Texas · Public charity
Gary Patterson Foundation
The big good is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to the support of economically disadvantaged children in and around ft. Worth, tx. The foundation provides funding for programs and scholarships that focus on education, lifeskills and health and providing equitable educational opportunities for all children.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $550,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $770k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Gary Patterson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k 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 | 6 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.0M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $750k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $295k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $317k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth Cradle to Career | $1,450,799 | 3 | 14% |
| United Community Centers Inc | $1,108,333 | 4 | 9% |
| The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | $589,583 | 3 | 1% |
| Upspire Foundation Inc | $525,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Education Foundation for Fort Worth Schools | $317,084 | 1 | 31% |
| Fort Worth Isd | $228,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $205,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Hill Community Development Corp | $30,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Enrichment Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth Cradle to Career | $1,450,799 | 3 | 14% |
| United Community Centers Inc | $1,108,333 | 4 | 9% |
| The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | $589,583 | 3 | 1% |
| Upspire Foundation Inc | $525,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Education Foundation for Fort Worth Schools | $317,084 | 1 | 31% |
| Fort Worth Isd | $228,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $205,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Hill Community Development Corp | $30,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Enrichment Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clarke Elementary PTA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fiesta Bowl Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dream Outside The Box | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Panther City Repair School | $5,150 | 1 | n/a |
| IDEA Public Schools | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fort Worth Public Library Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Star Sponsorship Program Inc | $2,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Make the Connection | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| High Point Academy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($329k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gary Patterson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · The Miles Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gary Patterson Foundation
- How much does Gary Patterson Foundation give?
- Gary Patterson Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,270,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gary Patterson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (30%), Human Services (23%), Education (17%).
- Who are Gary Patterson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fort Worth Cradle to Career ($1.5M), United Community Centers Inc ($1.1M), The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County ($590k).
- Does Gary Patterson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gary Patterson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax, The Miles Foundation Inc, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.
- Where is Gary Patterson Foundation based?
- Gary Patterson Foundation is based in TX.
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