Russell Foundation
Irving, TX · EIN 20-2021512. Reported 83 grants totalling $532,100 to 46 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. Russell 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $300 and the largest $25,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readers 2 Leaders | Dallas, TX | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Start | Austin, TX | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shelter Box USA | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Honduras Educational Development Assistance Corp | Oak Lawn, IL | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mi Escuelita Preschool | Dallas, TX | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hedac | Oak Lawn, IL | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Honduras Educational Development Assista | Oak Lawn, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SPCA of Tampa Bay | Largo, FL | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Design Connect Create | Grand Prairie, TX | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Just Say Yes | Dallas, TX | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rise Adaptive Sports | Grapevine, TX | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children First Counseling Center | Grand Prairie, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Community Partners of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mi Escuelita | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nfte South | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| All Things Made New | Irving, TX | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Promise House | Dallas, TX | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Association for Independent Living | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Austin Bat Cave | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Be Strong | Deerfield Beach, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| C5 Youth Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County | Plano, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Forerunner Mentoring | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Housing Forward | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Irving Family Advocacy Center | Irving, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Phased in Project | Wichita Fallas, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Texas Diaper Bank | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Rock Program | Ocala, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Tree of North Texas | North Richland Hills, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Youth 180 of Texas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crossover Restoration Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Synergy Indoor | Mcallen, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Art of Manhood Inc | Chipley, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brookwood Florida Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Collin Cty | Plano, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Drug Prevention Resources | Waxahachie, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fund for Assistance to Rocor | Glen Cove, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grant Halliburton Foundation | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hero Kids Foundation | Suffolk, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rocor | Montreal, QC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Survive and Thrive Education | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 29 Acres | Cross Roads, TX | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Willow Cares | St Petersburg, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Impact Communities | Waxahachie, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country | Kerrville, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
27 of 46 (59%) 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 52%, 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.
- Shelter Box USA
To build awareness of global displacement and to facilitate providing families with life-saving shelter and essential tools and supplies that will enable them to rebuild their homes and transform their lives after disaster. - Honduras Educational Development Assista
HEDAC mission is to instill in the minds of Honduran children (and their parents) a sense of hope and inspiration that empowers them to create a better future for themselves so they never feel they have to leave their country in order to thrive. - Mi Escuelita
Provide preschool education to low income families and children in Dallas - Girl Start
Empowering girls in science, technology, engineering, & math - Mi Escuelita Preschool
Mi Escuelita provides preschool education to thousands of low income families and children in the Dallas community - SPCA of Tampa Bay
Benefits the well-being and development of children/youth through educational programs on humane animal care, animal safety and wildlife wisdom
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 43 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 | 9 | $97,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 14 | $118,800 | $6,250 |
| 2023 | 17 | $94,300 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $106,000 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 21 | $116,000 | $5,000 |
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
67% 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 $5,000. 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 Russell 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: 2116 Aristocrat Dr, Irving, TX, 75063. 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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