Texas · Private foundation
Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $2.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $5.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $7.4M | 18% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $1.6M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | $11,680,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Glaucoma Research Foundation | $3,500,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Houston Ballet Foundation | $3,450,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Crocker Art Museum Association | $1,210,729 | 5 | 4% |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $600,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $425,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Caltech Y | $200,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Raptor Trust | $160,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $160,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Sustainable Harvest International | $160,000 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | $11,680,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Glaucoma Research Foundation | $3,500,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Houston Ballet Foundation | $3,450,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Crocker Art Museum Association | $1,210,729 | 5 | 4% |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $600,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $425,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Caltech Y | $200,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Raptor Trust | $160,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $160,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Sustainable Harvest International | $160,000 | 8 | 2% |
| AIDS Resource Foundation for Children | $120,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Menil Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacha Runa Research Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for Amazon Community Ecology | $30,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Northeast Area Development Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| People & Plants International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($850k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc
- How much does Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc give?
- Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $1,080,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (52%), Arts & Culture (25%), Health (17%).
- Who are Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: California Institute of Technology ($12M), Glaucoma Research Foundation ($3.5M), Houston Ballet Foundation ($3.5M).
- Does Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc 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 Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc based?
- Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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