Funding search · EIN 752252355 · Dallas, TX

The Summerlee Foundation

Name: The Summerlee Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

736
grants reported: $10.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Texas State Historical Association5 grants · $322,500
Parks for Downtown Dallas2 grants · $300,000
Southern Plains Land Trust Incorporated3 grants · $275,000
Fair Park First3 grants · $258,000
Greater Good Charities3 grants · $227,500
Washington On the Brazos Historical2 grants · $200,000
Friends of the Texas Historical Comm1 grant · $195,000
The Shumla School1 grant · $150,000
Center for a Humane Economy3 grants · $105,000
Humane Society of the United States1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$2.8M

2021

$2.7M

2022

$2.9M

2023

$2.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 736 grants.

$195,000
Friends of the Texas Historical Comm · Austin, TX · 2021
General support
$150,000
The Shumla School · Comstock, TX · 2023
General support
$150,000
Parks for Downtown Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
General support
$150,000
Parks for Downtown Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2021
General support
$150,000
Southern Plains Land Trust Incorporated · Lamar, CO · 2021
General support
$125,000
Fair Park First · Dallas, TX · 2022
General support
$125,000
Fair Park First · Dallas, TX · 2021
General support
$115,000
Texas State Historical Association · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$112,500
Texas State Historical Association · Austin, TX · 2021
General support
$110,000
Greater Good Charities · Seattle, WA · 2021
General support
$107,500
Greater Good Charities · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Panhandle Plains Archeological Research Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$100,000
Remember the Alamo Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General support
$100,000
Washington On the Brazos Historical · Washington, TX · 2023
General support
$100,000
Washington On the Brazos Historical · Washington, TX · 2022
General support
$100,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$85,000
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$75,000
Southern Plains Land Trust Incorporated · Lamar, CO · 2022
General support
$70,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$62,500
Texas State Historical Association · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$60,000
Texas Archive of the Moving Image · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$60,000
Texas Tech Foundation · Lubbock, TX · 2023
General support
$60,000
The Texas a & M University Commerce Foundation · Commerce, TX · 2023
General support
$60,000
Center for a Humane Economy · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General support
$55,000
Friends of the Texas Historical Com · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$55,000
Museum of the Big Bend · Alpine, TX · 2024
General support
$50,000
Abilene Christian University · Abilene, TX · 2023
General support
$50,000
Friends of the Texas Historical Community · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$50,000
Save the Dogs and Other Animals US · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Southern Plains Land Trust Incorporated · Lamar, CO · 2023
General support
$50,000
Earth Island Instproject Coyote · Berkeley, CA · 2021
General support
$50,000
Shumla School · Comstock, TX · 2021
General support
$50,000
Williamson County Historical Museum · Gerogetown, TX · 2021
General support
$41,750
Shumla School · Comstock, TX · 2022
General support
$37,500
El Progreso Memorial Library · Uvalde, TX · 2023
General support
$35,000
University of North Texas Foundatio · Denton, TX · 2024
General support
$35,000
Preservation Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$35,000
Deep Ellum Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
General support
$35,000
Witte Museum · San Antonio, TX · 2022
General support
$32,000
United Spay Alliance · Walkersville, MD · 2022
General support
$31,000
Preservation Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2021
General support
$30,000
Animal Protection New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General support
$30,000
C 60 · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$30,000
Faunalytics · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Global Federation of Animal Sanctua · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$30,000
International Marine Mammal Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Museum of South Texas History · Edinburg, TX · 2024
General support
$30,000
Project Coyote · Larkspur, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Texas Plains Trail Region · Lubbock, TX · 2024
General support
$30,000
Texas State Historical Association · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$30,000
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundatio · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$30,000
Abara Borderland Connections · El Paso, TX · 2023
General support
$30,000
Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute · Waco, TX · 2023
General support
$30,000
Animal Protection of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General support
$30,000
Operation Nightingale USA · Dallas, TX · 2022
General support
$30,000
Blackwell School Alliance · Marfa, TX · 2021
General support
$30,000
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
General support
$30,000
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
General support
$28,500
Witte Museum · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General support
$28,168
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Museum · Dallas, TX · 2021
General support
$27,500
Wildcare Foundation · Noble, OK · 2021
General support
$25,000
Animal Place · Grass Valley, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Center for a Humane Economy · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General support
$25,000
Endangered Species Protection Agenc · Coalville, UT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Preservation Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$25,000
United Spay Alliance · Walkersville, MD · 2024
General support
$25,000
Univerity of Texas at Austin School · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$25,000
Whale Sanctuary Project · Dc, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Wildfuturesearth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum · Cuero, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
Frontier Texas · Abilene, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
Houston Pets Alive · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
Marathon Public Library · Marathon, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
Philanthropy Southwest · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
Spay Neuter Network · Kaufman, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
Washington Wildlife First · Vashon, WA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Wildlife for All · Pena Blanca, NM · 2023
General support
$25,000
Animal Balance · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
$25,000
Atlanta Grade School Friends · Atlanta, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
Austin Community Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
Bryan Museum · Galveston, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
Dallas Firefighter'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
Dallas Symphony Orchestra · Greenville, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$25,000
La Santa Cruz De La Concepcion · Concepcion, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
National Society of the Colonial Dames · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$25,000
Panthera Corporation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$25,000
Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
West Texas a&M University Foundation · Canyon, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
Bryan Texana Foundation · Galveston, TX · 2021
General support
$25,000
Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise · Waco, TX · 2021
General support
$25,000
Headwaters at the Comal · New Braunfels, TX · 2021
General support
$25,000
Museum of the American Railroad · Frisco, TX · 2021
General support
$25,000
National Mounted Warfare Foundation · Copperas Cove, TX · 2021
General support
$25,000
Panthera Corporation · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$25,000
Preservation Austin · Austin, TX · 2021
General support
$25,000
Texas Association of Museums · Austin, TX · 2021
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.