Bass Foundation

EIN 756033983 Private Foundation

Fort Worth, TX 76102 |(817) 336-0494

Total Given 2020–2022
$3.4M
7 grants · $1.1M avg/year
based on 3 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$42K
typical mid grants · $25K–$376K
grant size
0%
transactional · single-year
repeat
$33.0M
Assets (2021)
7
Distinct Recipients

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No. Preselected Only
Contact Person Vanderbilt University
Phone (817) 336-0494

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2020 $206K $30.0M $3.8M 3
2021 $2.5M $33.0M $2.3M 2
2022 $625K $0 $1.9M 2

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 7 grants on record

Minimum
$12K
25th Pctl
$25K
Median
$42K
Average
$479K
75th Pctl
$376K
Maximum
$2.5M

Geographic Distribution


Texas Counties Served

85.7% of US grants · Rank #1 of 2 states $856K across 6 grants 2 of 254 counties

Top 2 counties

  1. 1 Tarrant 4 grants · $806K
  2. 2 Dallas 2 grants · $50K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (7 total)

Purpose
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN $2,500,000 Bass Military Scholars Program 2021
Fort Worth Zoological Association Fort Worth, TX $600,000 A Wilder Vision Master Plan Project 2022
Fort Worth Independent School District Fort Worth, TX $151,642 TO COVER COSTS TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SOUTH PARKING LOT AT FARRINGTON FIELD 2020
Southwestern Expositon and Livestock Show Fort Worth, TX $42,088 TO COVER COSTS TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SOUTH PARKING LOT AT FARRINGTON FIELD. 2020
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of TX Dallas, TX $25,000 Book on history of Texas park system 2021
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of TX Dallas, TX $25,000 Book on the history of the Texas Park System 2022
City of Fort Worth Texas Fort Worth, TX $12,446 IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION OF DESIGN SERVICES AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS 2020

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