Harry Bass Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-1876307. Reported 252 grants totalling $65.9M to 135 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Harry Bass 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $20.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX | $20.0M | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Texas Dallas | Richardson, TX | $20.0M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dallas Historical Society | Dallas, TX | $7,050,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ut Southwestern Co Southwestern Medical Fdn | Dallas, TX | $5,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $4,030,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Readers 2 Leaders | Dallas, TX | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Crossroads Community Services | Dallas, TX | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| North Texas Food Bank | Plano, TX | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for Integrative C& P | Dallas, TX | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Reading Partners North Texas | Dallas, TX | $305,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Momentous Institute | Dallas, TX | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Uplift Education | Dallas, TX | $285,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dallas Zoological Society | Dallas, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Compass | Dallas, TX | $229,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Numismatic Assn | Colorado Springs, CO | $213,636 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baylor Health Care System Foundation | Dallas, TX | $203,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Child Care Group | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texans on a Mission | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The George W Bush Foundation | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Educational Opportunities Inc | Dallas, TX | $176,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parkinson Voice Project | Richardson, TX | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pedal the Pacific | Austin, TX | $160,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Partners of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Brother Bill's Helping Hand | Dallas, TX | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Gateway Public Green Foundatio | Dallas, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Women's Preparatory Network | Dallas, TX | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Project Transformation | Dallas, TX | $137,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bachman Lake Together | Dallas, TX | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vogel Alcove | Dallas, TX | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Prevent Blindness Texas | Houston, TX | $112,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| COMMIT2DALLAS | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Convoy of Hope | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perot Museum of Nature and Science | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Smu Meadows School of the Arts | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texans on Mission | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division | Honolulu, HI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation | Dallas, TX | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Network of Community Ministries Inc | Richardson, TX | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center | Dallas, TX | $80,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lumin Education | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Women's League | La Grange, TX | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Family Place | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Dallas, TX | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Frazier Revitalization Inc | Dallas, TX | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Buckner Children and Family Services Inc | Dallas, TX | $65,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | Houston, TX | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Metrocrest Services | Carrollton, TX | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Senior Source | Dallas, TX | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tyler Street Tower | Dallas, TX | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dallas Children's Advocacy Center | Dallas, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| For the Nations Refugee Outreach | Garland, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Incarnation Place Inc | Dallas, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Highland Park United Methodist Church | Dallas, TX | $55,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Interfaith Family Services | Dallas, TX | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onesight Essilorluxottica Foundation | Dallas, TX | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Catch Up & Read | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Symphony Orchestra Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rainbow Days Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army of North Texas | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| After-School All Stars North Texas | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Essilor Vision Foundation | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Ramp Project | Richardson, TX | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Child Poverty Action Lab | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Genesis Women's Shelter | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Gonzales Crystal Theatre Inc | Gonzales, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Austin Street Center | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aspire | Dallas, TX | $30,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| KIPP Texas Public Schools | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nfte | Plano, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| George W Bush Presidential Center | Dallas, TX | $28,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Texas | Dallas, TX | $25,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Buckner Children& Family Service | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cristo Rey Dallas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Afterschool Network | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dallas Services | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dallas Symphony Orchestra Morton H Meyerson Ctr | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church | Athens, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hhm Health | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Street | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mi Escuelita Preschools Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Teachers | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Dallas Community School | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Visiting Nurse Association | Dallas, TX | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Avance-Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fair Park First | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Gateway | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope Farm | Ft Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mesquite Education Foundation | Mesquite, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Robotics Education and Competition Foun | Greenville, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Agape Clinic | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buckner International | Dallas, TX | $19,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Deaf Action Center | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church Gonzales | Gonzales, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Literacy Achives | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United to Learn | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Visual Aid Volunteers Inc | Garland, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bryan's House | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools Dallas Region Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First United Methodist Church - Children & Youth Ministries | Gonzales, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church - Family Ministries | Gonzales, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Freed People | Crowley, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Head Start of Greater Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lift Memorial | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteers of America Texas | Euless, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dan D Rogers Elementary | Dallas, TX | $5,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Als Tdi | Watertown, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eustace Isd | Eustace, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior League of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scurry-Rosser Isd | Scurry, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Texas Rehabilitation Centter | Abilene, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Retina Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Highland Park Presbyterian Church | Dallas, TX | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Austin, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dickinson Place | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Retina Foundation of the Southwest | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roundup River Ranch | Gypsum, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Alliance of Smith County | Tyler, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Arboretum and Botantical Society Inc | Dallas, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dunagan Family Fund at Highland Park Pr | Dallas, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Park Cities Baptist Church | Dallas, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Syngap Research Fund | Pasadena, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation | Dallas, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ut Southwestern | Dallas, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Parkinson Disease Association | Staten Island, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SPCA of Texas | Dallas, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
63 of 135 (47%) 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 36%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 147 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $1,391,318 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 52 | $1,647,518 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 60 | $22.8M | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $33.4M | $25,250 |
| 2025 | 40 | $6,691,000 | $30,000 |
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
99% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- 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.
- 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 Harry Bass 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: 4809 Cole Avenue 105, Dallas, TX, 75205. 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.
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