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West Texas Food Bank

Public charity · Grantmaker Odessa, TX EIN: 75-2057692 Website

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face of hunger.

West Texas Food Bank at a glance

In short: West Texas Food Bank gave $17.1M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $17.1M), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$17,069,578
-16.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$17,069,578
-16.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$17,069,578
Total assets
$35,677,092
-2.8% 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 West Texas Food Bank funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Nonprofit organizations individuals: $17.1MNonprofit organizationsindividuals$17.1M

The largest 2025 recipient was Nonprofit organizations individuals ($17.1M).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M5$5M+

The most common grant size was $5M or more: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

West Texasin West TexasWest

How West Texas Food Bank gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+1%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10M$20M$30M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $8.9M (2019) to $20.4M (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $17.1M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Nonprofit organizations individuals West Texas, TXFeeding people$17,069,578
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$35,677,092$24,591,874$25,789,573$17,069,5781$3,735
2024$36,691,966$27,183,970$29,079,390$20,438,2211$189,184
2023$37,899,577$30,657,862$26,003,007$18,389,4341$127,562
2022$31,884,104$29,855,581$23,775,018$16,867,0231$68,076
2021$26,092,867$26,901,503$21,900,206$15,720,8831$60,671
2020$24,439,248$23,388,317$18,940,237$13,487,5761$73,478
2019$19,855,691$15,386,710$13,570,688$8,915,5591$65,561

About West Texas Food Bank

Based on IRS filings

West Texas Food Bank is a public charity, based in Odessa, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $35.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $17.1M. Net investment income was $4K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

West Texas Food Bank is led by Libby Stephens, CEO on every filing since 2024; 6 of 29 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Libby Stephens

    CEO

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $302K (2024) → $283K (2025)

  • Krysta Hadlock

    President

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    Secretary → President, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Boydstun

    Director of Impact & Strategy

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2022) → $147K (2025)

  • Mark Matthews

    Director of Operations

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $105K (2023) → $131K (2025)

  • Nancy Salcido

    Director of Human Resources

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $114K (2023) → $140K (2025)

  • Brentley Oden

    Director of Programs & Advocacy

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $125K (2024) → $144K (2025)

  • Courtney Wardlaw

    Director

    President → Past President, 2023

    Past President → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mariann Bagley

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • RJ Lopez

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amanda Day

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maritza Foss

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melanie Saiz

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mellissa Wicker

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ashley Akin

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chloe Buckley

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Even Thomas

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jessicka Gonzales

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Brown

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karmen Bryant

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kris Phillips

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lauren Kulbeth

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Mead

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thaimar Ramirez

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trey Fournier

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joey Ruiz

    CFO

    COO → CEO, 2023

    CEO → CFO, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $118K (2019) → $207K (2025)

  • Eric Whitaker

    Past President

    Vice President → President, 2023

    President → Past President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jefferson Cox

    Treasurer

    President → Director, 2020

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Munoz

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • DaLacy Sleeper

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (36)
  • Former: Arturo Carrasco (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Gary Carlisle (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Lewis Busbee (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Libby Campbell (2019–2023) — Executive Director
  • Former: Marc Kondrup (2019–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Mark Lowe (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Melanie Hollmann (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Ricky Holman (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Chloe Desjardins (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Justin Waldrop (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Marshall Roberts (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Mary Ann Martin (2023) — Director
  • Former: Molly Young (2023) — Director
  • Former: Alex Hester (2019–2022) — Past President
  • Former: Bernie Spears (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Eleazar Cano (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Leah Williams (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Maryann Martin (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Randy Ham (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Tatum Guinn (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Alyssa Owens (2022) — Director
  • Former: Rodney Hall (2022) — Director
  • Former: Stacy Grosse (2022) — Director
  • Former: Brian Whytlaw (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: David Dowd (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Dianne Williams (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Jones (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ezra Yacob (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Sally Kvasnicka (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Shelby Landgraf (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Toby Latham (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Amanda Ellis (2021) — Director of Development
  • Former: Kelly Dirden (2021) — Programs Director
  • Former: Alex Gibson (2019) — Director
  • Former: Chad Wheeler (2019) — Director
  • Former: R J Lopez (2019) — Secretary

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.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Libby Stephens — CEO: $283KLibby StephensCEO$283KJoey Ruiz — CFO: $207KJoey RuizCFO$207KKelly Boydstun — Director of Impact and Strategy: $147KKelly BoydstunDirector of Impact and Strategy$147KBrentley Oden — Director of Programs and Advocacy: $144KBrentley OdenDirector of Programs and…$144KNancy Salcido — Director of Human Resources: $140KNancy SalcidoDirector of Human Resources$140KMark Matthews — Director of Operations: $131KMark MatthewsDirector of Operations$131K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $283K, to Libby Stephens (CEO). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about West Texas Food Bank

How much does West Texas Food Bank give each year?

West Texas Food Bank gave $17.1M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $20.4M across 1 grant.

How large is West Texas Food Bank?

West Texas Food Bank reported $35.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $24.6M.

Where does West Texas Food Bank operate?

West Texas Food Bank has awarded grants in Texas.

What is West Texas Food Bank's EIN?

West Texas Food Bank's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-2057692. 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

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 24, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 12, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 3, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 20, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 9, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 25, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 14, 2026)

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