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Once Upon a Time Foundation

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.

$11M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1,039
Grants FY2024
238
Organizations funded FY2023
68%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$350
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,500,000
Organizations funded a year
117 to 238
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
34
Total assets, FY2024
$277M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 68% of the organizations Once Upon a Time Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving429$10M75%
FY2023238$16M68%
FY2022220$7.1M78%
FY2021168$3.3M75%
FY2020117$1.9Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$22MEducation$10MAnimals$3.3MPhilanthropy$1.7MHuman Services$762kReligion$740kArts & Culture$596kScience & Tech$535kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Marquette University$1,330,68750%
Johns Hopkins University$874,75650%
Texas Christian University$651,39150%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$571,4951n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$550,2915n/a
New York University$488,57250%
Vanderbilt University$440,90050%
University of Western Ontario Foundation Inc$418,866215%
The Anderson Foundation$308,5002n/a
The Mount Sinai Hospital$300,00030%
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All grantees of Once Upon a Time Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Marquette University$1,330,68750%
Johns Hopkins University$874,75650%
Texas Christian University$651,39150%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$571,4951n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$550,2915n/a
New York University$488,57250%
Vanderbilt University$440,90050%
University of Western Ontario Foundation Inc$418,866215%
The Anderson Foundation$308,5002n/a
The Mount Sinai Hospital$300,00030%
Tri-Cities Food Bank$300,00024%
Regents of the University of Michigan$275,0002n/a
University of Washington$247,5005n/a
Baylor University$235,80040%
Texas Children's Hospital$200,00010%
Emory University$160,49530%
Duke University$151,22710%
Washington University$139,80030%
Northwestern University$126,00020%
Emory University$105,0003n/a
New York City Ballet Inc$103,20020%
Kinderplatz of Fine Arts Inc$103,00015%
Temple Israel of the City of New York$102,5002n/a
Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth Inc$100,88312%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$100,00010%
All Saints Episcopal School$100,0001n/a
YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth$96,25020%
City of Fort Worth$93,5682n/a
Trustees of Boston University$85,00010%
Heritage School of Texas$75,00014%
Fort Worth Country Day School Inc$70,00020%
American University$66,50010%
OnRamp Inc$52,00049%
Project Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth$51,14622%
Brazos Interfaith Immigration Network$51,000329%
Rainforest Trust$51,00020%
Regeneration International$50,350221%
Texas Wesleyan University$50,00010%
Blue Diamond Recreation$50,000264%
The Thirst Project$50,00017%
Her Future Coalition Inc$50,00015%
Children of Promise NYC$50,00011%
Beth-El Congregation$50,0005n/a
Wilderness on Wheels$50,000175%
Corvilla Inc$50,00011%
Marine Corps University Foundation Inc$50,00012%
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated$50,00012%
A Red Circle$50,00012%
Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy$50,00010%
Well Aware Inc$50,00015%
National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated$50,00021%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$50,00011%
We Love Philly$50,000117%
Texas Girls Choir Inc$45,75053%
Wedgwood Academy$45,00019%
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon Inc$44,90020%
Fortress Youth Development Center Inc$38,49133%
Texas A&M Foundation$36,35020%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$35,72210%
Trinity Valley School$35,50050%
Regenerative Earth$35,000122%
Educational First Steps$33,50051%
Hofstra University$32,69120%
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center Inc$32,00050%
Water for South Sudan Inc$31,00011%
Cornell University$31,00020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$30,00020%
Artist Outreach Inc$30,00016%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$26,00010%
Great Rivers Environmental Law Center$26,00014%
Dfw Asylum Seeker Housing Network$25,10512%
Island Conservation$25,00010%
Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc$25,00050%
