Funding search · EIN 751876307 · Dallas, TX

Harry Bass Foundation

Name: Harry Bass Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

203
grants reported: $64.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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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.

Top recipients

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

University of Texas Dallas1 grant · $20.0M
The University of Texas at Dallas1 grant · $20.0M
Dallas Historical Society2 grants · $7.0M
Ut Southwestern Co Southwestern Medical Fdn1 grant · $5.0M
The University of Texas at Austin2 grants · $4.0M
Readers 2 Leaders3 grants · $450,000
Crossroads Community Services3 grants · $425,000
North Texas Food Bank3 grants · $400,000
Momentous Institute2 grants · $250,000
Dallas Zoological Society1 grant · $250,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$22.8M

2023

$33.4M

2024

$6.7M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 203 grants.

$20.0M
University of Texas Dallas · Richardson, TX · 2024
Program
$20.0M
The University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX · 2023
Program
$7.0M
Dallas Historical Society · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$5.0M
Ut Southwestern Co Southwestern Medical Fdn · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$4.0M
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Program
$250,000
Dallas Zoological Society · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$250,000
Crossroads Community Services · Dallas, TX · 2023
Gos
$225,000
Readers 2 Leaders · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$200,000
Texans On a Mission · Dallas, TX · 2024
Gos
$200,000
Baylor Health Care System Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$200,000
Center for Integrative C & P · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$200,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2023
Program
$187,818
American Numismatic Assn · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program
$150,000
Readers 2 Leaders · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$150,000
Momentous Institute · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$150,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Program
$150,000
Uplift Education · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$150,000
Southern Gateway Public Green Foundatio · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$130,000
Family Compass · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$100,000
Child Care Group · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$100,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2025
Program
$100,000
Reading Partners North Texas · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$100,000
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$100,000
Texans On Mission · Dallas, TX · 2025
Gos
$100,000
The George W Bush Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$100,000
Smu Meadows School of the Arts · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$100,000
Commit2dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$100,000
Perot Museum of Nature and Science · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$100,000
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$100,000
The George W Bush Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$100,000
The Salvation Army Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Program
$100,000
Crossroads Community Services · Dallas, TX · 2022
Gos
$100,000
Momentous Institute · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$100,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2022
Program
$75,000
Crossroads Community Services · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$75,000
Young Women'S Preparatory Network · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$75,000
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Gos
$75,000
Project Transformation · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$75,000
Reading Partners North Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$75,000
Young Women'S Preparatory Network · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$75,000
Readers 2 Leaders · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$75,000
Center for Integrative C& P · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$75,000
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$64,200
Family Compass · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$60,000
Uplift Education · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$60,000
Reading Partners North Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$55,000
Interfaith Family Services · Dallas, TX · 2024
Gos
$55,000
Onesight Essilorluxottica Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$50,200
Buckner Children and Family Services · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$50,000
Parkinson Voice Project · Richardson, TX · 2025
Program
$50,000
Bachman Lake Together · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$50,000
Brother Bill'S Helping Hand · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$50,000
Child Care Group · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$50,000
Educational Opportunities · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$50,000
Parkinson Voice Project · Richardson, TX · 2024
Program
$50,000
Brother Bill'S Helping Hand · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$50,000
Catch Up & Read · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$50,000
Catholic Charities of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
Gos
$50,000
Community Partners of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$50,000
Dallas Historical Society · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$50,000
Educational Opportunities · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$50,000
Parkinson Voice Project · Richardson, TX · 2023
Program
$50,000
The Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$50,000
The Salvation Army of North Texas · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$50,000
Bachman Lake Together · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$50,000
Child Care Group · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$40,000
Community Partners of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$40,000
Child Poverty Action Lab · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$40,000
Community Partners of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$38,000
Educational Opportunities · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$35,000
Dallas Symphony Orchestra · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$35,000
Network of Community Ministries · Richardson, TX · 2025
Gos
$35,000
Vogel Alcove · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$35,000
Dallas Symphony Orchestra · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$35,000
Pedal the Pacific · Austin, TX · 2024
Program
$35,000
Pedal the Pacific · Austin, TX · 2023
Program
$35,000
Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$35,000
Highland Park United Methodist Church · Dallas, TX · 2022
Gos
$30,200
Aspire · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$30,000
Dallas Children'S Advocacy Center · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$30,000
Incarnation Place · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$30,000
Jubilee Park & Community Center · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$30,000
Kipp Texas Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2025
Program
$30,000
Pedal the Pacific · Austin, TX · 2025
Program
$30,000
Prevent Blindness Texas · Houston, TX · 2025
Program
$30,000
The Senior Source · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$30,000
Tyler Street Tower · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$30,000
Network of Community Ministries · Richardson, TX · 2024
Gos
$30,000
Prevent Blindness Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Program
$30,000
Dallas Children'S Advocacy Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program
$30,000
Pedal the Pacific · Austin, TX · 2022
Program
$30,000
Rainbow Days · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$27,500
Prevent Blindness Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
Program
$25,500
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program
$25,200
Jubilee Park & Community Center · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program
$25,000
Buckner Children& Family Service · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$25,000
Metrocrest Services · Carrollton, TX · 2025
Program
$25,000
National Wildlife Federation · Austin, TX · 2025
Gos
$25,000
West Dallas Community School · Dallas, TX · 2025
Program
$25,000
Dallas Afterschool Network · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.