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The Frill Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
19
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$7.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Frill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving31$1.1M55%
FY202319$519k21%
FY202221$448k38%
FY202119$373k37%
FY202017$348k53%
FY201820$345k45%
FY201716$220kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$18MEducation$785kArts & Culture$673kHealth$475kHuman Services$408kRecreation & Sports$165kFood & Nutrition$133kCivil Rights$80kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CO
MO
VA
TN
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of The Frill Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trinity Valley School$315,00070%
Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation$210,00054%
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$192,50071%
The Barth Syndrome Foundation$190,00074%
The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia$155,00070%
Gill Children's Services Inc$140,000710%
Mothers Milk Bank of North Texas Inc$93,00061%
Alliance for Children Inc$80,00030%
Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation$75,40020%
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association$75,00020%
Van Cliburn Foundation Inc$70,00041%
Baylor College of Medicine$70,00020%
The Women's Center of Tarrant County Inc$70,00021%
Historic Fort Worth Inc$50,00044%
Texas Game Warden Assoc$50,000224%
Texas Health Resources$50,00010%
Texas Christian University$50,00020%
Caddo Lake Institute Inc$45,00028%
Menil Foundation Inc$40,00020%
Rivertree Academy$40,00021%
The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation$35,00020%
United Way of Greater Houston$30,00020%
Literacy United Inc$30,00022%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$30,00011%
Children's Hospital Colorado$25,00010%
Paradox Sports$25,00015%
Project 4031 Inc$25,00015%
Community Food Bank$25,00010%
Dietert Center$25,00012%
Catholic Charities Inc$25,00011%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$25,0001n/a
Hope Clinic Inc$25,0001n/a
The College Foundation of the University of Virginia$25,00010%
The Parenting Center$20,00011%
Fort Worth Report$15,00011%
The Gladney Center for Adoption$15,00020%
Refuge for Women Inc$15,00010%
Urban Roots NTX$15,000111%
Westaid$10,00012%
Steps of Faith Foundation$10,00011%
American Heart Association Inc$10,00010%
Lena Pope Home Inc$10,00010%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$10,0001n/a
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation$10,00010%
Westside Little League$10,00012%
Design Inspirations$9,24032%
Pelotonu Inc$5,00011%
KIPP Texas Inc$5,00010%
William Marsh Rice University$5,00010%
Houston Ballet Foundation$5,00010%
You Gotta Believe Football Camp$5,00014%
Laundry Love Fort Worth Inc$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($733k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frill Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrinity Valley School: $315,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation: $210,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetTexas Ballet Theater Inc: $192,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Barth Syndrome Foundation: $190,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetThe Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia: $155,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGill Children's Services Inc: $140,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetMothers Milk Bank of North Texas Inc: $93,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetAlliance for Children Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation: $75,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Center of Tarrant County Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHistoric Fort Worth Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetTexas Game Warden Assoc: $50,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetTexas Health Resources: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Christian University: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCaddo Lake Institute Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRivertree Academy: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy United Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParadox Sports: $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetProject 4031 Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCommunity Food Bank: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDietert Center: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCatholic Charities Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe College Foundation of the University of Virginia: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Parenting Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFort Worth Report: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Gladney Center for Adoption: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRefuge for Women Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Roots NTX: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWestaid: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSteps of Faith Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLena Pope Home Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWestside Little League: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDesign Inspirations: $9,240 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPelotonu Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Ballet Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYou Gotta Believe Football Camp: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% 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 48.

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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.

Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxTX40.5× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · The Ninnie L Baird Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust · The Roach Foundation Inc · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust

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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How do I get to The Frill Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Frill Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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 The Frill Foundation

How much does The Frill Foundation give?
The Frill Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $1,080,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Frill Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (86%), Education (4%), Arts & Culture (3%).
Who are The Frill Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Trinity Valley School ($315k), Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation ($210k), Texas Ballet Theater Inc ($193k).
Does The Frill Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Frill Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Frill Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax, Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc, Sid W Richardson Foundation.
Where is The Frill Foundation based?
The Frill 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 71 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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