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Mr & Mrs Gus Blass Foundation at a glance

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Mr & Mrs Gus Blass 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.

$115k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$307kHealth$192kHuman Services$65kPhilanthropy$46kYouth Development$20kRecreation & Sports$20kAnimals$18kReligion$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $61k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY$36,200
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$25,000
HIGHLAND PARK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$8,250
METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION$5,250
CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION$5,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH TEXAS$5,000
CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL$3,000
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE$2,500
MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
WOMENS AUXILIARY OF CHILDRENS MEDICAL FOUNDATION$1,650
SALESMANSHIP CLUB OF DALLAS$1,600
DALLAS WOMAN'S CLUB$1,500
JR LEAGUE OF DALLAS$1,095
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $350 → 14%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $200 → 14%DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
NJ
CA
KY
AR
LA
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$656k · 55 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
33

Total granted

$656k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+11%

Still filing today

44%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

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HealthEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Southern Methodist University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $257k · revenue +57%
  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $79k · revenue +422%
  • TC
    THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $53k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -80%
  • TS
    TEXAS STATE OF MIND SOCIETY (MEADOW MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE)
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • JE
    JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Dallas County Medical Society

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.

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2
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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3
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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4
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
5
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
6
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
7
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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8
Dallas Regional Chamber

Together, with our business leaders and community partners, we will help lead the dallas region to become the best place in the united states for all people to live, work, and do business.

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9
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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10
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

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…

Education
11
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
12
Dallas Physician Medical Services for Children Inc

Provide dental, general pediatric, and pediatric sub-specialty services, including, but not limited to emergency department coverage, inpatient coverage, orthopedic surgery, and craniofacial orthodontics regardless of payor source or…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Children's Advocacy Center; the most unlike its peers is Kurt Thomas Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 92 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
30/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Southern Methodist University: $256,900 · EducationSouthern Methodist UniversityHIGHLAND PARK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $19,450 · EducationHIGHLAND PARK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION+3 more: $4,300 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $37,400 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN…JR LEAGUE OF DALLAS: $19,680 · OtherJR LEAGUE OF DALLASUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN…METHODIST FAMILY HEALTH HOSPITAL: $12,000 · OtherMETHODIST FAMILY HEALTH HOSPITALUAMS FOUNDATION FUND: $12,000 · OtherUAMS FOUNDATION FUNDCONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL: $11,300 · OtherCONGREGATION BNAI ISRAELSENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $9,425 · OtherNATIONAL WWII MUSEUM: $8,000 · Other+58 more: $81,084 · Other+58 moreTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $52,750 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTAL CHA…COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $39,120 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOU…VolunteerNow: $5,350 · PhilanthropyVolunteerNowCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $79,100 · HealthCHILDREN'S MED…The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $6,000 · HealthThe Susan G Ko…+8 more: $7,795 · Health+8 moreHUMANE SOCIETY OF PULASKI COUNTY: $13,015 · AnimalsCENTRAL ARKANSAS RESCUE EFFORT FOR ANIMALS INC: $2,050 · Animals+2 more: $600 · AnimalsNATURAL STATE COUNCIL: $11,650 · Youth DevelopmentMomentous Institute: $2,200 · Youth DevelopmentSalesmanship Club of Dallas: $13,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $200 · Community Improvement
Education$280,650Other$205,889Philanthropy$97,220Health$92,895Animals$15,665Youth Development$13,850Community Improvement$13,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouthern Methodist University: $256,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $79,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $52,750 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $39,120 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLAND PARK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $19,450 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PULASKI COUNTY: $13,015 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSalesmanship Club of Dallas: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL STATE COUNCIL: $11,650 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $9,425 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteerNow: $5,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKURT THOMAS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetDALLAS WOMANS CLUB: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMomentous Institute: $2,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL ARKANSAS RESCUE EFFORT FOR ANIMALS INC: $2,050 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DALLAS ASSEMBLY: $1,495 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARIANNE SCRUGGS GARDEN CLUB OF THE DALLAS WOMAN'S CLUB: $1,100 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $1,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Health Resources Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA FIESTA DE LAS SEIS BANDERAS INC: $700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS FOODBANK: $650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY COMPASS: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILKINSON CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER LITTLE ROC: $200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHEALING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL VILLAGE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLAND PARK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF PULASKI COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Salesmanship Club of Dallas ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL STATE COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds VolunteerNow ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds KURT THOMAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS WOMANS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Momentous Institute ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL ARKANSAS RESCUE EFFORT FOR ANIMALS 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.

Kline Family Foundati…Arkansas Community Fo…The Dallas FoundationCommunities Foundatio…Lisa and Clay Cooley …Texas Instruments Fou…Susan H & John C Farr…Vogel Schwartz Founda…Brown FoundationHegi Family FoundationThe Hoglund FoundationNabholz Charitable Fo…
Kline Family FoundationTX22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kline Family Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Lisa and Clay Cooley Family Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Susan H & John C Farris Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Vogel Schwartz Foundation Inc · Brown Foundation · Hegi Family Foundation · The Hoglund Foundation · Nabholz Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mr & Mrs Gus Blass Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mr & Mrs Gus Blass Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 92 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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