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Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$331k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$180,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$6.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsPublic BenefitOther
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
FY2025still arriving24$330k4%
FY202424$365k13%
FY202325$370k8%
FY202225$410k16%
FY202125$333k8%
FY202026$257k12%
FY201930$355k17%
FY201828$263k36%
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What it funded, over time

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

Religion$985kHealth$822kEducation$412kArts & Culture$197kHuman Services$148kPhilanthropy$110kHousing & Shelter$78kYouth Development$68kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University Christian Church$880,0009n/a
Cook Children's Medical Center$350,00070%
Fort Worth Country Day School Inc$150,00030%
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History$125,00050%
YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth$95,50090%
Texas Christian University$81,00070%
Texas Wesleyan University$80,00060%
Texas Health Resources Foundation$50,00050%
Fort Worth Chamber Development Foundation$50,00055%
The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County$45,00030%
Pediatric Vision Research and Diagnostic Center$45,000911%
The Ben Hogan Foundation$41,00094%
United Way of Tarrant County$40,00040%
Lighthouse For The Blind Of Houston Inc$36,00021%
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County$30,00020%
Fort Worth Junior Golf Foundation Inc$27,00090%
All Saints Health Foundation$25,00030%
Layla Rose Ranch$20,00048%
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association$18,50090%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$17,00090%
Cato Institute$11,50090%
Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc$10,00010%
Fort Worth Report$10,00050%
Shady Oaks Foundation Inc$10,000113%
Hope Farm Inc$8,00080%
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$8,00040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc$8,00080%
The Independent Institute$6,00090%
Lena Pope Home Inc$5,00010%
Scenic Texas$5,00011%
Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc$3,00040%
Day Resource Center for Homeless$3,00030%
Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge Inc$1,00010%
Wings of Hope$1,0002n/a
Institute for Humane Studies$50010%
Gill Children's Services Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($663k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCook Children's Medical Center: $350,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFort Worth Country Day School Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFort Worth Museum of Science and History: $125,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $95,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Christian University: $81,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Wesleyan University: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Health Resources Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFort Worth Chamber Development Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetThe Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPediatric Vision Research and Diagnostic Center: $45,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetThe Ben Hogan Foundation: $41,000 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetUnited Way of Tarrant County: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse For The Blind Of Houston Inc: $36,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission of Tarrant County: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFort Worth Junior Golf Foundation Inc: $27,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAll Saints Health Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLayla Rose Ranch: $20,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetFort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association: $18,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Texas Public Broadcasting Inc: $17,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $11,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPerforming Arts Fort Worth Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Worth Report: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetShady Oaks Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHope Farm Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Ballet Theater Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Independent Institute: $6,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLena Pope Home Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScenic Texas: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBotanical Research Institute of Texas Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDay Resource Center for Homeless: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGill Children's Services Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 34.

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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 IncTX47× affinity20 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 · Amon G Carter Foundation · The Roach Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · The Morris Foundation · The Alcon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · Robert D and Alma Moreton Foundation · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002

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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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 Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation

How much does Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation give?
Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $330,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Health (28%), Education (14%).
Who are Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University Christian Church ($880k), Cook Children's Medical Center ($350k), Fort Worth Country Day School Inc ($150k).
Does Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert D and Catherine R Alexander 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, Amon G Carter Foundation, The Roach Foundation Inc.
Where is Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation based?
Robert D and Catherine R Alexander 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 57 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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