Texas · Private foundation
The Farris 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.
- $505k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 45
- Grants FY2025
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $145,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 54 to 63
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Farris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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 | 45 | $505k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 54 | $529k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $373k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 59 | $532k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $362k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $334k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kinkaid School Inc | $405,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Valley Zoological Society | $120,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Sea Turtle Inc | $100,600 | 3 | 2% |
| Marine Military Academy Inc | $100,320 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Life | $57,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Las Huellas Inc | $18,700 | 4 | 3% |
| St Alban's Episcopal Day School Inc | $16,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Dallas Christian College | $13,597 | 1 | n/a |
| Culture of Life Ministries | $10,620 | 4 | 2% |
| Fishing's Future | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kinkaid School Inc | $405,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Valley Zoological Society | $120,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Sea Turtle Inc | $100,600 | 3 | 2% |
| Marine Military Academy Inc | $100,320 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Life | $57,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Las Huellas Inc | $18,700 | 4 | 3% |
| St Alban's Episcopal Day School Inc | $16,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Dallas Christian College | $13,597 | 1 | n/a |
| Culture of Life Ministries | $10,620 | 4 | 2% |
| Fishing's Future | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | $9,783 | 5 | n/a |
| Breathe Life Christian Church | $9,100 | 6 | n/a |
| Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc | $7,100 | 6 | 0% |
| The American College | $5,195 | 1 | 0% |
| La Posada Providencia | $3,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated | $3,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas State Technical College | $3,122 | 1 | n/a |
| Rgsc Citizens Volunteer Council | $3,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Harlingen Affordable Housing Corporation | $2,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Society for Animal Rescue and Adoption | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Harlingen | $1,425 | 1 | 1% |
| United Way of South Texas | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Latinx Judges | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Livingstone Family Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Easter Seals Rio Grande Valley | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Northern Cameron County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spirit of Praise Church Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chosen Rgv | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| South Texas Emergency Care Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Torch of Freedom Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Rgv Hie | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Baptist Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Teamwalkerpete Foundation | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Laguna Madre Humane Society | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| SPCA of Texas | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Methodist Children's Home | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Episcopal Day School | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Mt Calvary Lutheran Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Anthony Catholic Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| All Saints Episcopal Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Julie Valentine Center | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethel Lutheran Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Olympics of Texas Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Church of St John the Divine | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Covenant Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Door Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Biomedical Research Institute | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aopa Foundation Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 106 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Farris Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation · Serafy Foundation · Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation · Neal & Lourdes Simmons Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Farris Foundation
- How much does The Farris Foundation give?
- The Farris Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $505,130 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 54 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Farris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Education (27%), Health (16%).
- Who are The Farris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Kinkaid School Inc ($405k), Valley Zoological Society ($120k), Sea Turtle Inc ($101k).
- Does The Farris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Farris 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 The Farris Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation, Serafy Foundation, Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation.
- Where is The Farris Foundation based?
- The Farris Foundation is based in TX.
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