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History$25,00050%
Every Shelter Inc$25,00031%
USA Boccia Inc$25,000121%
Yellow and Black Giving Back Foundation$25,00019%
Counseling and Support Services for Youth$25,00030%
Kids Who Care Inc$25,00013%
Congregation Ahavath Sholom$25,0005n/a
Current Innovation NFP$25,00031%
Friends of Fondation de France Inc$21,73710%
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation$20,00010%
University of Northern Colorado Foundation$19,58010%
Syracuse University$17,97020%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$17,50010%
Breaktime United Inc$17,35031%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$17,00030%
New Orleans Women & Children's Shelter Inc$14,35011%
The Net Fw Inc$13,93430%
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association$13,75050%
Safehaven of Tarrant County$13,57140%
Philadelphia Community Empowerment Through Soccer$13,50011%
The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County$13,43230%
Beyond Housing Inc$12,50010%
Asiyah Womens Center Inc$12,50021%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$12,25020%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$10,64510%
Saving Innocence Inc$10,00010%
Rainbow Railroad USA Inc$10,00010%
Xerces Society Inc$10,00010%
Our Kids Dba Open Heartland$10,00016%
South Brooklyn Sanctuary Inc$10,00014%
Uplift Education$10,00010%
Fort Worth Abandoned Animal Alliance$9,52143%
Child Care Associates$9,05420%
Vintage Flying Museum Inc$8,000427%
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas$8,00020%
Humane Society of North Texas$7,57530%
826 New Orleans$7,50012%
The Other Ones Foundation$7,00020%
Northeastern University$6,73610%
Multicultural Alliance$6,25023%
Hope Farm Inc$6,21120%
Unbound Now$6,16610%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$6,15020%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Ipas$6,00010%
Cancer Care Services$5,90430%
Samaritan's Purse$5,83410%
The Welman Project$5,70020%
Village Cooperative Inc$5,00012%
Southwest Human Development Services Corp$5,00010%
McGill Toolen Catholic High School$5,0001n/a
Victory United Inc$5,000112%
Advocates for Community Transformation$5,00010%
Monterey Bay Power Over Parkinsons Inc$5,00012%
Builders of The Highway Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Child Crisis Arizona$5,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
After8toeducate$5,00011%
Easter Seals of Greater Houston Inc$5,00010%
Concrete Jungle Inc$5,00011%
Mhmr Visions Dba Mhmr Foundation$5,00011%
World Bicycle Relief Nfp$5,00010%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$5,00010%
The Rustic Pathways Foundation Inc$5,00017%
The Livestrong Foundation$5,00010%
My Sister's Place Inc$5,00010%
We Are Blood$5,00010%
Dfw Honor Flight$5,00015%
Comfort Cases Inc$5,00010%
Urban Strategies Council$5,00010%
Oklahoma State University Foundation$5,00010%
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church$5,0001n/a
Forrest Spence Fund$5,00011%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,00010%
Give a Note Foundation Inc$5,00013%
Phoenix Children's Hospital$5,00010%
Sauls Light Foundation$5,00014%
The Pad Project$5,00011%
Association of Pakistani Women in America Inc$5,0001n/a
Rush University Medical Center$4,96310%
Northside Intercommunity Agency Inc$4,63911%
Organization for Autism Research$4,61520%
Inner City Law Center$4,50010%
Charity Global Inc$4,50020%
The Warren Center Inc$4,33820%
S O S Ministries INC$4,20030%
Compassion International Incorporated$4,1001n/a
Kavod$4,00010%
Close Ties Leadership Program$4,00016%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc$3,80510%
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art$3,54210%
Kids Across America$3,54210%
Elevation Scholars Inc$3,54110%
Texas Vignette$3,5212n/a
Ach Child and Family Services$3,52120%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$3,50010%
The Fort Worth Public Library Foundation$3,33411%
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County$3,02120%
Fabulous Faiths Foundation$3,00013%
Family Abuse Center Inc$3,00040%
Khalsa Aid International USA Inc$3,00010%
First Baptist Denton Ministry Center$3,00010%
Big D Powerpuff Tackling Alzheimers Inc$3,00011%
K2 Adventures Foundation$3,00010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$3,00010%
Paluxy River Children's Advocacy Center Inc$3,00010%
Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Reach Inc$3,00010%
Transformations by Austin Angels$3,00010%
Modest Needs Foundation$3,00010%
Cook Children's Medical Center$3,00010%
Ourcalling Inc$3,00010%
Justins Place$3,00010%
