Texas · Private foundation
Dan Kirkland Wells 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.
- $186k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $87,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 20
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $181k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $195k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $233k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $206k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $170k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freed-Hardeman University | $406,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Bosque Museum | $73,300 | 5 | 13% |
| Schreiner University | $56,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bosque Arts Center | $27,900 | 5 | 2% |
| The Center for Pursuit | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Mark's School of Texas | $21,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mt Moriah Cemetery Association Inc | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Clifton Ministerial Alliance | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Worship at the Mill | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Highland Park Isd Education Foundation | $2,015 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freed-Hardeman University | $406,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Bosque Museum | $73,300 | 5 | 13% |
| Schreiner University | $56,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bosque Arts Center | $27,900 | 5 | 2% |
| The Center for Pursuit | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Mark's School of Texas | $21,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mt Moriah Cemetery Association Inc | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Clifton Ministerial Alliance | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Worship at the Mill | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Highland Park Isd Education Foundation | $2,015 | 4 | 0% |
| Thomas G Labrecque Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bosque Spay Neuter Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baylor Health Care System Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple College Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Standing With Hope Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Care for Cats | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Turnersville Community Center Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| One Project Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Collierville Christian Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Christian Relief Fund | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Suncoast Humane Societyinc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($355k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dan Kirkland Wells 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: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation
- How much does Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation give?
- Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $186,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 20 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Religion (24%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Freed-Hardeman University ($407k), Bosque Museum ($73k), Schreiner University ($56k).
- Does Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dan Kirkland Wells 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 Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation based?
- Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation is based in TX.
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