· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $72k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $87k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLIFTON CHURCH OF CHRIST | $87,050 |
| FREED HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY | $26,500 |
| FARA | $15,000 |
| ST MARKS SCHOOL OF TEXAS | $10,000 |
| BOSQUE MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| SCHREINER UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| KAA | $8,000 |
| CENTER FOR PURSUIT | $5,000 |
| ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIV | $5,000 |
| LEAH DEMAREE DOUGLAS IMAGINATON FOU | $2,500 |
| CAMP JOHN MARC | $1,800 |
| BOSQUE ARTS CENTER | $1,000 |
| MT MORIAH CEMETARY ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH IN | $500 |
| BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATIO | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FUFREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY5× · 2021–2025 · $407k · revenue +33%
BOSQUE MUSEUM5× · 2021–2025 · $73k · revenue +26%- SUSchreiner University5× · 2021–2025 · $56k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- RCROGERS COMMUNITY ALLIANCE CORPORATIone grant, 2021 · $10k
- SMST MARTHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY Fone grant, 2024 · $5k
- CMCLIFTON MINISTERIAL ALLIANCEone grant, 2022 · $4k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.
The mission of barclay college is to prepare students in a bible-centered environment for effective christian life, service, and leadership.
The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."
Lubbock christian university is a christ-centered, academic community of learners, transforming the hearts, minds, and hands of students for lives of purpose and service.
Baylor college of medicine (bcm) is committed to advancing human health through the integration of patient care, research, education, and community services.
The mission of hardin-simmons university is to be a community dedicated to providing excellence in education enlightened by christian faith and values.
Scu is a christ-centered liberal arts institution equipping students for a life of learning, leadership, and service; integrating faith, learning, and living; and empowering graduates to excel and to positively impact their world for jesus…
The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
The christ college of nursing and health sciences, guided by its core values and enriched by a foundation in the arts and sciences, prepares individuals both for delivery of healthcare that promotes the well-being of a dynamic society and…
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BOSQUE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Schreiner University ↗
- Who funds BOSQUE ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR PURSUIT ↗
- Who funds ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
- Who funds CLIFTON MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds HIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THOMAS G LABRECQUE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOSQUE SPAY NEUTER INC ↗
- Who funds Baylor Health Care System Foundation ↗
- Who funds TEMPLE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STANDING WITH HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds CARE FOR CATS ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dan Kirkland Wells Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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