The Muse Family Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-2824936. Reported 127 grants totalling $7,405,578 to 76 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Muse 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $80,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $500,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force Academy Foundation | Usaf Academy, CO | $1,050,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Year-Up | Boston, MA | $975,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Child Poverty Action Lab | Dallas, TX | $700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Phillips School & Community | Dallas, TX | $346,142 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Commit Partnership | Dallas, TX | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center | Dallas, TX | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The New Center | Washington DC, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of Texas - Tx Challenge Match | Austin, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity Park Conservancy | Dallas, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Abide Women's Health | Dallas, TX | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Texas Trees Foundation | Dallas, TX | $213,285 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mill City Community Association | Dallas, TX | $203,976 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Builders of Hope Cdc | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Metro Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fidelity Charitable Giving | Cincinnati, OH | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas | Dallas, TX | $133,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Empowering the Masses | Cedar Hill, TX | $123,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Combined Arms | Houston, TX | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USC Marshall School of Business - James Ellis Endowment | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Business Executives for National Security | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Institute of Classical Architecture & Art | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Viola's House | Dallas, TX | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $66,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Loop Dallas | Dallas, TX | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Stars Foundation | Frisco, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospice of East Texas Foundation | Tyler, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Dallas Fair Park Innercity | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The UC Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trinity Park Conservancy Cdc | Dallas, TX | $43,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Primos Dallas | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Crystal Charity Ball | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| African Methodist Episcopal (ame) Church | Charlotte, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zan Wesley Holmes JR Community Outreach | Dallas, TX | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Delighted to Doula | Prosper, TX | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Polo Training Center Santa Barbara | Carpinteria, CA | $26,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Abundant Life AME Church | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Braver Together Tarrant | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| George W Bush Foundation | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lone Star Justice Alliance | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Icaa - Texas | New York City, NY | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Abington Health Foundation | Abington, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Strategic & International Studies | Washington DC, DC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Forest Forward | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Innercity Community Development | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Restorative Farms | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairview Youth Foundation | Dallas, TX | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southfair Cdc | Dallas, TX | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornerstone Crossroads Academy | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Icaa | New York City, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Omega Impact | Desoto, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute of Classical Architechture & Art | New York City, NY | $11,315 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cen-Tex Certified Development Corp | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| His Bridgebuilders Inc | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| March to the Polls | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miles of Freedom | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Steel City Squash | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Va N Texas Health Care System | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joseph J Rhoades Learning Center | Childress, TX | $9,900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joseph J Rhoads Learning Center | Dallas, TX | $9,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Dallas Foundation | Dallas, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas College Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | $6,360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Immigration Council | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Just Say Yes - Preston Center Rotary Club | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetary | Donnellson, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecting Point of Park Cities | Dallas, TX | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Epiphany Community Development Foundation | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| N Texas Association of Air Force Academy Graduates Inc | Little Elm, TX | $1,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baseball & Bibles | Carrollton, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bruce Wood Dance Company | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Green Dot Public Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Side Quarter Development Corp - 2023 Mlk Festival | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The University of Texas | Austin, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
31 of 76 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 45%, across 3 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.
- Air Force Academy Foundation
FALCON STADIUM RENOVATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 76 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 | 38 | $1,695,060 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $2,375,115 | $17,500 |
| 2023 | 29 | $1,435,360 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $1,900,043 | $22,500 |
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
60% 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 $20,000. 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 The Muse Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 3131 Turtle Creek Blvd Ste 1020, Dallas, TX, 75219. 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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