Funding search · EIN 752495163 · Fort Worth, TX

Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation

Name: Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

22
grants reported: $25.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $250,000
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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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.

Grant history

All 22 reported grants, largest first.

$11.0M
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Support for A Wilder Vision Master Plan Project
$5.0M
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Bass Military Scholars Program
$3.4M
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Support for A Wilder Vision Master Plan Project
$998,616
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Texas Invasive Species Research Program
$998,616
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Texas Invasive Species Research Program
$944,770
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Texas Invasive Species Research Program
$500,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2022
Aplomado Falcon project & endowment support
$375,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2023
Aplomado Falcon project & endowment support
$250,000
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center · Glen Rose, TX · 2024
Capital Support - Animal Health & Conservation Ctr.
$250,000
The International Rhino Foundation · Strasburg, VA · 2024
General Support
$250,000
The International Rhino Foundation · Strasburg, VA · 2023
General support
$250,000
The International Rhino Foundation · Strasburg, VA · 2022
General support
$200,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2024
General Support for Aplomado Program
$105,030
Oklahoma State University Fnd · Stillwater, OK · 2022
Greater Prairie-Chicken project support
$104,213
Oklahoma State University Fnd · Stillwater, OK · 2023
Greater Prairie-Chicken project support
$100,000
Safe City Commission · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Operational Support
$100,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Endowment for full time research director
$100,000
Texas Am University Kingsville · Kingsville, TX · 2022
South Texas Natives Project
$50,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Texas Invasive Species Research Program Phase II
$30,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Bass Military Scholars Program
$25,000
Merlin Tuttles Bat Conservation in · Austin, TX · 2023
Operational support for Phase II Bat Scan Project
$20,000
Opportunity in Overalls · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operational Support

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