Open Foundations · New Mexico

Lea County Electric Education Foundation

Lovington, New Mexico · EIN 850351147. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $404K across 52 grants in 2025, a median of $8K each.

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$404K
paid in 2025
52
grants paid
$8K
median grant
100%
to first-time recipients
$4.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
LEA COUNTY ELECTRIC EDUCATION FOUND
Address
PO DRAWER 1447, LOVINGTON, NM, 88260
Phone
5753963631
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY MAIL TO THE LEA COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE OFFICE AT P.O. BOX 1447, LOVINGTON, NM 88260, OR SUBMITTED IN PERSON TO ANY LCEC OFFICE. THE APPLICATION SHOULD INCUDE THE FOLLOWING: COMPLETED AND SIGNED SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION, ONE LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT, ACT OR SAT SCORE VERIFICATION, A LIST OF ALL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVIES, A CURRENT PHOTO, AND A 250-WORD TYPED ESSAY ON WHO THE APPLICANT IS AND WHAT THE APPLICANT'S PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS ARE.
Submission deadline
THIRD FRIDAY IN JANUARY.
Restrictions on awards
THE FOUNDATION WILL AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OR DEPENDENT OF A AN ACTIVE MEMBER RESIDING WITHIN A COUNTY SERVED BY LCEC; A GRADUATING SENIOR IN THE CURRENT YEAR FROM AN ACCREDITED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL, HOMESCHOOLED, OR HAVE OBTAINED A NEW MEXICO/TEXAS GED OR EQUIVALENT WITHIN A COUNTY SERVED BY LCEC; ENTERING THE MILITARY WITHIN FOUR (4) MONTHS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION; AND 19 YEARS OF AGE OR LESS. RECIPIENTS OF THE ONE-TIME SCHOLARSHIP MAY USE THE $8,000 AWARD TO ATTEND ANY ACCREDITED UNITED STATES UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL INCLUDING ON-LINE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TOWARDS AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. APPLICANTS MUST ENROLL AS FULL-TIME STUDENTS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641429349100109. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 52 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Paola GallegosTX$8,375SCHOLARSHIP
2Alejandro PreciadoNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
3Alexis De HaroNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
4Alyse BenardNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
5America ValdiviezNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
6Amy MartinezNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
7Ava AmundsenNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
8Azul SalcidoNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
9Brailley RogersNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
10Brett BoylesTX$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
11Camon OchoaNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
12Collis ParkerNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
13Daniel PalaciosNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
14Daphne UtajaraNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
15Darby TuckerNM$8,000SCHOLARSHIP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202067$200K
202164$318K
202231$164K
202333$250K
202453$378K
2025 (partial year)52$404K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
New Mexico81%
Texas19%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

C J KinsolvingTRUSTEE · 2025
Charles GarnerTRUSTEE · 2025
Dan HardinSECRETARY - TREASURER · 2025
Jason SwannTRUSTEE · 2025
John GrahamPRESIDENT · 2025
Kenny WallaceTRUSTEE · 2025
Randall MccormickTRUSTEE · 2025
Robert CaudleVICE-PRESIDENT · 2025
Travis GlennTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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