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Private foundation (trust)EIN 752495163Est. 1994-10

Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Total Assets

$78.7M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$5.3M

FY 2023

Grants Made

8

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$660K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$25K–$3.4M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$3.9M

Total Expenses

$1.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$5.4M

Distributable Amount

$3.2M

Min. Investment Return

$3.2M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

8 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $25K through median $177K to maximum $3.4M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $23.1M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

26 grants

Vanderbilt University
$15.0M
4 grants
Fort Worth Zoological Association
$14.4M
2 grants
The University of Texas at Austin
$2.0M
3 grants
FORT WORTH ART ASSOCIATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
$1M
1 grant
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
$999K
1 grant
The Peregrine Fund
$875K
2 grants
The International Rhino Foundation
$500K
2 grants
THE PEREGRINE FUND INC
$500K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

26 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
3
grants
$50–250K
10
grants
$250K–1M
8
grants
$1–5M
4
grants
$5M+
1
grants

Geographic Focus

7 states

Texas
$19.4M
53% of total
Tennessee
$15.0M
41% of total
Idaho
$1.4M
4% of total
Virginia
$500K
1% of total
Oklahoma
$209K
1% of total
West Virginia
$200K
1% of total
Kentucky
$100K
0% of total

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