Funding search · EIN 020762991 · Tyler, TX

James I Perkins Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

322
grants reported
$5.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

communityenrichmenteducationreligiousdevelopmenteducationalsocialphilanthrophy

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Funding pattern

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3 grants matching “philanthrophy · $7,000

  • $2,000

    Afp National Philanthropy Day · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Philanthrophy

  • $4,000

    Afp National Philanthropy Day · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Philanthrophy

  • $1,000

    Afp National Philanthropy Day · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Philanthrophy

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Tyler Junior College Foundation3 grants · $1.3M
  • Tyler Junior College2 grants · $1.0M
  • Ut Health Science Center at Tyler3 grants · $292,500
  • Sfasu3 grants · $277,625
  • The Mentoring Alliance4 grants · $241,000
  • Grace Community School4 grants · $224,250
  • Bethesda Health Clinic4 grants · $208,650
  • Tyler Junior Golf Foundation1 grant · $139,000
  • Sfasu Foundation2 grants · $116,075
  • Texas State History Museum Foundati3 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

$632,376
2022
$1.6M
2023
$2.2M
2024
$1.5M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 322 grants.

  • $740,000

    Tyler Junior College · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $687,725

    Tyler Junior College Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $594,650

    Tyler Junior College Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Education

  • $294,000

    Tyler Junior College · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $201,700

    Bethesda Health Clinic · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Charitable

  • $150,000

    Ut Health Science Center at Tyler · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Educational

  • $139,000

    Tyler Junior Golf Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Community enrichment

  • $106,125

    Sfasu · Nacogdoches, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $100,000

    Grace Community School · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Education

  • $95,000

    Ut Health Science Center at Tyler · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Educational

  • $94,075

    Sfasu Foundation · Nacogdoches, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $88,500

    Sfasu · Nacogdoches, TX · 2022

    Education

  • $83,000

    Sfasu · Nacogdoches, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $80,000

    The Mentoring Alliance · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Community enrichment

  • $76,000

    The Mentoring Alliance · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Community enrichment

  • $62,000

    East Texas Baptist University · Marshall, TX · 2024

    Support

  • $60,750

    Marvin United Methodist Church · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Religious

  • $55,252

    The Order of St John · Washington, DC · 2024

    Religious

  • $52,750

    Grace Community School · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Education

  • $51,500

    Marvin Methodist Church · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Religious

  • $51,500

    Grace Community School · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $50,000

    Nacogdoches Law Enforecement Founda · Nacogdoches, TX · 2025

    Public safety

  • $50,000

    Texas State History Museum Foundati · Austin, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $50,000

    Texas State History Museum Foundati · Austin, TX · 2024

    Support

  • $47,500

    Ut Health Science Center at Tyler · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Educational

  • $45,000

    Nisd Education Foundation · Nacogdoches, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $45,000

    The Mentoring Alliance · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Community enrichment

  • $44,000

    Ut Tyler · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $41,000

    Sfasu School of Education · Nacogdoches, TX · 2025

    Education

  • $40,000

    The Mentoring Alliance · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Community enrichment

  • $35,000

    Blexit Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    Support

  • $35,000

    The Order of St John · Washington, DC · 2022

    Religious

  • $34,500

    East Texas Symphony Orchestra · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Community enrichment

  • $31,400

    Sfa Foundation · Nacogdoches, TX · 2025

    Educational

  • $31,000

    Concerned Black Men of Nacogdoches · Nacogdoches, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $30,000

    County Roads Rescue · Jacksonville, TX · 2024

    Support

  • $29,723

    East Texas Symphony Orchestra · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Community enrichment

  • $27,500

    Rusk First United Methodist Church · Rusk, TX · 2024

    Religious

  • $27,500

    Sfa Foundation · Nacogdoches, TX · 2023

    Educational

  • $27,000

    The Volunteer Council for the Rhs I · Rusk, TX · 2024

    Support

  • $25,000

    Avondale House · Houston, TX · 2025

    Community development

  • $25,000

    County Roads Rescue · Jacksonville, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $25,000

