Public Charity

BUDDY HOLLY HALL

BUDDY HOLLY HALL is a Public Charity headquartered in LUBBOCK, TX. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $9.3M revenue, $14.1M expenses, $161.7M total assets. 22 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 461912406 LUBBOCK, TX Performing Arts Centers NTEE: A61 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.3M
Total Expenses$14.1M
Total Assets$161.7M
Grant Records22
Funding Total$1.1M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

BUDDY HOLLY HALL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS LUBBOCK ENTERTAINMENT AND PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION (LEPAA), A TEXAS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, ENVISIONS A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY PERSON EXPERIENCES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE ARTS. BUDDY HOLLY HALL BUILDS COMMUNITY THROUGH EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCES, CREATIVE COLLABORATION, AND INCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND EDUCATION. BUDDY HOLLY HALL'S VALUES DICTATE THAT WE TREAT OTHERS AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED, FOSTER THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR REGION, OPERATE SUSTAINABLY AND EFFICIENTLY IN ALL ENDEAVORS, AND BUILD STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

Where $100 goes at Buddy Holly Hall

How Buddy Holly Hall divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$94 Programs the work itself
$2 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $94 for programs

$94
The Buddy Holly Hall brought more than 250,000 visitors to downtown Lubbock: 115 commercial productions in helen devitt jones theater; 181 events in crickets theater
100% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 250,000 visitors; 115 productions; 181 events
<$1
Buddy Holly Hall held its fourth annual buddy holly songwriters retreat and concert in 2024
0% of program spending
<$1
The kodaly institute symposium workshop provides professional development and internationally-acclaimed music education instruction to the 70 area professionals
About 0% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$76,000
2024
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION WITH ITS SONGWRITERS RETREAT AND SHOWCASE CONCERT
$8,565
2023
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$81,000
2023
TO ASSIST WITH TRAINING FOR SONGWRITER SEMINARS AT BHH
$20,000
2023
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION WITH ITS ANNUAL SONGWRITERS RETREAT AND SHOWCASE CONCERT
$19,847

Showing up to 5 of 22 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Ashley Cash
VICE CHAIRMAN Beth Bridges
DIRECTOR Carolyn Wilkerson
DIRECTOR Cesar Deleon
DIRECTOR Claire Leavell
CHAIRMAN Daniel Pope

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$846,334 9 grants
Arts & Culture
$153,912 5 grants
Economic Development
$32,630 1 grant
Training & Professional Development
$20,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$69,273 6 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.3M $14.1M $161.7M
2024 $12.4M $12.3M $168.7M
2023 $7.7M $11.5M $171.2M
2022 $38.9M $11.7M $183.0M
2021 $4.0M $8.5M $185.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.0M to $9.3M (+133%), with total assets most recently reported at $161.7M.

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