Funding search · EIN 752765224 · Fort Worth, TX

Once Upon a Time 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.

1,351
grants reported
$35.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$581
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Ut Southwestern Medical Center7 grants · $14.2M
  • Fort Worth Zoo7 grants · $3.0M
  • Vanguard Charitable4 grants · $1.4M
  • Massachusetts General Hospital2 grants · $1.2M
  • Marquette University9 grants · $1.1M
  • Nyc Health Hospitals Bellevue1 grant · $1.0M
  • Genox Solution Chile Spa1 grant · $657,486
  • Texas Christian University19 grants · $547,956
  • Children'S National Research Institute2 grants · $500,427
  • Johns Hopkins University3 grants · $474,756

Giving over time

$7.2M
2022
$17.4M
2023
$10.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,351 grants.

  • $10.0M

    Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $2.5M

    Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Fort Worth Zoo · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Fort Worth Zoo · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Nyc Health Hospitals Bellevue · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Fort Worth Zoo · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $657,486

    Genox Solution Chile Spa · 2022

    General support

  • $552,500

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General support

  • $410,949

    University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General support

  • $366,667

    Children'S National Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $333,333

    University of Western Ontario Foundation · Jericho, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $320,000

    Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $284,528

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General support

  • $275,000

    Texas Health Resources (Harris Methodist Foundation) · Arlington, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $250,000

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $242,355

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $225,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Vanguard Charitable · Malvern, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $200,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $155,000

    The Genesis Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $153,500

    The Genesis Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $151,227

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $150,000

    Vanguard Charitable · Malvern, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $137,500

    Texas Health Resources (Harris Methodist Foundation) · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $133,760

    Children'S National Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $125,000

    Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $125,000

    The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    General support

  • $125,000

    Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $125,000

    The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General support

  • $117,750

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General support

  • $103,000

    Kinderplatz of Fine Arts · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $100,016

    The Gold Standard Foundation · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Mount Sinai Hospital · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Ronald McDonald House of Northern Virginia · Falls Church, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Tri-Cities Food Bank · Kennewick, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Baylor Scott and White Dallas Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Mount Sinai Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Ut Health Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Mount Sinai Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Temple Israel of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    The French School at Athens · 2022

    General support

  • $94,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $90,777

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $86,779

    The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $85,803

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General support

  • $85,000

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $85,000

    Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $80,300

    Fort Worth Fire Department · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $79,910

    Fort Worth Fire Department · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $79,740

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Ymca of Metropolitan Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $71,495

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $71,460

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $69,800

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $66,500

    American University · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $65,568

    Fort Worth Police Department · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $63,000

    University of Texas - Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $62,130

    University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2022

    General support

  • $60,291

    McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $60,000

    McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $59,449

    Australian Catholic University · 2023

    General support

  • $59,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $58,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $55,800

    University of Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    General support

  • $55,800

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support

  • $55,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General support

  • $54,000

    Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $53,760

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022

    General support

  • $51,327

    The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General support

  • $50,006

    The Gold Standard Foundation · Lincoln, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,004

    The Gold Standard Foundation · Lincoln, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    A Red Circle · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Coral Restoration Foundation · Tavernier, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Corvilla · South Bend, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Marine Corps University Foundation · Quantico, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Nationwide Children'S Hospital · Columbus, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Taste Project of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Well Aware · Austin, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Brazos Interfaith Immigration Network · Bryan, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Fort Worth Country Day School · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Stevenson School · Rockwall, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Thirst Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    We Love Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Children of Promise Nyc · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Essen University · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Jewel Charity Ball · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    General 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.