    Junior Achievement · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Community enrichment

  • $25,000

    Avondale House · Houston, TX · 2024

    Community development

  • $25,000

    George W Bush Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Biologos · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Support

  • $25,000

    City of Rusk · Rusk, TX · 2023

    Cedar hill cemetary support

  • $25,000

    Mosaic Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023

    Support

  • $25,000

    Starbrite Therapeutic Equestrian Ce · Whitehouse, TX · 2023

    Support

  • $25,000

    Ut Law School Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $25,000

    National Museum of Women in the Art · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    Community enrichment

  • $24,400

    Texas African American Museum · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Community enrichment

  • $24,000

    East Texas Boy Scout Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Support

  • $24,000

    Friends of the Tx Historical Commis · Austin, TX · 2024

    Support

  • $24,000

    East Texas Boy Scout Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Support

  • $24,000

    Getbna · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $22,550

    Marvin United Methodist Church · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Religious

  • $22,000

    Sfasu Foundation · Nacogdoches, TX · 2022

    Education

  • $20,000

    Grace Community School · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $18,000

    Empowerment Cdc · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Support

  • $18,000

    Tyler Junior College Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $17,500

    George Barbara Bush Foundation · College Station, TX · 2024

    Community enrichment

  • $15,000

    Smith County Pets Alive · Lindale, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $15,000

    The Institute for a Secure America · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support

  • $13,000

    East Texas Symphony Orchestra · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Community enrichment

  • $12,500

    Spca of East Texas · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $12,500

    The Institute for a Secure America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Support

  • $11,000

    Human Society of Nacogdoches County · Nacogdoches, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $11,000

    United Way · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Community enrichment

  • $10,250

    Hospice of East Texas · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Community enrichment

  • $10,100

    St Paul Children'S Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Community enrichment

  • $10,000

    Trunorth Security Specialist Llc · Dallas, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $10,000

    Ebenezer Ame Church · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Literacy Council of Tyler · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    Starbrite Therapeutic Equestrian Ce · Whitehouse, TX · 2024

    Support

  • $10,000

    Bullock State History Museum · Austin, TX · 2023

    Support

  • $10,000

    Cherokee Co Roads Rescue in Jackson · Jacksonville, TX · 2023

    Support

  • $10,000

    Cherokee Co Spay Neuter · Jacksonville, TX · 2023

    Support

  • $10,000

    Ieem Institute for Exercis Environ · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    Literacy Council of Tyler · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    Texas State History Museum Foundati · Austin, TX · 2023

    Support

  • $9,500

    Ut Tyler · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Education

  • $9,200

    Women'S Fund of East Texas · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Charitable

  • $9,000

    Getbna · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Education

  • $9,000

    Regents Academy · Nacogdoches, TX · 2023

    Education

  • $9,000

    Ut Tyler · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Education

  • $8,834

    Tyler Museum of Art · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Community enrichment

  • $8,750

    East Texas Symphony Orchestra · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Community enrichment

  • $8,245

    East Texas Area Council · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Community enrichment

  • $8,200

    East Texas Area Council · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Community enrichment

  • $8,000

    Women'S Fund of East Texas · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Charitable

  • $7,500

    Tyler Police Foundation · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Support

  • $7,500

    Avondale House · Houston, TX · 2023

    Community development

  • $7,500

    Avondale House · Houston, TX · 2022

    Community development

  • $7,000

    East Texas Area Council · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Community enrichment

  • $7,000

    Women'S Fund of East Texas · Tyler, TX · 2023

    Charitable

  • $6,500

    Texas Exes - Ex Students' Assoc of · Austin, TX · 2025

    Education

  • $6,500

    Cancer Foundation for Life · Tyler, TX · 2022

    Charitable

  • $6,200

    Marvin United Methodist Church · Tyler, TX · 2024

    Religious

  • $6,000

    Tyler Rose Museum · Tyler, TX · 2025

    Community enrichment

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.