Texas · Private foundation
J S Bridwell 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.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 92
- Grants FY2025
- 77
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 77
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations J S Bridwell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k 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 | 79 | $2.8M | 15% |
| FY2024 | 77 | $4.1M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 73 | $4.6M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $1.8M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $2.4M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 73 | $4.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Regional Health Care Foundation | $1,230,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Southern Methodist University | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc | $1,000,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Presbyterian Manor Inc | $620,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Boys Club of Wichita Falls Inc Dba Boys & Girls Clubs of Wichita Falls | $500,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Wichita Falls Area Food Bank | $205,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wichita County Heritage Society Dba Kell House Heritage Center | $190,000 | 4 | 93% |
| Senior Citizen Services of North Texas Inc Dba the Kitchen | $150,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Arts Council Wichita Falls Area Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Peyton's Project | $130,000 | 5 | 25% |
Show all 84 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
J S Bridwell Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 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: Bryant Edwards Foundation Inc · The Fain Foundation · Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation · James N McCoy Foundation · Donnell Foundation · The Priddy Foundation · Guinn Foundation Inc · Perkins-Prothro Foundation · Gene Conley Foundation · Kadane Foundation · Libra Foundation · Dillard Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About J S Bridwell Foundation
- How much does J S Bridwell Foundation give?
- J S Bridwell Foundation reported 92 grants totaling $2,995,501 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 77 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does J S Bridwell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (17%), Arts & Culture (16%), Health (14%).
- Who are J S Bridwell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: United Regional Health Care Foundation ($1.2M), Southern Methodist University ($1.0M), Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc ($1.0M).
- Does J S Bridwell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J S Bridwell 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 J S Bridwell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bryant Edwards Foundation Inc, The Fain Foundation, Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation.
- Where is J S Bridwell Foundation based?
- J S Bridwell Foundation is based in TX.
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