Mothers Against Police Brutality$3,00010%
Reliant Mission Inc$3,0001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$3,00010%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$3,00010%
Blessing of Water Inc$3,0001n/a
Heart House$3,00010%
Sooner Theatre of Norman Inc$3,00010%
The Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation$3,00010%
Foster Love Inc$3,0001n/a
Nathaniel's Hope Inc$2,91710%
Northway Church$2,9171n/a
Kula Project Inc$2,87410%
Hand in Hand$2,70010%
Girl Vow Inc$2,50010%
Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc$2,50010%
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$2,35020%
Family Legacy Missions International$2,35020%
Tarrant County Samaritan Housing Inc$2,30510%
The Colorado College$2,25010%
Saving Hope Foundation$2,20020%
Storycatchers$2,18810%
Pathfinder International$2,15020%
Water Walkers$2,00011%
Nashville Food Project Inc$2,00020%
Health for All Inc$2,00020%
East Side Aligned$2,00020%
Fort Worth Baroque Society$2,0002n/a
The Family Place$2,00010%
Animal Hope Inc$1,90011%
The Against Malaria Foundation$1,85030%
Gill Children's Services Inc$1,80020%
Nicu Helping Hands Foundation$1,70010%
Texas Conservation Alliance$1,66710%
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$1,65020%
Refugee Services of Texas Inc$1,55830%
Mercy Project Inc$1,50030%
Familyaid Boston Inc$1,50020%
St Margarets House$1,50020%
Mission Travis Mercy$1,5001n/a
Malawi Children's Village Foundation Inc$1,50020%
Living Goods$1,50020%
Chai Lifeline Inc$1,50010%
Community Doulas of Waco$1,50021%
Adera Foundation$1,50020%
Alight$1,50010%
Abilene Hope Haven Inc$1,50020%
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center$1,50010%
Autism Speaks Inc$1,50010%
Orange County Childrens Therapeutic Arts Center$1,50010%
The Reach Project$1,46130%
Just as I Am Youth Empowerment Inc$1,35021%
Lgbt Books to Prisoners$1,3502n/a
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas$1,35020%
Urban Triage Incorporated$1,35010%
Cultivate Culinary School and Catering Inc$1,35020%
Cristo Rey Orange County High School Inc$1,35010%
Porchlight Inc$1,35010%
Dear Diary Inc$1,31310%
29 Acres Inc$1,27510%
St Paul's Episcopal School$1,25010%
Louisiana Abortion Fund$1,15020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$1,14610%
Women for Afghan Women Inc$1,14610%
Under the Bridge Ministries Inc$1,14611%
Shelter Music Boston Inc$1,10010%
The Parenting Center$1,10010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$1,03620%
The Urban Enrichment Institute$1,00020%
Street Angels Inc$1,00010%
Maternity Care Coalition$1,00010%
Eden Centers$1,00020%
Youth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc$1,00010%
Undies for Everyone$1,00010%
Mason Youth Organization$1,00010%
Earthjustice$1,00010%
At the Table Inc$1,00010%
Beyond the Bars Inc$1,00010%
Jailbreak Husky Rescue$1,0001n/a
Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc$1,00010%
Organization of Chinese Americans Inc$1,00010%
Helping Empower Youth Incorporated$1,00010%
Project Return Inc$1,00010%
Friends of Bret Harte Elementary$1,0001n/a
Operation Kindness$1,00010%
Refugee Resources Inc$1,00011%
Monterey County Youth Museum$1,00010%
Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children$1,00010%
One Acre Fund$1,00010%
Malaria No More Fund$1,00010%
Kidworks Community Development Corp$1,00010%
Alliance for Children Inc$1,00020%
Marquis Studios Ltd$1,00010%
Caritas of Waco$1,00010%
The Spark of Hudson Foundation$1,00012%
Houses for Healing Inc$1,00010%
Project Hope Alliance$1,00010%
Oasis Center Inc$1,00010%
Hope For Youth Inc$1,00010%
United Religious Community of St Joseph County Inc$1,0001n/a
Refuge Corporation$1,00011%
The Elizabeth House Maternity Home$1,00010%
Asian Arts Initiative$1,00010%
Catalyst for Change Inc$1,00010%
EXPO of Wisconsin Inc$1,00010%
Clean Air Council$1,00010%
The YouthVantage Alliance$1,00020%
Sisterreach$1,00010%
Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show$1,00020%
The Navigators$1,0001n/a
Texas Land Conservancy$1,00010%
Transformation Waco$1,00010%
Tailored for Education Inc$1,00010%
National Association for Media Literacy Education$1,00010%
National Hispanic Institute Inc$1,00010%
El Nido Family Centers$1,00010%
Girls on the Run of South Central Wisconsin Incorporated$1,00010%
Defying Legal Gravity$1,0001n/a
Prison Entrepreneurship Program Inc$1,00010%
White Pony Express$1,00010%
Restorative Practices in Action$1,0001n/a
Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas Inc$1,00010%
Carolina Thread Trail$9381n/a
Beloved Asheville$93710%
Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar$85010%
Gideons Army Grassroots Army for Children$85020%
Minnesota Freedom Fund$85010%
Literacy United Inc$83410%
Lgbtq S a V E S$8131n/a
Grace Pointe Church$8131n/a
Dont Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank Inc$80010%
The Gladney Center for Adoption$76510%
Camp Kesem National$70020%
Exalt Youth$70010%
Equal Justice Initiative$70020%
Keen New York LLC$70010%
Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach Inc$70010%
Greater Waco Legal Services$65020%
Casa of McLennan County$65020%
Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation$65020%
Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc$65010%
Arise Africa Inc$62610%
Tarrant County Bar Foundation$62510%
Cornerstone Assistance Network Inc$61910%
Got Green$55010%
Mothers Milk Bank of North Texas Inc$52110%
LOVE PIT The Love Pit$52110%
Voices for Children Inc$50020%
Trauma Informed Care Network$5001n/a
Action for Boston Community Development Inc$50010%
World Hunger Relief Institute$50010%
A Child's Place of Charlotte Inc$5001n/a
Maydm Inc$50010%
Pratham USA$50010%
Native Renewables Inc$50010%
Community Healthcare of Texas$50010%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$50010%
Nashville International Center for Empowerment$50010%
Community Groundworks Inc$5001n/a
Christopher Reeve Foundation$50010%
Children's Miracle Network$50010%
Central American Resource Center$50010%
Emory Christian Campus Fellowship Inc$50010%
Robin Hood Foundation$50010%
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation$50010%
Clean Water for North Carolina Inc$50010%
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation$50020%
Justicematters Inc$50010%
Elkhart Education Foundation$50010%
Charlottesville Free Clinic$50010%
Dogwood Alliance Inc$50010%
International Justice Mission$50020%
Central Texas Youth Services Bureau$50010%
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Dba Curyj$50010%
1for3org Inc$50010%
Fruitful Commons$50010%
Families Forward$50010%
Cell Dogs Inc$50010%
O'Hana Heritage Foundation Inc$50010%
Forward Learning Youth and Young Adults Inc$50010%
Blackwell Culture Alliance Inc$50011%
Agape Development Ministries$50010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas Inc$50010%
Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc$50010%
Vitendo4africa$50010%
University City District$50010%
Elder-Aid$50010%
Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project$50010%
Hunger Free America Inc$50010%
Manna Worldwide Inc$50010%
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice$50010%
Mission Waco Mission World Inc$50010%
Uncornered Inc$50010%
Bay Area Lyme Foundation$50010%
Tlc Family Resource Center$50010%
Rancho Cielo Inc$50010%
Women's Community Revitalization Project$50010%
Center for Lyme Action$50010%
Friends of St Stephen's Youth Programs Inc$50010%
Creative Waco$50010%
SPCA of Texas$41610%
Exodus Retreat$3501n/a
Galveston Island Humane Society Inc$35010%
National Down Syndrome Society$35010%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$35010%
Funding Love Corp$35010%
American Indian College Fund$35010%
Creative Visions Inc$35010%
Shelter Tech$35010%
Hope for New York$35010%
The Magdalen House$35010%
Madison Community Cooperative$35010%
Skate Like a Girl$35010%
Mora Creative Council$35010%
Lussier Community Education Center Inc$35010%
Food Bank for New York City$35010%
Ayuda Inc$35010%
Spreeha Foundation$35010%
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc$35010%
Tipping Point Community$35010%
Phillips Brooks House Association Inc$35010%
The Women's Center of Tarrant County Inc$35010%
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center Searac$35010%
Regeneration International Inc$35011%
Behold Israel$35010%
St Francis Center$35010%
The Clear Fund$35010%
Camfed USA Foundation$35010%
Phi Theta Kappa Foundation$35010%
Family Justice Center of St Joseph County Inc$35010%
Seton Education Partners$35010%
New Friends New Life$35010%
Covenant House New Orleans$35010%
Canopy Center Inc$35010%
Save the Storks$35010%
Savage Sisters Recovery Inc$35010%
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society$35010%
Chinese Mutual Aid Association$35010%
Seattle International Foundation$35010%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$35010%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$35010%
Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin Inc$35010%
Young Life$35010%
Pro-Choice Arizona$35010%
Children At Risk$35010%
Eden Peopleplanet$35010%
Friends of Refugees Inc$35010%
Africa Inland Mission International Incorporated$3501n/a
