Texas · Private foundation
The Philecology 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.
- $18M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $815,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $225M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations The Philecology Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M 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 | 7 | $18M | 57% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $13M | 86% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.7M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $2.0M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.4M | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multipurpose Arena Fort Worth | $17,601,688 | 3 | 16% |
| Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc | $14,013,959 | 1 | 36% |
| Event Facilities Fort Worth Inc | $9,100,000 | 1 | 96% |
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc | $3,193,306 | 4 | 15% |
| The Fort Worth Zoological Association | $2,400,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass | $1,630,000 | 2 | 5% |
| University of Miami | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Christian University | $600,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multipurpose Arena Fort Worth | $17,601,688 | 3 | 16% |
| Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc | $14,013,959 | 1 | 36% |
| Event Facilities Fort Worth Inc | $9,100,000 | 1 | 96% |
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc | $3,193,306 | 4 | 15% |
| The Fort Worth Zoological Association | $2,400,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass | $1,630,000 | 2 | 5% |
| University of Miami | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Christian University | $600,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc | $400,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Amazon Conservation Association | $200,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Amazon Biodiversity Center | $200,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Bhutan Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Van Cliburn Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Flora of North America Association | $100,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers' Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Merlin Tuttles Bat Conservation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($200k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Philecology Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Tj Brown & Ca Lupton Foundation · The Bratton Family Foundation · Alice L Walton Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Burnett Foundation · Adeline & George McQueen Foundation Xxxxx1007 · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002 · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Philecology Foundation
- How much does The Philecology Foundation give?
- The Philecology Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $18,415,413 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Philecology Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Recreation & Sports (33%), Youth Development (17%).
- Who are The Philecology Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Multipurpose Arena Fort Worth ($18M), Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc ($14M), Event Facilities Fort Worth Inc ($9.1M).
- Does The Philecology Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Philecology 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 Philecology Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tj Brown & Ca Lupton Foundation, The Bratton Family Foundation, Alice L Walton Foundation.
- Where is The Philecology Foundation based?
- The Philecology Foundation is based in TX.
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