Open Foundations · Texas

Amon G Carter Foundation

Fort Worth, Texas · EIN 756000331. 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 $39.9M across 171 grants in 2024, a median of $50K each.

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$39.9M
paid in 2024
171
grants paid
$50K
median grant
100%
to first-time recipients
$553.1M
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
JOHN H ROBINSON
Address
PO BOX 1036, FORT WORTH, TX, 761011036
Phone
8173322783
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
INITIAL APPROACH LETTER, ONE COPY OF PROPOSAL
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
PRIMARILY LOCAL GIVING TO SUPPORT BENEVOLENT, CHARITABLE, AND EDUCATIONAL UNDERTAKINGS, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS CHARITABLE, LITERACY OR EDUCATIONAL.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533209349100763. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

event underwritingfacility improvementscapital

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 171 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Amon Carter MuseumTX$16,725,652OPERATING SUPPORT
2Texas A&m UniversityTX$5,750,000GIFT OF LAND
3Texas Christian UniversityTX$3,000,000MEDICAL SCHOOL SUPPORT
4Rivertree AcademyTX$2,000,000CAPITAL SUPPORT
5Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant CoTX$1,000,000CAPITAL SUPPORT
6Cook Children's Health FoundationTX$500,000COMMUNITY CLINIC CAPITAL SUPPORT
7Manegait Therapeutic Riding CenterTX$500,000CAPITAL SUPPORT
8New Leaf Community ServicesTX$500,000CAPITAL SUPPORT
9Texas Health ResourcesTX$500,000MOBILE SIMULATION UNIT
10Texas Wesleyan UniversityTX$500,000CAPITAL SUPPORT
11Cristo Rey Fort WorthTX$250,000FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS
12Family FirstFL$250,000PROGRAM EXPANSION
13Fort Worth Symphony OrchestraTX$250,000ORCHESTRA ENHANCEMENT
14Methodist Health SystemTX$250,000CAPITAL SUPPORT
15Presbyterian Night ShelterTX$250,000CAPITAL SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$34.6M
20211$31.9M
20221$33.7M
20231$36.3M
2024171$39.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Texas93%
Florida1%
Michigan1%
Massachusetts1%
North Carolina1%

Who decides

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

John H RobinsonExecutive Vice President · 2022
Kate JohnsonTreasurer · 2022
Mark L JohnsonPresident · 2022
Sheila B JohnsonSecretary · 2022
Tamara H DeanAssistant Secretary/Treasurer · 2022

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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