Gathering Waters Inc$35010%
Rooted Wi Inc$35010%
American Youthworks$35010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$35010%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$35010%
Autismafter 18 Inc$35014%
The Restoration Team$35010%
Central California Legal Services Inc$35010%
National Council of Negro Women Inc$35010%
The Center for the Homeless Inc$35010%
Friendship Service Center Inc$35010%
Scottys House Brazos Valley Child Advocacy Center Inc$35010%
Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation$35010%
Wema Children Incorporated$3501n/a
Galveston Urban Ministries$35010%
Pease Park Conservancy$35010%
The Council on Strategic Risks$35010%
Seedling Foundation$35010%
National Forest Foundation$35010%
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia$35010%
International Student Conferences Inc$35010%
Elijah Rising$35010%
United Way of the Brazos Valley$35010%
The Mary Parrish Center$35010%
University of Washington Foundation$35010%
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation$35010%
Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School$35010%
Kirotshe Foundation$3501n/a
Specialty Care Free Clinic Inc$35010%
Watermark Community Church$3501n/a
Family Promise of Clear Creek$35010%
Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc$35010%
Stage West Theatre Formerly Allied Theatre Group Inc$35010%
As Our Own Nfp$35010%
Boston Debate League Incorporated$35010%
Common Power$3501n/a
Badger Childhood Cancer Network Inc$35010%
Direct Relief$35010%
Crisis Connections$35010%
Martha O'Bryan Center Inc$35010%
Carlys Way Animal Rescue$3501n/a
Delight Ministries Inc$35010%
ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc$35010%
Black Girls Code Inc$35010%
The Bail Project Inc$35010%
Traffick911$31310%
Opera Arlington$3131n/a
Mid-Cities Pregnancy Care Inc$30010%
Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant County Inc$30020%
Wichita Falls Area Food Bank$30010%
Reap Food Group Inc$30010%
The First 72$30010%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc$30010%
Family Promise North Shore Boston Inc$30010%
Greenpath Inc$30010%
Floresta USA Incorporated$30010%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth$30010%
Texas Wolfdog Project$26110%
Jordon Lenamon Foundation$26111%
Onramp Dfw Inc$25010%
Forerunner Mentoring$25010%
Lifesavers Foundation$20810%
Corner To Corner$20010%
Saving Hope Animal Rescue Fund$18810%
Studio Tenn Theatre Company$18810%
The Oak Cliff Veggie Project Inc$15010%
Jewish National Fund-Usa Inc$1501n/a
Dane County Humane Society$15010%
Pitt Legal Income Sharing Fnd Univ of Pittsburgh School of Law$15012%
Urban Revival Inc$15010%
National Pediatric Cancer Foundation Inc$15010%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$15010%
The Armand Hammer United World College of the Amer$15010%
Women's Medical Fund Inc$15010%
Philabundance$15010%
Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency Inc$15010%
Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc$15010%
Casa Marianella Inc$15010%
AsylumWorks$15010%
Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp$15010%
Best Friends Animal Society$15010%
International Rescue Committee INC$15010%
Brilliant Detroit$15010%
Humane Society of Jefferson County Inc$15010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc$15010%
Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc$15010%
India Literacy Project$15010%
Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society Inc$15010%
Food for Free Committee Inc$15010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$15010%
Neighbor to Neighbor Inc$15010%
Ma Paws & Me Pet Rescue Inc$15010%
Signal Return Inc$15010%
Sunnyhill Inc$15010%
The River Food Pantry Inc$15010%
Preble Street$15010%
Sinjar Academy$15010%
Camp Gray Inc$15010%
Violence Policy Center$15010%
The International Friendship Center of Highlands$15010%
Plant It Forward$15010%
City Parks Alliance Inc$15010%
Innocence Project of Texas$15010%
Cord Ministries International$15010%
Hunger Task Force Inc$15010%
The Archibald Project Inc$15010%
