Open Foundations · Texas

Addy Foundation

Dallas, Texas · EIN 472607515. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $23.2M across 88 grants in 2025, a median of $56K each.

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$23.2M
paid in 2025
88
grants paid
$56K
median grant
73%
to first-time recipients
$120.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
BEN LEAL
Address
3232 MCKINNEY AVE SUITE 1500, DALLAS, TX, 75204
Phone
2143034900
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR A GRANT PROPOSAL OF THE ADDY FOUNDATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (A) NAME, ADDRESS, AND TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF GRANTEE. (B) WHAT AMOUNTS AND DATES OF DISTRIBUTION ARE REQUESTED BY THE GRANTEE. (C) AN AGREEMENT BY THE GRANTEE TO USE THE GRANT FUNDS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE, TO PROVIDE PERIODIC WRITTEN REPORTS CONCERNING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS, TO REQUIRE A FINAL WRITTEN REPORT AND AN ACCOUNTING OF HOW GRANT FUNDS WERE USED, AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AUTHORITY OF THE ADDY FOUNDATION TO WITHHOLD AND/OR RECOVER GRANT FUNDS IN CASE THESE FUNDS ARE, OR APPEAR TO BE, MISUSED.
Submission deadline
QUARTERLY SUBMISSION DEADLINES ARE AS FOLLOWS: FEBRUARY 1, MAY 1, AUGUST 1 AND NOVEMBER 1
Restrictions on awards
THE ADDY FOUNDATION AS PART OF THE GRANT OR DISTRIBUTION WILL REQUIRE PERIODIC WRITTEN REPORTS, NOT LESS FREQUENTLY THAN ANNUALLY, DESCRIBING HOW THE GRANT OR DISTRIBUTION HAS BEEN USED.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202611279349101141. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

community engagementcivic communityeducationsocialculturehealth

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 88 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1North Texas Public Broadcasting IncTX$7,200,000CIVIC/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2SpcaTX$5,000,000SOCIAL SERVICES
3The Better Angels SocietyDC$1,000,000SOCIAL SERVICES
4Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library FoundationND$1,000,000EDUCATION
5Southern Methodist UniversityTX$700,000EDUCATION
6United to LearnTX$531,633EDUCATION
7Crossroads Community ServicesTX$500,000SOCIAL SERVICES
8Friends of Katy TrailTX$500,000CIVIC/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
9Jewish Family Service of Greater DallasTX$500,000CULTURE
10Perot Museum of Nature & ScienceTX$500,000EDUCATION
11Princeton UniversityNJ$500,000EDUCATION
12The Storehouse of Collin CountyTX$500,000SOCIAL SERVICES
13Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County IncTX$300,000SOCIAL SERVICES
14Metrocrest Services IncTX$300,000SOCIAL SERVICES
15Barack Obama FoundationIL$200,000CIVIC/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202055$7.2M
202166$7.8M
202270$14.6M
202376$13.2M
202494$12.2M
2025 (partial year)88$23.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Texas90%
District of Columbia2%
New York2%
North Dakota1%
New Jersey1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Benjamin J LealDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, TREASURER · 2025
Lydia B AddyDIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT · 2025
Sarah SchollSECRETARY · 2025
William M AddyDIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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