Does THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, Denman Family Foundation.

Foundation Dossiers

Texas · Private foundation

THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 22
Grants FY2025: 16
Organizations funded FY2024: 25%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $2,006,782
Organizations funded a year: 7 to 17; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 3
Total assets, FY2025: $19M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthReligionEducationArts & CultureOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	21	$3.3M	38%
FY2024	16	$1.1M	25%
FY2023	15	$1.3M	7%
FY2022	17	$1.3M	35%
FY2021	13	$938k	23%
FY2020	7	$106k	14%
FY2019	14	$803k	50%
FY2018	7	$227k	29%

96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$5.9MReligion$2.7MHealth$129kHousing & Shelter$105kPhilanthropy$105kHuman Services$80kArts & Culture$75kYouth Development$67kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Dallas Baptist University	$4,333,217	9	2%
Park Cities Baptist Church	$2,335,000	6	n/a
Austin College	$1,171,000	6	1%
Ourcalling Inc	$105,000	7	1%
Healing Hands Ministries Inc	$95,000	6	0%
White Rock Center of Hope Inc	$80,000	8	1%
Dallas Symphony Association	$64,513	7	0%
Denison Ministries	$55,000	7	n/a
Young Life	$47,000	5	0%
Finishing Well Ministries	$40,000	4	4%

Show all 18 grantees

All grantees of THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Dallas Baptist University	$4,333,217	9	2%
Park Cities Baptist Church	$2,335,000	6	n/a
Austin College	$1,171,000	6	1%
Ourcalling Inc	$105,000	7	1%
Healing Hands Ministries Inc	$95,000	6	0%
White Rock Center of Hope Inc	$80,000	8	1%
Dallas Symphony Association	$64,513	7	0%
Denison Ministries	$55,000	7	n/a
Young Life	$47,000	5	0%
Finishing Well Ministries	$40,000	4	4%
Lake Highlands Women's League	$20,000	3	3%
Mercy Street	$20,000	2	0%
Brother Bills Helping Hand	$20,000	1	0%
Univ of Texas at Arlington	$11,298	2	n/a
Samford University	$10,000	1	0%
New Song Community Choir	$10,000	1	11%
Tim Tebow Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Hope International Ministries	$2,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($748k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION supplied at peak.

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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 14.

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.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Denman Family Foundation · Harry Bass Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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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About THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION

How much does THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION give?: THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION reported 22 grants totaling $3,266,301 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (64%), Religion (29%), Health (1%).
Who are THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dallas Baptist University ($4.3M), Park Cities Baptist Church ($2.3M), Austin College ($1.2M).
Does THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, Denman Family Foundation.
Where is THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION based?: THE NATION FOUNDATION formerly known as JAMES AND SALLY NATION FOUNDATION is based in TX.