· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k36 grants · $59k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $146k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $145,100 |
| KINKAID SCHOOL | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $55,000 |
| RON WITLOCK MINISTRIES | $42,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $27,000 |
| MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY | $25,100 |
| US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIION | $24,610 |
| Individual grant recipient | $16,500 |
| GLADYS PORTER ZOO | $11,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $6,400 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - RGV | $5,583 |
| LAS HUELLAS | $5,000 |
| SCOUTING AMERICA | $5,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $5,000 |
| UTSA | $3,192 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
56 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TKThe Kinkaid School Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $405k · revenue +88%
- VZVALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY6× · 2020–2025 · $120k · revenue +56%
- STSEA TURTLE INC3× · 2020–2022 · $101k · revenue +138%
Funded once
- ACALGADON CLUBone grant, 2022 · $22k
- DCDALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $14k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Hospice care of terminally ill patients
The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…
To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
Travis county medical society (tcms) represents the medical profession in matters of importance to the membership and the community it serves.
To further the missions of utsw and thr on a local, regional and national level through the creation of a clinically integrated network of physicians, hospitals and other care providers to deliver healthcare across the continuum and by…
South texas college of law houston provides a diverse body of students the opportunity to obtain an exceptional legal education, preparing graduates to serve their community and profession with distinction.
Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
To create an integrated hospital system operating in the dallas area to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves without regard to their ability to pay.
To provide broader recognition of the state's top achievers in medicine, engineering and science, and to build a stronger identity for texas as an important destination and center of achievement in these fields.
How this is measured
40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 166 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds The Kinkaid School Inc ↗
- Who funds VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SEA TURTLE INC ↗
- Who funds MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds LAS HUELLAS INC ↗
- Who funds ST ALBAN'S EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CULTURE OF LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Fishing's Future ↗
- Who funds Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Farris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Farris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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