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Private foundation (trust)EIN 742844494Est. 1997-11

RUTH PARR SPARKS FOUNDATION

ALICE, TX 783330728

Total Assets

$7.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$355K

FY 2024

Grants Made

25

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$14K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$46K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$664K

Total Expenses

$971K

Qualifying Distributions

$380K

Distributable Amount

$379K

Min. Investment Return

$380K

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

25 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $15K to maximum $46K, 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

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $382K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

150 grants

Gonzales ISD
$269K
6 grants
Samburu Young Runners CBO
$119K
4 grants
Gonzales Youth Center
$95K
3 grants
Friends of Padre
$93K
6 grants
Waelder ISD
$92K
6 grants
Nixon-Smiley ISD
$86K
6 grants
ROckport Center for the Arts
$78K
5 grants
Flatsworthy
$78K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

150 grants

<$10K
71
grants
$10–50K
78
grants
$50–250K
1
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

1 states

Texas
$2.0M
100% of total

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