Texas · Private foundation
Parks Bell 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.
- $832k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $585,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Parks Bell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $367k 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 | 11 | $782k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $1.3M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $818k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $664k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $259k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $93k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $55k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Bell Charities Inc | $2,590,000 | 5 | 62% |
| Amy Bell Sports Foundation Inc | $348,718 | 2 | 1% |
| Childfund International USA | $146,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boss Mares Inc | $72,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Safari Club International West Texas Chapter Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 4% |
| National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Kalene Advancement Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 14% |
| The Origins Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trinity School Endowment Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Bell Charities Inc | $2,590,000 | 5 | 62% |
| Amy Bell Sports Foundation Inc | $348,718 | 2 | 1% |
| Childfund International USA | $146,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boss Mares Inc | $72,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Safari Club International West Texas Chapter Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 4% |
| National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Kalene Advancement Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 14% |
| The Origins Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trinity School Endowment Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| NRCHA Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Vrdur Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Trinity School of Midland Texas | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Safari Club International Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern New Mexico University Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horsemen for Christ | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($544k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Parks Bell Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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: Permian Basin Area Foundation · Safari Club International West Texas Chapter Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Parks Bell Foundation
- How much does Parks Bell Foundation give?
- Parks Bell Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $831,975 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Parks Bell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (71%), Recreation & Sports (9%), Education (5%).
- Who are Parks Bell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Amy Bell Charities Inc ($2.6M), Amy Bell Sports Foundation Inc ($349k), Childfund International USA ($147k).
- Does Parks Bell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Parks Bell 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 Parks Bell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Permian Basin Area Foundation, Safari Club International West Texas Chapter Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Parks Bell Foundation based?
- Parks Bell Foundation is based in TX.
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