The Amarillo College Foundation
The Amarillo College Foundation is a non-profit and tax-exempt foundation which seeks to promote excellence at amarillo college.
The Amarillo College Foundation at a glance
In short: The Amarillo College Foundation gave $6.5M across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $3.3M), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $6,522,482
- +731.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $3,261,241
- +731.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $3,261,241
- Total assets
- $92,987,839
- +2.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The Amarillo College Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Baptist Community Services ($16K).
Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($6,506,863), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
10 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 10 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How The Amarillo College Foundation gives
- Giving grew 9890% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $65K (2022) to $6.5M (2025). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $6.5M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 grant to individuals Recipients not named | — | $6,506,863 |
| Baptist Community Services Amarillo, TX | Educational Program | $15,619 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $92,987,839 | $6,985,898 | $9,657,398 | $6,522,482 | 2 | $4,685,875 |
| 2024 | $91,183,526 | $8,950,397 | $4,220,126 | $784,429 | 2 | $6,065,046 |
| 2023 | $80,147,664 | $12,503,294 | $3,932,203 | $494,111 | 2 | $2,280,121 |
| 2022 | $65,720,655 | $3,740,660 | $3,231,337 | $65,293 | 2 | $-1,468,159 |
| 2021 | $75,165,008 | $18,796,442 | $2,434,445 | $205,484 | 2 | $2,085,991 |
| 2020 | $48,733,904 | $2,918,881 | $2,384,179 | $366,821 | 2 | $787,918 |
| 2019 | $42,524,565 | $2,830,989 | $2,361,271 | $357,578 | 2 | $916,454 |
About The Amarillo College Foundation
Based on IRS filings
The Amarillo College Foundation is a public charity, based in Amarillo, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $93.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $6.5M. Net investment income was $4.7M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Amarillo College Foundation is led by Christine Skinner, Interim President on every filing since 2024; none of the 27 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Christine Skinner
Interim President
On filings since 2024
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jamelle Connor
Ac President
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John T. McElyea
Chairman
Secretary → Vice Chairman, 2022
Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Courtney Vanderham
Director
On filings since 2020
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Darnell
Director
On filings since 2020
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sheila Sims
Director
On filings since 2020
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lesley Ingham
Director & Faculty Representative
Director & Fac → Director & Faculty Representative, 2023
On filings since 2021
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Gibson
Director
On filings since 2021
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bekah McWhorter
Director
On filings since 2022
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alicia Raffkind
Director
On filings since 2023
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Connie Wootton
Director
On filings since 2023
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joan Urban
Director
On filings since 2023
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrick Lovelady
Director
On filings since 2023
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Terry
Director
On filings since 2024
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Titiana D. Frausto
Director
On filings since 2024
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Frederick
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julia Pierce
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marcus Smith
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stacy Sanning
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Trey Wilkinson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Sharp
Vice President of Business Affairs & Treasurer
Treasurer → Director & Treasurer, 2024
Director & Treasurer → Vice President of Business Affairs & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Dougherty
COO
Co-Executive → COO, 2021
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Bill Sherrod
Vice President Inst. Advancement
Vice President Inst. Advisor → Vice President Inst. Advancement, 2023
On filings since 2020
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Johnny Mize
Ac Board Regent
Director & Ac Board → Director & Ac Board Regent, 2023
Director & Ac Board Regent → Ac Board Regent, 2025
On filings since 2021
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Shaffer
Vice Chairman
Director → Secretary, 2022
Secretary → Vice Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2021
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Regan Caviness
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michele Fortunato
Ac Board Regent
Director → Ac Board Regent, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (37)
- Former: Chris Jensen (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Emily Hall (2019–2024) — Chairman
- Former: Greg Graham (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Jentry Williams (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Alfonso Zambrano (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Nicki Crump (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Russell Lowery-Hart (2019–2023) — Director & Ac President
- Former: Bowden Jones Jr. (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Sally Jennings (2022–2023) — Director & Ac Board Regent
- Former: Robin Malone Partial Year (2023) — Director
- Former: Jason Velky (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jay Barrett (2019–2022) — Director & Ac Board
- Former: Wendi Swope (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Daniel Cramer (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: John Bub Kritser Jr. (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Wesley Dyess (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Robin Malone (2022) — Director & Fac
- Former: Dan Ferguson PhD (2019–2021) — Director & Fac
- Former: Daniel Henke (2019–2021) — Director & Ac Board
- Former: Dusty Barrick (2019–2021) — Chairman
- Former: Katie Oppliger (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Lorraine Wilhelm (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Wes Reeves (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Betty Peyton Bivins (2020–2021) — Major Gifts
- Former: Andrew Hay (2021) — Director
- Former: David Woodburn DDS (2019–2020) — Director & Ac Board
- Former: James Austin (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Kathy Dowdy (2019–2020) — Co-Executive
- Former: Kyle Lewis (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Laresa Chesley (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Mark White (2019–2020) — Director, Ac Executive Vice President & G
- Former: Steve Smith (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Tiffany Martin (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Whitt Holder (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Tiffani Crosley (2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Stuart West (2019) — Director
- Former: Trevor Caviness (2019) — Chairman
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about The Amarillo College Foundation
How much does The Amarillo College Foundation give each year?
The Amarillo College Foundation gave $6.5M across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $784K across 2 grants.
How large is The Amarillo College Foundation?
The Amarillo College Foundation reported $93.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.0M.
Where does The Amarillo College Foundation operate?
The Amarillo College Foundation has awarded grants in Texas.
What is The Amarillo College Foundation's EIN?
The Amarillo College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-6029084. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 2, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 29, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 21, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 8, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 20, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 2, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 10, 2025)
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