Funding search · EIN 208666619 · Fort Worth, TX
Mercedes T Bass Charitable Corporation
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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1 grant matching “haltom” · $5,000
- $5,000
Haltom Area Band Friends · Haltom City, TX · 2024
Haltom high school marching band
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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Same state
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- The Big 12 Conference50 grants · $1.91B
- Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships297 grants · $972.3M
Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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