· Private foundation
The Perry R Bass II 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION | $35,000 |
| TEXAS AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST FOUNDATION | $26,000 |
| GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $26,000 |
| ONE SAFE PLACE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 58% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +30% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 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, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATexas Agricultural Land Trust8× · 2017–2024 · $298k · revenue +543%
- TFTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION7× · 2017–2025 · $285k · revenue +21%
- GCGRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $186k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- TSTHE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUSTgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $32k · revenue +27%
- SASAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -38%
Save The Children Federation Incone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +0%
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.
To support texas land trusts and promote land conservation efforts in texas. host texas land conservation conference to educate conservation related professionals and volunteers from across the state.
To improve the cattle raising industry in texas and the southwest through education, market inspection, law enforcement and other member services.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.
Building on the proven success of texas agriculture education and the texas ffa program, our mission is distinguished by the continued development, funding, and implementation of cutting edge learning opportunities focusing on academic…
Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.
Wetlands america trust, inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to expand ducks unlimited, inc's mission to provide leadership in the protection of the natural balance of wetlands ecosystems ensuring the future viability of…
We acquire properties to be donated to the National Park Service and state entities and advocate for protection of Big Thicket natural resources.
As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…
The association exists to advance the science of jurisprudence; to facilitate and improve the administration of justice; to maintain and to elevate standards of professional conduct; to increase professional skills through regular…
Trec's mission is to cultivate relationships in the commercial real estate industry to catalyze community investment, influence policy, propel careers and develop the leaders of tomorrow.we believe relationships are the lifeblood of career…
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…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 11 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 Texas Agricultural Land Trust ↗
- Who funds THE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Safe City Commission ↗
- Who funds THE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
- Who funds PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS ↗
- Who funds Texas Agricultural Land Trust Foundation ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RACING MEDICATION AND TESTING CONSORTIUM ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Perry R Bass II Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Perry R Bass II Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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