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Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
122
Grants FY2025
124
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
124 to 156
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $726k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthAnimalsInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving121$1.9M19%
FY2024124$1.9M17%
FY2023133$1.7M19%
FY2022134$1.6M22%
FY2021156$1.6Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$2.5MArts & Culture$2.0MEducation$952kHuman Services$825kPhilanthropy$641kYouth Development$595kFood & Nutrition$403kHousing & Shelter$355kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 81 grantees
All grantees of Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art$681,00041%
Texas Health Resources Foundation$375,00021%
Cook Children's Medical Center$170,00020%
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association$155,00050%
Lena Pope Home Inc$135,00040%
Kids Who Care Inc$125,00046%
New Key School Inc$125,00022%
Stage West Theatre Formerly Allied Theatre Group Inc$125,00052%
Casa of Tarrant County Inc$115,00051%
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$110,00041%
Fort Worth Report$100,00022%
Alliance for Children Inc$100,00011%
Texas Wesleyan University$100,00010%
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History$100,00011%
American Warrior Association$100,00012%
The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County$95,00050%
Housing Opportunities of Fort Worth$95,00059%
Cuisine for Healing$95,00055%
Texas Christian University$91,00030%
Dont Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank Inc$80,00045%
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc$80,00041%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth$75,00050%
Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail Inc$75,00041%
Methodist Justice Ministry of Fumc$75,00033%
Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc$75,00050%
Ballet Concerto Inc$70,000510%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$70,00030%
Fort Worth Opera Association Inc$70,00031%
Meals on Wheels Inc of Tarrant County$65,00010%
Community Food Bank$65,00010%
Star Sponsorship Program Inc$60,00044%
Cancer Care Services$60,00031%
Camp Fire First Texas$55,00040%
Day Resource Center for Homeless$55,00051%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$50,00010%
Fort Worth Junior Golf Foundation Inc$50,00021%
Safehaven of Tarrant County$50,00030%
Texas Health Resources$50,0001n/a
University Athletic Association Inc$50,00023%
Cassata High School$40,0004n/a
Learning Center of North Texas Inc$40,00033%
Imagination Fort Worth$40,00044%
Amphibian Productions Inc$35,00022%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$30,00010%
The Parenting Center$30,00021%
Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation$30,00021%
The Welman Project$30,0001n/a
Wings of Hope Equitherapy$30,00032%
Neuro Assistance Foundation$25,00022%
Mission Travis Mercy$25,00014%
Sixty and Better Inc$25,00022%
Humane Society of North Texas$25,00010%
YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth$25,00010%
Cristo Rey Fort Worth Catholic High School Inc$25,00010%
Texas Academy 4$25,00011%
Community Healthcare of Texas$25,0001n/a
Unbound Now$25,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$25,00010%
Summer Santa$20,000116%
Ach Child and Family Services$20,00040%
United Community Centers Inc$20,00011%
Southwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc$20,00040%
UnBound North Texas$15,00011%
Fort Worth Hope Center the Hope Center$15,00010%
The Ladder Alliance$15,00012%
Lone Star Film Society Inc$15,00024%
Tarrant County Clubhouse$15,00013%
Center for Transforming Lives$10,00010%
Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth$10,00011%
Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County$10,0001n/a
Steps With Horses$10,0001n/a
Blue Diamond Recreation$10,000134%
Tarrant County Samaritan Housing Inc$10,00010%
Pacific Youth Correctional Ministries$10,00012%
Reddy Leadership Outreach Inc$10,0001n/a
Chesterton Academy of Fort Worth$10,00012%
The Junior League of Fort Worth Inc$10,00010%
Adera Foundation$8,00020%
Gill Children's Services Inc$5,00010%
Hope Prison Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
Brighter Outlook Inc$2,50012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 174 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmon Carter Museum of Western Art: $681,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTexas Health Resources Foundation: $375,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCook Children's Medical Center: $170,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association: $155,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLena Pope Home Inc: $135,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetKids Who Care Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetNew Key School Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetStage West Theatre Formerly Allied Theatre Group Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCasa of Tarrant County Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Ballet Theater Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFort Worth Report: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAlliance for Children Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTexas Wesleyan University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFort Worth Museum of Science and History: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Warrior Association: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetThe Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County: $95,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHousing Opportunities of Fort Worth: $95,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetCuisine for Healing: $95,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetTexas Christian University: $91,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDont Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetNational Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCatholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMethodist Justice Ministry of Fumc: $75,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetPerforming Arts Fort Worth Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBallet Concerto Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMeals on Wheels Inc of Tarrant County: $65,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Food Bank: $65,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStar Sponsorship Program Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetCancer Care Services: $60,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCamp Fire First Texas: $55,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDay Resource Center for Homeless: $55,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Worth Junior Golf Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSafehaven of Tarrant County: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity Athletic Association Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetLearning Center of North Texas Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetImagination Fort Worth: $40,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetAmphibian Productions Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Groundtruth Project Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Parenting Center: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWings of Hope Equitherapy: $30,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetNeuro Assistance Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMission Travis Mercy: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSixty and Better Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 73.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX112× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee · The Morris Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002 · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund

How much does Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund give?
Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund reported 122 grants totaling $1,974,247 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 124 and 156 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Arts & Culture (21%), Education (10%).
Who are Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art ($681k), Texas Health Resources Foundation ($375k), Cook Children's Medical Center ($170k).
Does Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc, Amon G Carter Foundation, Sid W Richardson Foundation.
Where is Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund based?
Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 256 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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