· Private foundation
The Sarah and Ross Perot Jr Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $255k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $959k
- $250k+4 grants · $4.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| St Mark's School of Texas | $2,000,000 |
| Blair House Foundation | $1,250,000 |
| Parks for Downtown Dallas | $1,000,000 |
| Young America's Foundation | $250,000 |
| The Alliance for Choice in Education | $200,000 |
| The Unit Foundation | $125,000 |
| The Salvation Army of North Texas | $100,000 |
| The Salvation Army of North Texas | $100,000 |
| Denison Ministries | $100,000 |
| St Philip's School and Community Center | $100,000 |
| Highland Park Presbyterian Church | $100,000 |
| George W Bush Presidential Center | $84,000 |
| Fellowship of Fathers Foundation | $50,000 |
| Free to Choose Network | $25,000 |
| Library of Congress | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $962k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
63 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $435k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BHBLAIR HOUSE FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +905%
- NTNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK3× · 2017–2019 · $1.2M · revenue +105%
Southern Methodist University3× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +57%
Funded once
- TATexas A&M Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +48%
ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMYgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +40%- MOMUSEUM OF THE BIBLEone grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue -44%
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.
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
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…
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…
To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.
To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
How this is measured
110 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. 110 of the 199 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 COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BLAIR HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds Redeemer City To City ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE ↗
- Who funds NORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MOUNTED WARFARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST PHILIPS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE ↗
- Who funds UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL ↗
- Who funds Alpha USA ↗
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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Perot Foundation · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The New Covenant Foundation · The Hoglund Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sarah and Ross Perot Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sarah and Ross Perot Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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