Texas · Private foundation
Bird Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $680k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Bird Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $680k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $750k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $403k | 85% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $500k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $582k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc | $1,250,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Alliance for Children Inc | $750,475 | 2 | 5% |
| Lena Pope Home Inc | $93,368 | 2 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ach Child and Family Services | $50,202 | 2 | 0% |
| M2g Mhi | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Ut Southwestern Health Systems | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas Christian University | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Educational First Steps | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc | $1,250,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Alliance for Children Inc | $750,475 | 2 | 5% |
| Lena Pope Home Inc | $93,368 | 2 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ach Child and Family Services | $50,202 | 2 | 0% |
| M2g Mhi | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Ut Southwestern Health Systems | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas Christian University | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Educational First Steps | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rivertree Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Child Care Associates | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for the Young Womens Leadership Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Operation Progress Fort Worth | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Charlotte Hornets Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Center for Transforming Lives | $15,452 | 2 | 0% |
| Safehaven of Tarrant County | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Preserve International | $15,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Cristo Rey Fort Worth Catholic High School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amon Carter Museum of Western Art | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dispute Resolution Center | $297 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($326k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bird Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Gregory a and Laura E Bird Foundation · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · R4 Foundation · The Morris Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bird Family Foundation
- How much does Bird Family Foundation give?
- Bird Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $680,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Bird Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (43%), Civil Rights (26%), Public Benefit (10%).
- Who are Bird Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc ($1.3M), Alliance for Children Inc ($750k), Lena Pope Home Inc ($93k).
- Does Bird Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bird Family 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 Bird Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax, Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc, Sid W Richardson Foundation.
- Where is Bird Family Foundation based?
- Bird Family Foundation is based in TX.
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