| I AM CHURCH | FORT WORTH, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| JOACHIM SCHOLORSHIP FUND | PLAINVIEW, TX | $4,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| PLAINVIEW LIONS CLUB | PLAINVIEW, TX | $1,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| THE VINE | AMARILLO, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| THE SILVER STAR ROOM | PLAINVIEW, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| FATHERS IN THE FIELD | PHOENIX, AZ | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| LOCKNEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | LOCKNEY, TX | $500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| LEGAL AID OF NORTH TEXAS | PLAINVIEW, TX | $500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| TOP OF THE HILL SCHOOL | LUBBOCK, TX | $27,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| SHARE INTERNATIONAL | WOLFFORTH, TX | $25,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY | PLAINVIEW, TX | $20,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| JOACHIM SCHOLORSHIP FUND | PLAINVIEW, TX | $5,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| PLAINVIEW YMCA | PLAINVIEW, TX | $5,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| I AM CHURCH | FORT WORTH, TX | $3,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| CITY OF PLAINIVEW FIREMANS MEMORIAL | PLAINVIEW, TX | $2,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| COVENANT FOUNDATION | LUBBOCK, TX | $1,750 | 2024 | DONATION |
| FATHERS IN THE FIELD | PHOENIX, AZ | $1,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| INTERNATIONAL ISNTITUTE OF EVANGELI | ST LOUIS, MO | $1,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| PET PAWS | PLAINVIEW, TX | $500 | 2024 | DONATION |
| UNIVERSITY MEDICA CENTER BREAST CAN | LUBBOCK, TX | $400 | 2024 | DONATION |
| WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY | PLAINVIEW, TX | $30,000 | 2023 | DONATION |
| JOACHIM SCHOOL FUND | PLAINVIEW, TX | $5,000 | 2023 | DONATION |
| I AM CHURCH | PLAINVIEW, TX | $1,000 | 2023 | DONATION |
| FATHERS IN THE FIELD | PHOENIX, AZ | $1,000 | 2023 | DONATION |
| LEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS | PLAINVIEW, TX | $1,000 | 2023 | DONATION |
| PLAINVIEW EDUCATION FOUNDATION | PLAINVIEW, TX | $375 | 2023 | DONATION |
TOP OF THE HILL SCHOOL
$20,000DONATION
SHARE INTERNATIONAL
$20,000DONATION
SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX
$16,496DONATION
WTSU
$10,000DONATION
I AM CHURCH
$5,000DONATION
JOACHIM SCHOLORSHIP FUND
$4,500DONATION
PLAINVIEW LIONS CLUB
$1,500DONATION
THE VINE
$1,000DONATION
THE SILVER STAR ROOM
$1,000DONATION
LOCKNEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
$500DONATION
LEGAL AID OF NORTH TEXAS
$500DONATION
TOP OF THE HILL SCHOOL
$27,000DONATION
SHARE INTERNATIONAL
$25,000DONATION
JOACHIM SCHOLORSHIP FUND
$5,000DONATION
PLAINVIEW YMCA
$5,000DONATION
I AM CHURCH
$3,000DONATION
CITY OF PLAINIVEW FIREMANS MEMORIAL
$2,000DONATION
INTERNATIONAL ISNTITUTE OF EVANGELI
$1,000DONATION
PET PAWS
$500DONATION
UNIVERSITY MEDICA CENTER BREAST CAN
$400DONATION
JOACHIM SCHOOL FUND
$5,000DONATION
I AM CHURCH
$1,000DONATION
LEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS
$1,000DONATION
PLAINVIEW EDUCATION FOUNDATION
$375DONATION