Funding search · EIN 208666619 · Fort Worth, TX

Mercedes T Bass Charitable Corporation

Name: Mercedes T Bass Charitable Corporation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

74
grants reported: $10.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $5.9M
The Metropolitan Opera4 grants · $2.1M
Aspen Music Festival and School3 grants · $1.2M
The Carnegie Hall Corporation1 grant · $560,000
The Aspen Institute4 grants · $190,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts3 grants · $105,000
Kimbell Art Museum1 grant · $90,000
Caminos Del Inka2 grants · $70,000
The Texas Cultural Trust1 grant · $50,000
Houston Grand Opera1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$2.3M

2021

$3.0M

2022

$3.2M

2023

$2.3M

2024

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$2.2M
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General purpose
$2.1M
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General purpose
$1.6M
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$1.0M
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General purpose
$770,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2023
General purpose
$640,833
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General purpose
$560,000
The Carnegie Hall Corporation · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$485,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$365,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2021
General purpose
$90,000
Kimbell Art Museum · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General purpose
$85,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$75,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$60,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
General purpose
$50,000
The Texas Cultural Trust · Austin, TX · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2022
General purpose
$40,000
Dallas Symphony Orchestra · Dallas, TX · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
Caminos Del Inka · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
Caminos Del Inka · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General purpose
$35,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$35,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$35,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
Unt Foundation · Denton, TX · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$15,000
Robert B Silvers Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Tarrant Area Food Bank · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Fort Worth Youth Orchestra · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
The Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
American Academy in Rome · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Tarrant Area Food Bank · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Texas Ballet Theater · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
The Sarasota Ballet · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
American Academy in Rome · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$10,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$10,000
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General purpose
$7,000
Fort Worth Youth Orchestra · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General purpose
$6,000
The Sarasota Ballet of Florida · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General purpose
$6,000
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Ascpa · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Haltom Area Band Friends · Haltom City, TX · 2024
Haltom high school marching band
$5,000
Paslay Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
American Friends of Keshet Eilon · Pound Ridge, NY · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Fort Worth Opera · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Tarrant Area Food Bank · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Texas Health Resources Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
The Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
American Friends of Les Arts Florissants · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
American Friends of Kershet Eilon · Pound Ridge, NY · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
American Friends of Les Arts Florissants · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Aspen Fire Protection District · Aspen, CO · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Edge and Center · Sag Harbor, NY · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Fort Worth Youth Orchestra · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Longhorn Council Boy Scouts · Hurst, TX · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Tarrant Area Food Bank · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Unt Foundation · Denton, TX · 2021
General purpose
$4,000
Lena Pope Home · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General purpose
$3,000
Lena Pope Home · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Texas Ballet Theater · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Lena Pope Home · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Lena Pope Home · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General purpose
$3,000
Orchestra of St Luke'S · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$500
Ascpa · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$500
Ascpca · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose

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