Public Charity

Lydia Patterson Institute

Lydia Patterson Institute is a Public Charity headquartered in El Paso, TX. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.7M revenue, $3.5M expenses, $11.2M total assets. 22 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $498K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 741142840 El Paso, TX Secondary & High Schools NTEE: B25 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.7M
Total Expenses$3.5M
Total Assets$11.2M
Grant Records22
Funding Total$498K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO REPRESENT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. TO PROVIDE QUALITY BI-LINGUAL, CROSS-CULTURAL ACADEMIC EDUCATION. TO PROVIDE A CENTER WHERE LOCAL CHURCH LEADERS, CLERGY AND LAY, MAY RECEIVE TRAINING EXPERIENCE IN EFFECTING CHRISTIAN WITNESS AND MINISTRY, AND TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

Where $100 goes at Lydia Patterson Institute

How Lydia Patterson Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$75 Programs the work itself
$22 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $75 for programs

$75
Educational services
All program spending
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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.

Officers & Directors

Trustee Alan Herndon
Trustee Barbara Dorff
Trustee Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey
Trustee Bishop James Nunn
Trustee Bishop Joel Martinez
Trustee Bishop Robert Schnase

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Religion & Spirituality
$201,063 2 grants
General Support
$193,772 10 grants
Education
$69,000 5 grants
Health & Medicine
$10,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$24,000 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.7M $3.5M $11.2M
2024 $3.2M $3.9M $11.8M
2023 $3.3M $2.9M $11.9M
2022 $4.0M $3.0M $11.4M
2021 $3.2M $2.5M $11.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.2M to $3.7M (+17%), with total assets most recently reported at $11.2M.

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