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Betty & James Muns Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$670k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
28%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$70,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$1.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Betty & James Muns Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalReligionEducationArts & CultureHealthOther
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 arriving46$635k48%
FY202432$380k28%
FY202325$265k48%
FY202214$180k21%
FY202111$185k0%
FY202017$145k41%
FY201912$160k25%
FY20189$135k0%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$534kArts & Culture$475kHealth$323kYouth Development$295kReligion$172kHuman Services$118kInternational$114kPhilanthropy$93kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Opera$302,00090%
Camp Deer Run$295,00093%
Plano Isd Education Foundation$211,00094%
Mission Upreach$115,00051%
Women's Auxiliary to Children's Medical Center$106,00082%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation$85,00030%
Ipc National Charitable Foundation$83,000314%
Anidaso$67,00077%
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical$65,50090%
Plano Symphony Orchestra$47,50061%
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All grantees of Betty & James Muns Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Opera$302,00090%
Camp Deer Run$295,00093%
Plano Isd Education Foundation$211,00094%
Mission Upreach$115,00051%
Women's Auxiliary to Children's Medical Center$106,00082%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation$85,00030%
Ipc National Charitable Foundation$83,000314%
Anidaso$67,00077%
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical$65,50090%
Plano Symphony Orchestra$47,50061%
Come Before Winter$45,00045%
Hendricks Scholarship Foundation$40,00054%
Grace Community School$40,0007n/a
Chamberlain Ballet$25,00032%
Minnies Food Pantry$25,00030%
The Storehouse of Collin County$25,00030%
Samaritan's Purse$21,00030%
Lovepacs$20,00031%
Plano African American Museum$15,000211%
Feed Lake Highlands$13,00031%
Genesis Women's Shelter and Support$10,0001n/a
Samaritan Inn$10,00010%
North Texas Performing Arts$10,00020%
Amarillo Opera$10,00012%
In His Image International$10,0001n/a
Earl Young's Team$10,0001n/a
Science Mill$10,0001n/a
Greater Cleveland Food Bank$10,00010%
Arthritis Foundation$10,0001n/a
North Texas Food Bank$10,00010%
North Carolina Disaster Relief$10,0001n/a
Opera San Antonio$10,00010%
Tim Tebow Foundation$10,00010%
YMCA of Greater San Antonio$10,00010%
City House$10,00020%
Alzheimer's Association$10,00010%
Rockwall County Helping Hands$6,50020%
International Justice Mission$6,00010%
Hope's Door New Beginnings$5,00010%
Tunnel to Towers Foundation$5,00010%
San Antonio Food Bank$5,00010%
Exodus Cry$4,00010%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$4,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project$3,00010%
Compassion International$3,0001n/a
The Bucket Ministry$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($370k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Betty & James Muns Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Opera: $302,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCamp Deer Run: $295,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetPlano Isd Education Foundation: $211,000 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetMission Upreach: $115,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWomen's Auxiliary to Children's Medical Center: $106,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIpc National Charitable Foundation: $83,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetAnidaso: $67,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetDallas Arboretum & Botanical: $65,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPlano Symphony Orchestra: $47,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCome Before Winter: $45,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetHendricks Scholarship Foundation: $40,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetChamberlain Ballet: $25,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMinnies Food Pantry: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Storehouse of Collin County: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLovepacs: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPlano African American Museum: $15,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetFeed Lake Highlands: $13,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSamaritan Inn: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Texas Performing Arts: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmarillo Opera: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpera San Antonio: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTim Tebow Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Greater San Antonio: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity House: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRockwall County Helping Hands: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Justice Mission: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope's Door New Beginnings: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTunnel to Towers Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetExodus Cry: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Cancer Research Fund: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bucket Ministry: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 38.

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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.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…The Dallas FoundationCoserv Charitable Fou…United Way of Metropo…Community Foundation …Celanese FoundationThe Andrea-Mennen Fam…North Texas Food BankW P & Bulah Luse Foun…Hillcrest FoundationMcKesson Foundation I…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX30.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Coserv Charitable Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Celanese Foundation · The Andrea-Mennen Family Foundation · North Texas Food Bank · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc

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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About Betty & James Muns Foundation

How much does Betty & James Muns Foundation give?
Betty & James Muns Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $670,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Betty & James Muns Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Arts & Culture (20%), Health (14%).
Who are Betty & James Muns Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dallas Opera ($302k), Camp Deer Run ($295k), Plano Isd Education Foundation ($211k).
Does Betty & James Muns Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Betty & James Muns Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Betty & James Muns Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Dallas Foundation.
Where is Betty & James Muns Foundation based?
Betty & James Muns Foundation 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 69 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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