Texas · Public charity
Texas Bighorn Society
Restoration of desert bighorn sheep and the preservation of their habitat - both on private and public lands
- $576k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $36,685
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $446,705
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Texas Bighorn Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $576k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $346k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $182k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $93k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $254k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $32k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $48k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $341k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | $884,243 | 7 | n/a |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $247,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wild Sheep Foundation | $103,817 | 5 | 0% |
| Lubbock Sportsman's Club Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($620k), not named here.
About Texas Bighorn Society
- How much does Texas Bighorn Society give?
- Texas Bighorn Society reported 5 grants totaling $575,502 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Texas Bighorn Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (58%), Education (19%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
- Who are Texas Bighorn Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department ($884k), Texas Tech Foundation Inc ($248k), Wild Sheep Foundation ($104k).
- Does Texas Bighorn Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Texas Bighorn Society based?
- Texas Bighorn Society is based in TX.
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