Funding search · EIN 272983295 · Plano, TX
Good Start 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.
- 16
- grants reported
- $7.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $285,000
- 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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Grant history
All 16 reported grants, largest first.
- $2.0M
Pathways Adult Learning Center · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Contribution for property purchase.
- $888,667
The Agape Clinic · Dallas, TX · 2024
Contribution for dental clinic operational support / initial setup expenses.
- $829,568
Cornerstone Assistance Network · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
2022 dental clinic operations support.
- $774,880
The Agape Clinic · Dallas, TX · 2024
Contribution for dental clinic operational support.
- $746,617
Cornerstone Assistance Network · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Dental clinic program operating expenses.
- $722,869
Cornerstone Assistance Network · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Contribution for dental clinic program oerational support.
- $450,000
Texas a&M Foundation · College Station, TX · 2024
Contribution for dental clinic operational support.
- $450,000
Texas a&M Foundation · College Station, TX · 2023
M. C. Cooper clinic operational support.
- $120,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Contribution for "meals on wheels" program.
- $120,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2023
"meals on wheels" program.
- $100,000
Pathways Adult Learning Center · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Contribution for operating funds (challenge grant).
- $75,000
Self Help Alternative Living Opportunities of Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operational support.
- $75,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022
"meals on wheels" program.
- $50,000
Self Help Alternative Living Opportunities of Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Farm barn construction.
- $29,000
Self Help Alternative Living Opportunities of Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operational support.
- $25,000
Self Help Alternative Living Opportunities of Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operational support.
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