Texas · Private foundation
Stephens Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $600k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
- 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 Stephens Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 23 | $590k | 39% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $600k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $610k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $211k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $160k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $115k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $111k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dallas Opera | $312,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Christ Academy | $263,400 | 5 | 3% |
| Dallas Symphony Association | $238,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Midwestern State University Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Life | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Back to School | $60,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Park Cities Presbyterian Church | $42,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Spoleto Festival USA Inc | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Broadway Dallas Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $22,574 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dallas Opera | $312,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Christ Academy | $263,400 | 5 | 3% |
| Dallas Symphony Association | $238,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Midwestern State University Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Life | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Back to School | $60,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Park Cities Presbyterian Church | $42,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Spoleto Festival USA Inc | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Broadway Dallas Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $22,574 | 3 | 0% |
| Opera Parallle | $22,426 | 4 | 0% |
| The Atlanta Opera Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Missoula International School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Lacmus Festival Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Crystal Charity Ball | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Horizon Circle | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wichita Falls Area Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The George Washington University | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Senior Citizen Services of North Texas Inc Dba the Kitchen | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stephens Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: James N McCoy Foundation · Stanley Grover Charitable Trust · Leota Steed Foundation · Donnell Foundation · Bryant Edwards Foundation Inc · Perkins-Prothro Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About Stephens Family Foundation
- How much does Stephens Family Foundation give?
- Stephens Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $600,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Stephens Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Religion (28%), Education (20%).
- Who are Stephens Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Dallas Opera ($312k), Christ Academy ($263k), Dallas Symphony Association ($239k).
- Does Stephens Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stephens Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Stephens Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include James N McCoy Foundation, Stanley Grover Charitable Trust, Leota Steed Foundation.
- Where is Stephens Family Foundation based?
- Stephens Family Foundation is based in TX.
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