Funding search · EIN 752495163 · Fort Worth, TX
Lee and Ramona Bass 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.
- 22
- grants reported
- $25.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $250,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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2 grants matching “bass” · $5.0M
- $30,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Bass Military Scholars Program
- $5.0M
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Bass Military Scholars Program
Grant history
All 22 reported grants, largest first.
- $11.0M
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Support for A Wilder Vision Master Plan Project
- $5.0M
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Bass Military Scholars Program
- $3.4M
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Support for A Wilder Vision Master Plan Project
- $998,616
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Texas Invasive Species Research Program
- $998,616
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Texas Invasive Species Research Program
- $944,770
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Texas Invasive Species Research Program
- $500,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2022
Aplomado Falcon project & endowment support
- $375,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2023
Aplomado Falcon project & endowment support
- $250,000
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center · Glen Rose, TX · 2024
Capital Support - Animal Health & Conservation Ctr.
- $250,000
The International Rhino Foundation · Strasburg, VA · 2024
General Support
- $250,000
The International Rhino Foundation · Strasburg, VA · 2023
General support
- $250,000
The International Rhino Foundation · Strasburg, VA · 2022
General support
- $200,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2024
General Support for Aplomado Program
- $105,030
Oklahoma State University Fnd · Stillwater, OK · 2022
Greater Prairie-Chicken project support
- $104,213
Oklahoma State University Fnd · Stillwater, OK · 2023
Greater Prairie-Chicken project support
- $100,000
Safe City Commission · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Operational Support
- $100,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Endowment for full time research director
- $100,000
Texas Am University Kingsville · Kingsville, TX · 2022
South Texas Natives Project
- $50,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Texas Invasive Species Research Program Phase II
- $30,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Bass Military Scholars Program
- $25,000
Merlin Tuttles Bat Conservation in · Austin, TX · 2023
Operational support for Phase II Bat Scan Project
- $20,000
Opportunity in Overalls · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operational Support
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