Funding search · EIN 756170120 · Fort Worth, TX
James and Dorothy Doss 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.
- 295
- grants reported
- $6.4M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- 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.
What they fund
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- North Texas Community Foundation4 grants · $2.3M
- Doss Heritage and Cultural Center4 grants · $1.6M
- Weatherford Chamber Foundation1 grant · $250,000
- Center for Transforming Lives4 grants · $115,000
- Weatherford College4 grants · $112,464
- Communities in Schools4 grants · $108,000
- Howard Payne University4 grants · $100,000
- The Women'S Center4 grants · $100,000
- Tarleton State University4 grants · $100,000
- Fort Worth Country Day4 grants · $100,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 295 grants.
- $800,000
North Texas Community Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Donor advised
- $700,000
North Texas Community Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Donor advised fund
- $500,000
North Texas Community Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Donor advised
- $450,000
Doss Heritage and Cultural Center · Weatherford, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $445,000
Doss Heritage and Cultural Center · Weatherford, TX · 2023
General operating
- $382,000
Doss Heritage and Cultural Center · Weatherford, TX · 2022
General operating
- $300,000
Doss Heritage and Cultural Center · Weatherford, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $300,000
North Texas Community Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Donor advised
- $250,000
Weatherford Chamber Foundation · Weatherford, TX · 2025
Capital support
- $60,000
Communities in Schools · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Capital support
- $50,000
Center for Transforming Lives · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Program support
- $50,000
American Red Cross - Texas Big Country Chapter · Abilene, TX · 2022
Wildfire disaster recovery
- $45,872
Weatherford College · Weatherford, TX · 2024
Scholarship
- $29,087
Weatherford College · Weatherford, TX · 2023
Scholarship
- $25,000
Ach Child and Family Services · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $25,000
Center for Transforming Lives · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Program support
- $25,000
Communities in Schools · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Capital support
- $25,000
Fort Worth Country Day · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $25,000
Howard Payne University · Brownwood, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $25,000
Jps Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General operating
- $25,000
Lena Pope · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Program support
- $25,000
Presbyterian Night Shelter · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $25,000
Project Opportunity · Weatherford, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $25,000
Tarleton State University · Stephenville, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $25,000
The Women'S Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $25,000
Weatherford College · Weatherford, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $25,000
Center for Transforming Lives · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
Fort Worth Country Day · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $25,000
Howard Payne University · Brownwood, TX · 2024
Scholarship
- $25,000
Presbyterian Night Shelter · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $25,000
Tarleton State University · Stephenville, TX · 2024
Scholarship
- $25,000
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
The Women'S Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $25,000
Fort Worth Country Day · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General operating
- $25,000
Howard Payne University · Brownwood, TX · 2023
Scholarship
- $25,000
Presbyterian Night Shelter · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Operating support
- $25,000
Tarleton State University · Stephenville, TX · 2023
Scholarship
- $25,000
The Women'S Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General operating
- $25,000
Fort Worth Country Day · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General operating
- $25,000
Howard Payne University · Brownwood, TX · 2022
Scholarship
- $25,000
Tarleton State University · Stephenville, TX · 2022
Scholarship
- $25,000
The Warm Place · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Capital support
- $25,000
The Women'S Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General operating
- $23,700
Lena Pope · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Program support
- $22,000
Lena Pope · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Program support
- $21,000
Grace First Presbyterian Church · Lane Weatherford, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $21,000
Lena Pope · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Program support
- $20,000
First Presbyterian Church Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $20,000
First Presbyterian Church Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $20,000
Grace First Presbyterian Church · Lane Weatherford, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $20,000
First Presbyterian Church Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General operating
- $20,000
Grace First Presbyterian Church · Lane Weatherford, TX · 2023
General operating
- $20,000
Eastland County Community Fund · Eastland, TX · 2022
Wildfire disaster recovery
- $20,000
First Presbyterian Church Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General operating
- $20,000
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Scholarship
- $20,000
Grace First Presbyterian Church · Lane Weatherford, TX · 2022
General operating
- $15,000
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country · Kerrville, TX · 2025
Flood relief
- $15,000
Harry Male Youth Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $15,000
Ach Child and Family Services · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $15,000
Ach Child and Family Services · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Capital support
- $15,000
Jps Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General operating
- $15,000
Ach Child and Family Services · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Capital support
- $15,000
Center for Transforming Lives · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Program support
- $15,000
Presbyterian Night Shelter · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Operating support
- $13,000
Communities in Schools · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General operating
- $12,505
Weatherford College · Weatherford, TX · 2022
Scholarship
- $12,000
Fort Worth Public Library Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General operating
- $10,000
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
Center of Hope · Weatherford, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $10,000
Fort Worth Public Library Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General operating
- $10,000
Fort Worth Sister Cities International · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $10,000
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $10,000
Texas Bankers Foundation · Austin, TX · 2025
Texas hill country relief - flood relief fund
- $10,000
Texas Botanical Gardens and Native American Interpretive Center · Goldthwaite, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $10,000
Texas Ramp Project · Richardson, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $10,000
The Cliburn · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $10,000
The Warm Place · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
Weatherford Isd · Weatherford, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $10,000
Weatherford Noon Lions Foundation · Weatherford, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $10,000
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Fort Worth Sister Cities International · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $10,000
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Scholarship
- $10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Memorial gift
- $10,000
Newberry Cumberland Presbyterian Church · Millsap, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $10,000
Texas Botanical Gardens and Native American Interpretive Center · Goldthwaite, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $10,000
Texas Ramp Project · Richardson, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $10,000
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
Communities in Schools · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General operating
- $10,000
Fort Worth Sister Cities International · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Scholarship
- $10,000
Texas Ramp Project · Richardson, TX · 2023
General operating
- $10,000
American Cancer Society · Dallas, TX · 2022
Program support
- $10,000
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Program support
- $10,000
Fort Worth Public Library Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General operating
- $10,000
San Antonio Area Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Uvalde strong fund
- $10,000
Texas Ramp Project · Richardson, TX · 2022
General operating
- $9,241
Strawn Isd Education Foundation · Strawn, TX · 2023
Scholarship
- $9,192
Strawn Isd Education Foundation · Strawn, TX · 2024
Scholarship
- $8,169
Strawn Isd Education Foundation · Strawn, TX · 2025
Scholarship
- $7,500
The Warm Place · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Program support
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