Funding search · EIN 237237919 · Dallas, TX

The Eugene McDermott Foundation

Name: The Eugene McDermott Foundation 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.

453
grants reported: $152.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
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

gala center dallas building capital honor texas campaign

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Dallas performing arts: opera, symphony, theater, capital and matching campaigns
Health access in Dallas: Parkland, Metrocare, LGBTQIA care, health equity
Civic infrastructure: public media, parks, trees, greenspace, historic restoration
Education from pre-K through charter networks and curriculum development
Basic needs: food bank, homeless services, housing, child care
Research at UT Southwestern and UT Dallas, plus museum collections

Typical grant

Median grant is $50,000 and half of all giving falls between $25,000 and $225,000, so the routine check is a program or operating gift in the low six figures. The seven-figure checks go almost exclusively to capital campaigns, endowments, matching challenges, and building projects at large Dallas institutions: $7,000,000 to The Dallas Opera, $5,000,000 each to KERA, Southern Gateway Public Green, and the Health Equity Foundation. With 453 grants to 248 recipients, repeat giving is the norm, and several grantees receive two grants in the same year, one large and restricted, one smaller for operations or a gala.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“For Operations”
“For General Support”
“For Capital Campaign”
“For Endowment”
“Matching Grant”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to their funded anchors: UT Southwestern transplant research, UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth, Polycraft World Initiative.
Ask $50,000 to $250,000 for programs or operations; reserve seven figures for capital or endowment.
Structure the ask as a matching or challenge grant; they funded three separate matches in 2024.
Name the Dallas benefit explicitly, including neighborhood or population, the way West Dallas and Vickery Meadow grants do.

Worth knowing: This is a Dallas foundation in the strictest sense: 431 of 453 grants went to Texas, nearly all inside Dallas County, and the few out-of-state gifts still read as personal ties or Texas work, like Keep America Beautiful "For Operations in Texas." Gala and event sponsorships alongside major capital gifts to the same institutions signal relationship-driven giving, so a cold approach without a Dallas civic connection is a long shot.

Top recipients

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

Dallas Zoological Society8 grants · $13.7M
Dallas Symphony Association10 grants · $13.3M
Dallas Museum of Art10 grants · $10.9M
The Dallas Opera3 grants · $8.4M
University of Texas at Dallas7 grants · $7.5M
Southern Gateway Public Green Fnd3 grants · $6.5M
North Texas Public Broadcasting2 grants · $5.5M
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas3 grants · $5.3M
Health Equity Foundation of Greater1 grant · $5.0M
Ut Southwestern Medical Center2 grants · $5.0M

Giving over time

$16.3M

2021

$19.8M

2022

$60.8M

2023

$55.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 453 grants.

