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 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
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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.
- 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
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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Same state
- Greater Houston Community Foundation5,612 grants · $873.8M
- The Big 12 Conference50 grants · $1.91B
- Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships297 grants · $972.3M
Similar grant size
- Shell USA Company Foundation24,663 grants · $80.1M
- The Bank of America Charitable87,335 grants · $496.1M
- Jpmorgan Chase Foundation29,571 grants · $637.4M
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