Summerfield G Roberts Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-2341916. Reported 52 grants totalling $2,184,891 to 37 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. Summerfield G Roberts 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 $40,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $14,000 and $63,271; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $124,285. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton Ochsner Clinic Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $187,556 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | $185,203 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Smu - Clements Center | Dallas, TX | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | Dallas, TX | $107,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University Foundation | Lubbock, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | Lubbock, TX | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management | Richardson, TX | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $85,204 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas State Historical Association | Austin, TX | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mary Crowley Medical Research Center | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ut Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $67,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Chadbourne Foundation | Bronte, TX | $60,015 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mary Crowley Medical Research Center Cancer Research Center | Dallas, TX | $57,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Texas Medical at Galveston | Galveston, TX | $57,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington on the Brazos Historical Foundation | Washington, TX | $57,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Center for Schreiner Uni | Kerrville, TX | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mcwhiney History Education Group | Buffalo Gap, TX | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Remember the Alamo Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas a & M University Foundation | College Station, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $49,871 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary Crowley Medical Research Center Center | Dallas, TX | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Texas Health Science Center | Fort Worth, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Fd | Mcallen, TX | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Shumla School Inc | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Foundation | Edinburg, TX | $29,842 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dallas Historical Society | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Witte Museum | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Preservation Dallas | Dallas, TX | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Daughters of the Republic of Texas Inc | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington on the Brazos Historical Fdn | Washington, TX | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Medal of Honor Museum Fnd | Arlington, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Press | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frontiers of Flight Museum Inc | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No 1 British Flying Training School Museum Inc | Terrell, TX | $4,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of the Stonewall Saloon | Saint Jo, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
10 of 37 (27%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 31%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Texas Christian University
NEELEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - University of Texas at Dallas
MBA SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TEXAS - Texas Tech Foundation Inc
SUPPORT FOR MSMRA PROGRAM - Southern Methodist University
SGR COX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - Mary Crowley Medical Research Center
THERAPY CLINICAL TRIALS IN - Texas State Historical Association
SUPPORT FOR TEXAS HISTORY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 26 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $522,820 | $49,871 |
| 2022 | 13 | $544,553 | $40,000 |
| 2023 | 11 | $455,233 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | 15 | $662,285 | $25,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 89% 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 $40,000. 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 Summerfield G Roberts 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: Po Box 653067, Dallas, TX, 75265. 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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