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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 75-6034058

M K Brown Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Pampa, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 31 grants and $493,625 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Leland Waters
PO Box 581
Pampa, TX 790660581
(806) 669-6890
Form and materials
See schedule b
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $493,625

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $9,964,382

  • Tax year 2023

    $235,800

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $7,220,753

  • Tax year 2022

    $260,181

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $6,631,362

  • Tax year 2021

    $322,500

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $7,867,177

  • Tax year 2020

    $273,000

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $8,150,237

  • Tax year 2019

    $256,700

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $6,767,376

  • Tax year 2018

    $288,500

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $6,050,048

Grants paid in 2024

31 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Pampa Youth and Community CenterPampa, TX

    Facility improvements

    $200,000
  2. Individual

    OPERATING EXPENSES FOR TX [individual] CHARITIES

    $60,000
  3. Golden Spread Council Boy ScoutsAmarillo, TX

    Operating expenses & septic systems

    $40,000
  4. Pampa Senior CitizensPampa, TX

    Operations & equipment purchase

    $20,000
  5. Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma PlainAmarillo, TX

    Operations

    $20,000
  6. West Texas A M UniversityCanyon, TX

    Scholarships

    $17,500
  7. Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TX

    Scholarships

    $15,000
  8. High Plains Food BankAmarillo, TX

    Rural operations

    $15,000
  9. Individual

    Operation

    $14,125
  10. Good Samaritan Christian ServicesPampa, TX

    Food for programs

    $10,000
  11. Pampa Meals on WheelsPampa, TX

    Program support

    $10,000
  12. University of TexasAustin, TX

    Scholarships

    $7,500
  13. Donley County Senior CitizensClarendon, TX

    Purchase operating equipment

    $5,000
  14. Individual

    Choir costumes for musical

    $5,000
  15. Salvation ArmyPampa, TX

    Electrical repairs

    $5,000
  16. Old Mobeetie TX AssnMobeetie, TX

    Operations

    $5,000
  17. Southside Senior Citizen CenterPampa, TX

    Operations

    $5,000
  18. Individual

    Operations

    $5,000
  19. Freedom Museum USAPampa, TX

    Operations

    $5,000
  20. Window on A Wider WorldAmarillo, TX

    Educational programming

    $3,000
  21. The Amarillo SymphonyAmarillo, TX

    Program support

    $2,500
  22. Clarendon College Pampa CenterPampa, TX

    Scholarships

    $2,500
  23. Individual

    Scholarships

    $2,500
  24. Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater, OK

    Scholarships

    $2,500
  25. Texas Panhandle Heritage FoundationCanyon, TX

    Operations

    $2,500
  26. Texas Women's UniversityDenton, TX

    Scholarships

    $2,500
  27. Navarro CollegeCorsicana, TX

    Scholarships

    $2,500
  28. The Well Steam and Literacy CenterPampa, TX

    Operations

    $2,500
  29. Pampa High School Choir Booster CluPampa, TX

    Operations

    $2,500
  30. Saint's Roost MuseumClarendon, TX

    Operations

    $2,500
  31. Southwest Diabetic FoundationGainesville, TX

    Financial aid for children attending camp

    $1,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services2 grants $15,00042% of the total
  2. Arts and culture4 grants $10,50030% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,00028% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas25 grants $404,500
  2. Oklahoma1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Leland W WatersChairman Hours 10Pay $15,000
  • Doug CarmichaelVICE CHMN Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ja JohnsonSEC/TREAS Hours 0Pay $0
  • Diane WatersASST SEC/TREAS Hours 20Pay $22,000

The return

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