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Anthony Family Foundation

Dallas, TX · EIN 75-2681504. Reported 97 grants totalling $1,445,817 to 58 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$1,445,817granted, 2021-2025
58recipients, as named on its returns
34%of grantees funded again the next year
$6,825,566assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Anthony Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $302,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
13 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
54 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
12 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
7 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TX$1,013,692552025
Literacy AchievesDallas, TX$100,000332023
Preston Hollow Presbyterian ChurchDallas, TX$35,600442025
Children of UgandaCharles Town, WV$31,000442024
Clean Air Task ForceBoston, MA$30,000112022
Givewell FoundationOakland, CA$30,000112021
Carpenter's ShelterAlexandria, VA$20,000112021
U Kirk SmuDallas, TX$12,500222023
City SquareDallas, TX$11,000112021
TracDallas, TX$10,000222025
Circle Ten Council Friends of ScoutingDallas, TX$8,500332024
Well CommunityDallas, TX$8,500332024
Big HopeFrisco, TX$7,500112021
John Austin Cheley FoundationDenver, CO$7,500222022
Ministry of HopeBlack Mountain, NC$7,500332023
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$7,000332024
Bryans HouseDallas, TX$5,500222022
Davis Phinney FoundationLouisville, CO$5,500222025
Afs USANew York, NY$5,000112022
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$5,000112021
Christ ChurchAlexandria, VA$5,000112021
Coastal Conservation AssociationHouston, TX$5,000112024
Family Place FoundationDallas, TX$5,000112021
Sri Siva Vishnu TempleLanham, MD$5,000112021
Crystal Charity BallDallas, TX$4,600442024
Dallas Symphony Association IncDallas, TX$3,900332025
Cotes Du CouerDallas, TX$3,500222023
KeraDallas, TX$3,500332023
Malawians in Texas OrganizationBigfoot, TX$3,300112024
Grace Point Family ChurchAnna, TX$3,000332023
Alcuin SchoolDallas, TX$2,500112021
Catch Up & ReadDallas, TX$2,500112021
Exodus MinistriesDallas, TX$2,500112023
Hope Supply CoDallas, TX$2,500112023
Hope Supply CompanyDallas, TX$2,500112021
Leap Global MissionsDallas, TX$2,500112021
Mosaic Family ServicesDallas, TX$2,500112023
One Man's TreasureRockwall, TX$2,500112021
Promise Hill ProjectColumbus, OH$2,500112025
TexprotectsDallas, TX$2,500112025
Rise Adaptive SportsGrapevine, TX$2,000112023
Tex ProtectsDallas, TX$2,000112021
Brookwood CommunityBrookshire, TX$1,500222023
Casady SchoolOklahoma City, OK$1,350332024
Fund for AlcuinDallas, TX$1,000112023
Grace PlaceAnna, TX$1,000112024
La Posada ProvidenciaSan Benito, TX$1,000112022
Lumin EducationDallas, TX$1,000112023
Mercy ShipsLindale, TX$1,000112025
The Mint FoundationDesoto, TX$1,000112021
To Be Like MeDallas, TX$1,000112021
Vickery Meadow Youth Development FoundationDallas, TX$1,000112021
Watermark Community ChurchDallas, TX$1,000112025
Fuqua School of BusinessDurham, NC$500112022
Undermain TheatreDallas, TX$500112022
Friends of the Katy TrailDallas, TX$350222023
Dallas Museum of ArtDallas, TX$275112023
Heifer InternationalLittle Rock, AR$250112021

21 of 58 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 34%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 63 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
12 grants
Education
9 grants
International Affairs
8 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Religion
7 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Environment
4 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202132$270,850$2,500
202219$290,850$2,500
202324$295,067$1,500
202413$268,200$1,000
20259$320,850$2,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

89% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Texas
$1.3M
West Virginia
$31K
Massachusetts
$30K
California
$30K
Virginia
$25K
Colorado
$13K
New York
$12K
North Carolina
$8K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund32 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc30 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc27 shared recipientsCommunities Foundation of Texas Inc25 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust24 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program23 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Anthony Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 12770 Coit Road 970, Dallas, TX, 75251. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 75-2681504 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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