Amon G Carter Foundation
Fort Worth, TX · EIN 75-6000331. Reported 175 grants totalling $142.0M to 165 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Amon G Carter Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $36.3M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Attached Schedule | Fort Worth, TX | $65.6M | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| See Attached Schedule 15 | Fort Worth, TX | $36.3M | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amon Carter Museum | Fort Worth, TX | $16.7M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas A&m University | College Station, TX | $5,750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | $3,052,000 | 4 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rivertree Academy | Fort Worth, TX | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant Co | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Wesleyan University | Fort Worth, TX | $505,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cook Children's Health Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Manegait Therapeutic Riding Center | Prosper, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Leaf Community Services | Fort Worth, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Health Resources | Fort Worth, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra | Fort Worth, TX | $350,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Opera Association | Fort Worth, TX | $275,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family First | Tampa, FL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Methodist Health System | Dallas, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter | Fort Worth, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Recovery Resource Council | Fort Worth, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taste Project | Fort Worth, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Canine Companions for Independence | Irving, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornerstone Assistance Network | Fort Worth, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brazelton Touchpoints Center | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safehaven of Tarrant County | Arlington, TX | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lena Pope Home | Fort Worth, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Texas Community Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Center | Fort Worth, TX | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Child Protection Connection | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Cradle to Career | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| James L West Center for Dementia Care | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Key School and Training Center | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Piedmont Land Conservancy | Greensboro, NC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prager University Foundation | Hollywood, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Six Stones Mission Network | Hurst, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teach for America | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes- Youth Equipped to Succeed | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA--Camp Carter | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kids Who Care | Fort Worth, TX | $85,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Center for Arts Academics | Fort Worth, TX | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arlington Life Shelter | Arlington, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star | Irving, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Care Services | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cuisine for Healing | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Day Resource Center for the Homeless | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Christian School | North Richland Hills, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Report | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Learning Center of North Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Methodist Justice Ministry | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Performing Arts Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Ballet Theater | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Conservation Alliance | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Values | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Community Centers | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Van Cliburn Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neuro Assistance Foundation | Keller, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Farm | Fort Worth, TX | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allied Theatre Group | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allies in Youth Development | Mansfield, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Private Radio | Oxford, MS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amphibian Productions | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA Manana | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christ's Haven for Children | Keller, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Circle Theatre | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colson Center for Christian Worldview | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Communio | Alexandria, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Caring Center | Azle, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goodman Institute for Public Policy | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guardianship Services Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Opportunities of Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of North Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewel Charity | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jubilee Players Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lvt Rise | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northside Inter-Community Agency | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onesight Essilor Luxottica Foundation | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Retina Foundation | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| River Legacy Foundation | Arlington, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rutledge Cancer Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarrant County Academy of Medicine | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teleios Approach | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unbound Now | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University Little League | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Fort Worth Center of Hope | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Board Build | Fort Worth, TX | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Healthcare of Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Discalced Carmelite Nuns | Arlington, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Star Sponsorship Program | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Autism Treatment Center | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brotherhood for the Fallen | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cnm | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cook Children's Medical Center | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cowtown Clubhouse | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for the Ywla of Fw | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Shepherd Clinic | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hip Pocket Theatre | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| I Can Still Shine | Hurst, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joe Beeler Foundation | Clifton, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ladder Alliance | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Live Thankfully | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mckinney Education Foundation | Mckinney, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Clinic of Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Christian Foundation | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Leadership Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project 4031 | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saving Hope Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society of Watercolor Artists Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Public Charter Schools | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vitamin Bridge | Coppell, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cowtown Marathon | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kids Hope USA | Zeeland, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pioneers Rest Cemetery Association | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adera Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Advantage Adoptions | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Championship Basketball | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chesterton Academy | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Davey O'brien Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scenic Texas | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Camps for Special Kids | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Star-Telegram Charities | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Steps With Horses | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Susan G Komen Greater Fort Worth | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarrant Net | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| There 4 | Arlington, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aledo Education Foundation | Aledo, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ballet Concerto | Fort Worth, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Suicide Crisis Center of North Texas | Dallas, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Promotion and Development Fund | Fort Worth, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Wish With Wings | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Longhorn Council | Hurst, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brighter Outlook | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Circle of Friends | Colleyville, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bedford, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dfw Interfaith Chaplaincy | Dfw Airport, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hogan Trophy Award Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mimir Chamber Music Festival | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Multicultural Alliance | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAACP Act-So | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army -Tarrant County Command | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwestern Diabetic Foundation | Gainesville, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarrant County College | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Boys Choir | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Girls Choir | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warm Place | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society | Fort Worth, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
1 of 165 (1%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- See Attached Schedule 15
CHARITABLE, LITERACY, OR EDUCATIONAL - Cook Children's Health Foundation
COMMUNITY CLINIC CAPITAL SUPPORT - North Texas Community Foundation
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP - Cancer Care Services
PROGRAM EXPANSION AND MATCH - Community Healthcare of Texas
PALLIATIVE CARE PILOT PROGRAM - Hillsdale College
SPEAKER SERIES UNDERWRITING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 109 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $31.9M | $31.9M |
| 2022 | 1 | $33.7M | $33.7M |
| 2023 | 1 | $36.3M | $36.3M |
| 2024 | 172 | $40.0M | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Amon G Carter Foundation has 3 of them, worth $45.8M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| See Attached Schedule 16 | Fort Worth, TX | $19.5M |
| See Attached Schedule 16 | Fort Worth, TX | $17.3M |
| See Attached Schedule | Fort Worth, TX | $9,030,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Amon G Carter Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 201 Main Street 1945, Fort Worth, TX, 76102. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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