CH Foundation

What CH Foundation does

CH Foundation is a private charitable foundation established in 1969 by Christine DeVitt and headquartered in Lubbock, Texas. The foundation was funded at the time of DeVitt's death in October 1983, with its endowment derived from her inheritance of the Mallet Ranch and its associated oil royalties — the ranch, established in 1895 by her father David DeVitt, now encompasses roughly 50,000 acres of pasture and 5,000 acres of farmland in Hockley County and contains over 1,000 producing oil wells. Since inception, the foundation has distributed more than $212 million in grants back into the Lubbock area.

The foundation's mission is to improve human services and cultural and educational opportunities for residents of the South Plains of Texas. It funds initiatives driven by innovative, energetic leadership that are designed for long-term viability, with documented historical focus on children's development, education, and music/arts programs consistent with DeVitt's personal interests. Grant-making is conducted through a structured online application portal (grantinterface.com) with category-specific deadlines: May 1st for community grants, and April 1st for Texas Tech University/Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and other higher education requests.

Governance is provided by six trustees meeting at least quarterly. The foundation is supported by a small operating staff — Executive Director Sandy Ogletree, Program Officer Heather Hocker, and CFO Cheryl Sanford. The entity has no parent company, no subsidiaries, no technology products, and no disclosed revenue; it operates as an independent philanthropic foundation with a geographic mandate restricted to the South Plains of Texas.

Name

CH Foundation

Legal name

The CH Foundation

Website

https://www.chfoundationlubbock.com/

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CH Foundation is a private charitable foundation in Lubbock, Texas that distributes grants to improve human services, cultural, and educational opportunities for residents of the South Plains of Texas, funded by Christine DeVitt's Mallet Ranch oil royalty inheritance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Foundation / Philanthropic Grantmaking

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK), Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ)

Keywords

• Charitable grantmaking
• Community foundation
• Philanthropic grants
• Educational funding
• Human services grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Lubbock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The CH Foundation is a private charitable foundation that distributes grant funding to improve human services, cultural opportunities, and educational opportunities for residents of the South Plains of Texas. It accepts grant applications through an online portal, with separate deadlines for community grants, Texas Tech University/Texas Tech Health Sciences Center requests, and other higher education requests.

Product overview

CH Foundation is a charitable grant-making foundation, not a technology product company. It does not offer products or services in the traditional sense. The foundation's operations consist of providing grant funding to support human services, cultural, and educational initiatives for residents of the South Plains of Texas. The organization accepts grant applications through an online portal (grantinterface.com), with specific deadlines for community grants (May 1st), Texas Tech University/Texas Tech Health Sciences Center requests (April 1st), and other Higher Education requests (April 1st).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Grants Program

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Regional players

• Amarillo Area Foundation: A community foundation serving the Texas Panhandle with grantmaking, scholarships, and endowments for regional nonprofits. Comparable in operating model and West Texas regional focus to The CH Foundation.
• Abilene Community Foundation: A West Texas-focused community foundation managing donor-advised funds and grants to regional causes in education, health, and human services. Peer in mission and Texas regional footprint.
• Permian Basin Area Foundation: A West Texas/Permian Basin regional community foundation managing endowments and granting to local nonprofits, education, and human services causes. Comparable geographically and operationally to The CH Foundation's regional giving.
• San Angelo Area Foundation: A West Texas community foundation supporting education, health, and community causes in and around San Angelo. Comparable as a regionally constrained grantmaking foundation in Texas.

Broad incumbents

• The Meadows Foundation: One of the largest private foundations in Texas, supporting education, arts, and human services across the state. Comparable as a Texas-based private grantmaking foundation, though at significantly greater scale.
• Houston Endowment: A large Texas-based private foundation that funds education, civic, and human services initiatives across the state. Comparable in mission and funding priorities at much larger scale.
• Communities Foundation of Texas: A large Texas community foundation operating donor-advised funds and granting across North Texas. Comparable operating model at much larger scale.
• Sid W. Richardson Foundation: A Fort Worth-based private foundation also tracing its wealth to Texas oil and cattle heritage and funding education, human services, and the arts. Highly comparable funding-source profile to The CH Foundation's oil-royalty origins.
• Brown Foundation, Inc. A Houston-based private foundation supporting education, arts, and human services across Texas. Comparable as a large Texas-based grantmaking foundation with similar priority areas to CH Foundation's mission.

Direct peers

• Community Foundation of West Texas: A regional community foundation also based in Lubbock, Texas, granting to the South Plains region on human services, education, and civic causes. Directly comparable in geography, mission, and grantmaking model to The CH Foundation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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