The George W Bush Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 20-4119317. Reported 111 grants totalling $2,634,850 to 86 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The George W Bush Foundation, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B70) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 86 distinct organizations, with 38% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 31% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $11,667. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $8,500 and the largest $1,002,125. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | $1,002,125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The School Board of Palm Beach County Florida | West Palm Beach, FL | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Del Valle Independent School District | Del Valle, TX | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Charleston County School District | Charleston, SC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lansing School District | Lansing, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Independent School District | Dallas, TX | $48,334 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fort Worth Independent School District | Fort Worth, TX | $48,334 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District | Rio Grande City, TX | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District | Pharr, TX | $41,667 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anaheim Elementary School District | Anaheim, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Board of Education City School City of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cartwright School District No 83 | Phoenix, AZ | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corpus Christi Independent School District | Corpus Christi, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Independent School District | San Antonio, TX | $33,334 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Albuquerque Municipal School District No 12 | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of New York | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colquitt County Board of Education | Funston, GA | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jefferson Parish Public School System | Harvey, LA | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clark County School District | Las Vegas, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Redmond School District 2J | Redmond, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Isd | Laredo, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waco Independent School District | Waco, TX | $23,334 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brownsville Independent School District | Brownsville, TX | $21,667 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Carson City School District | Carson City, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Channelview Isd | Channelview, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Hts-University Hts City School District | University Hts, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Donna Independent School District | Donna, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Little Rock Special School District | North Little Rock, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prince William County Public Schools | Manassas, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Three Rivers Josephine County Unit Joint School District | Grants Pass, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uplift Education | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ware County Board of Education | Waycross, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | $19,125 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Austin Achieve Public Schools Inc | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Collegiate Academies | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School Distirct | Orosi, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Davenport Community School District | Davenport, IA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elizabeth Board of Education | Elizabeth, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paterson Public School District | Paterson, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wicomico County Board of Education | Salisbury, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yakima Public Schools | Yakima, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arlington Independent School District | Arlington, TX | $11,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Isd | Austin, TX | $11,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conroe Independent School District | Conroe, TX | $11,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mcallen Independent School District | Mcallen, TX | $11,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Benito Consolidated Independent School District | San Benito, TX | $11,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bibb County School District | Macon, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Birdville Isd | North Richland Hills, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Board of Education Fulton County | College Park, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bossier Parish School Board | Bossier City, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buena Vista City Public Schools | Buena Vista, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Caddo Parish School Board | Shreveport, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cape Girardeau Public School District No 63 | Cape Girardeau, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Dauphin School District | Harrisburg, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Bristol | Bristol, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Springfield Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crowley Independent School District | Crowley, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| District of Columbia Government | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edcouch-Else Isd | Edcouch, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fort Smith School District 100 | Fort Smith, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Albany Public School District 8J | Albany, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hamilton City School District | Hamilton, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jackson - Madison County Schools | Jackson, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kennewick School District #17 | Kennewick, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Killeen Isd | Killeen, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lafayette County School District | Lewisville, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lenoir County Board of Education | Kinston, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District | Los Fresnos, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lyford Cisd | Lyford, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mission Achievment and Success Charter School | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mississippi Achievment School District | Belzoni, MS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Muldrow Public School | Muldrow, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oxnard School District | Oxnard, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richardson Isd | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rocketship Education Wisconsin Inc | Redwood City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Bernardino City Unified School District | San Bernardino, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Juan County School District | Monticello, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| School District of St Joseph | Oregon, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Somerset County Public Schools | Westover, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taft Isd | Taft, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The School Board of City of Richmond | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Harvey School Dist #147 | Harvey, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Oso Isd | Corpus Christi, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ysleta Independent School District | El Paso, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $8,595 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
16 of 86 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 6 of 86 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $175,005 | $11,667 |
| 2022 | 47 | $650,625 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $798,500 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | $1,010,720 | $505,360 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
63% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,667 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The George W Bush Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 2 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2943 Smu Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75205.
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