· Private foundation
Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k31 grants · $117k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $236k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UT Dallas Callier Center | $45,000 |
| Retina Foundation of the Southwest | $25,000 |
| North Texas Public Broadcasting | $20,000 |
| Children's Medical Center Dallas | $20,000 |
| Parkland Foundation | $20,000 |
| North Texas Food Bank | $20,000 |
| One CommunityUSA | $20,000 |
| Meals on Wheels | $16,000 |
| Salvation Army | $15,000 |
| George W Bush Presidential Center | $15,000 |
| American Red Cross | $10,000 |
| Dallas Theater Center | $10,000 |
| Edna Gladney Center | $9,000 |
| Parish Episcopal School Endowment Fund | $6,000 |
| Univ of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ce | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 5% of Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
54 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NTNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK8× · 2017–2024 · $145k · revenue +105%
- PFPARKLAND FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $127k · revenue +7%
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS5× · 2019–2024 · $73k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF DENVERone grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +12%
- TDThe Dallas Foundation-Aurora Fundone grant, 2020 · $5k
- CAChalleged Athletes Foundationone grant, 2023 · $5k
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.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.
The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.
To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
How this is measured
45 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. 45 of the 87 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 NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds PARKLAND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds DALLAS THEATER CENTER ↗
- Who funds The Dallas Opera ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds DALLAS ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HELPS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds MILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION ↗
- Who funds THE BRIDGE ↗
- Who funds DALLAS CASA ↗
- Who funds FAMILY GATEWAY INC ↗
- Who funds SPCA of Texas ↗
- Who funds RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds One CommunityUSA ↗
- Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE ↗
- Who funds PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
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: Texas Instruments Foundation · Ben E Keith Foundation Trust Xxxxx0005 · The Moody Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · David M Crowley Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · The Perot Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Celanese Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Howard Hallam Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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