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The Ramona F Bass Foundation at a glance

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The Ramona F Bass 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.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$294kHealth$87kInternational$75kEducation$33kFood & Nutrition$28kCrime & Legal$23kEnvironment$15k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$22,500
UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC$22,500
THE TREVOR PROJECT$10,500
THE MALALA FUND$10,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$10,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC$10,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 33% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND: $23k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $11k → 17%NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $7k → 5%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $7k → 11%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $11k → 14%SAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $16k → 17%UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $23k → 14%PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND: $15k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10k → 17%NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $5k → 5%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $5k → 11%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $10k → 14%UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $15k → 14%THE TREVOR PROJECT: $11k → 14%THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $32k → 11%THE TREVOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%THE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $86k → 11%THE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $78k → 11%ONE SAFE PLACE: $10k → 11%THE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $35k → 11%ONE SAFE PLACE: $7k → 11%FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $19k → 11%THE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $26k → 11%ONE SAFE PLACE: $5k → 11%FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $18k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of The Ramona F Bass Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 68% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 65%.

The Ramona F Bass Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 14% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$492k · 9 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
3

Total granted

$492k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsInternationalHealthCivil RightsEducationCrime & LegalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TF
    THE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $262k · revenue +21%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +40%
  • TM
    THE MALALA FUND
    4× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $32k · revenue +18%
  • HI
    HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2017 · $16k
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -38%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation

To build and maintain financial support for planned parenthood north central states to advance and protect sexual and reproductive health care for all.

Human Services
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Planned Parenthood Global Inc

To advance the planned parenthood mission internationally, including support for the provision and protection of sexual and reproductive health services and rights, and ensuring that all people have access to reproductive and sexual…

Health
6
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Family Planning and Preventative Health

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Family Planning and Preventative Health provides comprehensive and complementary health care services in settings that preserve and protect the essential privacy and rights of the individual, advocates…

Health
7
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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8
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
9
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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10
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
11
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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12
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Malala Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 12 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $262,275 · AnimalsTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $32,000 · AnimalsTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATIONPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $37,500 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILD…UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $37,500 · InternationalUNRWA USA NATIO…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $33,100 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $33,100 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…THE MALALA FUND: $33,100 · EducationHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $15,725 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $12,200 · OtherSafe City Commission: $22,600 · Crime & LegalTREVOR PROJECT INC: $20,900 · Civil RightsSAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Environment
Animals$294,275International$75,000Health$66,200Education$33,100Other$27,925Crime & Legal$22,600Civil Rights$20,900Environment$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $262,275 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $37,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $37,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $33,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $33,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $33,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSafe City Commission: $22,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $20,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $12,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Sophie S Bass Fou…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Sophie S Bass FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sophie S Bass Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Ramona F Bass Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ramona F Bass Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Ramona F Bass Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Ramona F Bass 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.

    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 12 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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