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 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

$1.2M
2022
$1.4M
2023
$1.7M
2024
$2.0M
2025

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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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.