$10.0M
Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Reimagining the DMA
$10.0M
Dallas Zoological Society · Dallas, TX · 2023
For new exhibit
$9.0M
Dallas Symphony Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Annual Fund Operations & Endowment Grant
$7.0M
The Dallas Opera · Dallas, TX · 2024
To help Meet ODonnell Foundation Matching Grant
$5.0M
Health Equity Foundation of Greater · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Operations
$5.0M
North Texas Public Broadcasting · Dallas, TX · 2024
For The Future of KERA
$5.0M
Southern Gateway Public Green Fnd · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Construction of Park
$4.0M
University of Texas at Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
For TI Biomedical Engineering & Science Building
$4.0M
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
For TI Biomedical Engineering & Science Building
$3.0M
Resource Center of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
To Change Landscape ofHealthcare for LGBTQIA
$3.0M
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Programs
$2.0M
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Social Innovation Lab & DataCapacity Bldg
$2.0M
Dallas Symphony Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Endowment Campaign Matching Grant
$2.0M
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas · Austin, TX · 2021
For operations
$1.5M
Compass School of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Curriculum Development
$1.5M
Fair Park First · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Rebirth of Magnolia Lounge
$1.5M
Trinity River Audobon Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Refurbishing exhibits and Operations
$1.5M
Dallas Zoological Society · Dallas, TX · 2021
For Challenge Grant for Parking Garage
$1.3M
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center · Austin, TX · 2023
For Renovations Redesign and Maintenance
$1.2M
University of Texas at Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
For McDermott Suite Renovation
$1.0M
Communities Foundation of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Texas African American Museum Fund
$1.0M
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Endowment
$1.0M
Dallas Symphony Orchestra · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Ring Cycle and Operations
$1.0M
First Presbyterian Church · Dallas, TX · 2024
For The Stewpots Acquisition of City Square
$1.0M
Georgia Okeeffe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
For Capital Campaign
$1.0M
Metrocare Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
For General Support
$1.0M
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2024
For Food Purchases
$1.0M
Parkland Health Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Developmental Child Care for Patients and Staf
$1.0M
Spca of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Capital Campaign
$1.0M
Texas Tree Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Cool Schools
$1.0M
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Liver Disease and Transplant Research
$1.0M
Utsw and Childrens Health · Dallas, TX · 2024
For New Pediatric Campus
$1.0M
Housing Forward · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Street to Home Initiative
$1.0M
Perot Museum of Nature and Science · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Outdoor Space
$1.0M
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Operations
$1.0M
Smithsonians National Zoo · Washington, DC · 2023
For Panda Exhibit
$1.0M
Southern Gateway Public Green Fnd · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Phase 1
$1.0M
Texas Tree Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Operations
$1.0M
Transform 1012 N Main Street · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For Operations and Capital Campaign
$1.0M
Dallas Symphony Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Programs
$1.0M
Dallas Theater Center · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Matching Grant - Operations
$1.0M
Dallas Zoological Society · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Support of Staff and Security
$1.0M
Parks for Downtown Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Endowment
$1.0M
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas · Austin, TX · 2022
For Operations
$1.0M
Southwestern Medical Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
For TI Biomedical Engineering & Sciences Building
$1.0M
University of Texas at Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
For TI Biomedical Engineering & Sciences Building
$1.0M
Georgia Okeeffe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
For New Building
$1.0M
Southern Gateway Public Green · Dallas, TX · 2021
For Features in Park
$1.0M
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept · Austin, TX · 2021
For Palo Pinto Mountains State Park
$1.0M
Texas Trees Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2021
For Green Spine and Green Heart at UTSW
$750,000
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Visitor Education Pavilion
$750,000
Forest Forward · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Restoration of Forest Theater
$750,000
United Way of Metro Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Social Innovation Lab & Digital Connections
$700,000
The Dallas Opera · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Operations
$700,000
The Dallas Opera · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Operations
$600,000
Dallas Symphony Association · Dallas, TX · 2021
For operations
$500,000
Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Purchase of Building
$500,000
Josephine Torres Cultural · Dallas, TX · 2024
For The Bataan Center
$500,000
North Texas Public Broadcasting · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Matching Grant
$500,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
For operations
$500,000
Taca · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Core Programs
$500,000
The Cedars Union · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Operations
$500,000
University of Texas at Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Center for Brain Health
$500,000
Volunteers of America · Euless, TX · 2024
For The Fran Tynan Empowerment Endowment Programs
$500,000
Big Thought · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Dallas City of Learning and Growth
$500,000
Compass School · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Operations
$500,000
Dallas Arboretum Botanical Soc · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Increase in Hourly Wages
$500,000
The Commit Partnership · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Operations
$500,000
Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas, TX · 2022
For New Building
$500,000
Metrocare Services · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Operations
$500,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2022
For Endowment
$500,000
Parkland Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Dallas College Campus
$500,000
Southern Gateway Public Green Fnd · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Features in Park
$500,000
Texas Trees Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Cool Schools
$500,000
The Trust for Public Land · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Woody Branch Park
$500,000
Vogel Alcove · Dallas, TX · 2022
For Matching Grant
$500,000
Dallas Symphony Association · Dallas, TX · 2021
For operations
$500,000
Dallas Zoological Society · Dallas, TX · 2021
For Whooping Crane Center of Texas
$500,000
Lamplighter School · Dallas, TX · 2021
For Zipline in Playground
$500,000
Lamplighter School · Dallas, TX · 2021
For Head Mistriss Garden in Honor of Pat Mattingly
$500,000
The Commit Partnership · Dallas, TX · 2021
For operations
$420,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2021
For Eugene McDermott Professorhship
$400,000
The Dallas 24 Hour Club · Dallas, TX · 2024
For General Support
$400,000
Resource Center of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
For LGBTQIA Health Campus
$400,000
Big Thought · Dallas, TX · 2022
For City of Learning
$400,000
Resource Center of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
For 40th Anniversary
$400,000
The Kessler School · Dallas, TX · 2021
For Relocation and Expansion
$375,000
My Possibilities · Plano, TX · 2021
For New Lab
$355,000
University of Texas at Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Polycraft World Initiative
$345,000
Center for Brain Health Utd · Dallas, TX · 2021
For Center for Brain Health operations
$300,000
Baylor Scott White · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Endowment
$300,000
University of Texas at Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
For Polycraft World Initiative
$250,000
American Red Cross - Dfw Chapter · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Disaster Relief in Dallas
$250,000
Att Performing Arts Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Programming and Events
$250,000
Big Thought · Dallas, TX · 2024
For General Support
$250,000
Dallas Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
For AURORA for Operations
$250,000
Greenspace Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Operations
$250,000
My Possibilities · Plano, TX · 2024
For Operations
$250,000
The Kessler School · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Capital Campaign
$250,000
Visiting Nurse Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
For Operations

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