Gift of Adoption Fund Inc$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 357 recipients with no EIN on record ($27M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Once Upon a Time Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMarquette University: $1,330,687 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $874,756 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Christian University: $651,391 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $488,572 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $440,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Western Ontario Foundation Inc: $418,866 over 2y, 15% of budgetThe Mount Sinai Hospital: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTri-Cities Food Bank: $300,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetBaylor University: $235,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $160,495 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $151,227 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $139,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $126,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $103,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKinderplatz of Fine Arts Inc: $103,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Fort Worth Inc: $100,883 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMarine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $96,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $85,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeritage School of Texas: $75,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetFort Worth Country Day School Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican University: $66,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOnRamp Inc: $52,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetProject Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth: $51,146 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBrazos Interfaith Immigration Network: $51,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetRainforest Trust: $51,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRegeneration International: $50,350 over 2y, 21% of budgetTexas Wesleyan University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlue Diamond Recreation: $50,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetThe Thirst Project: $50,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetHer Future Coalition Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetChildren of Promise NYC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWilderness on Wheels: $50,000 over 1y, 75% of budgetCorvilla Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMarine Corps University Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetJewel Charity Ball Incorporated: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetA Red Circle: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAssociation of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWell Aware Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNational Ataxia Foundation Incorporated: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWe Love Philly: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTexas Girls Choir Inc: $45,750 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetWedgwood Academy: $45,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetUniversidad del Sagrado Corazon Inc: $44,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFortress Youth Development Center Inc: $38,491 over 3y, 2.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX65.2× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Morris Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · The Roach Foundation Inc · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee

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.

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Find your warmest path to Once Upon a Time Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Once Upon a Time Foundation

How much does Once Upon a Time Foundation give?
Once Upon a Time Foundation reported 1,039 grants totaling $10,715,876 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 117 and 238 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Once Upon a Time Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (51%), Education (24%), Animals (8%).
Who are Once Upon a Time Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Marquette University ($1.3M), Johns Hopkins University ($875k), Texas Christian University ($651k).
Does Once Upon a Time Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Once Upon a Time 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 Once Upon a Time Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc, Sid W Richardson Foundation, Amon G Carter Foundation.
Where is Once Upon a Time Foundation based?
Once Upon a Time Foundation is based in TX.

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 911 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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