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Private foundation (trust)EIN 752521176Est. 1996-09

THE DIXON WATER FOUNDATION

DECATUR, TX 76234

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$53.9M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$132K

FY 2023

Grants Made

11

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$12K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$75K

Typical

Deadlines

November 1

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$871K

Research with universities and non-profit organizations to moniter how the enviroment - from soil microbes to the watershed - respond to ranch management methods of sustainable land management that foundation uses on its ranches.

Program 2

$22K

The foundation puts on multiple educational workshops, tours and conferences throughout the year at all the ranches. These include the following:range management workshopsbird monitoringwater conferencegrazing workshopstudent toursherb surveyraptor researchalamito creek tours

Program 3

$132K

Charitable grants for land management, watershed protection and education.

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$1.2M

Total Expenses

$2.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.0M

Distributable Amount

$1.8M

Min. Investment Return

$1.8M

Payout rate 56%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.56%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

11 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $4K to maximum $75K, 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 $580K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

40 grants

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
$135K
1 grant
SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY
$110K
3 grants
HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL
$100K
2 grants
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN TEXAS
$75K
2 grants
THE DEVILS RIVER CONSERVANCY
$75K
2 grants
NATIVE PRAIRIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS
$73K
2 grants
OGALLALA COMMONS INC
$55K
3 grants
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC DBA AUDUBON TEXAS
$50K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

40 grants

<$10K
10
grants
$10–50K
28
grants
$50–250K
2
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

9 states

Texas
$852K
78% of total
New Mexico
$100K
9% of total
Virginia
$50K
5% of total
Colorado
$25K
2% of total
Wisconsin
$20K
2% of total
Montana
$15K
1% of total
North Carolina
$15K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$10K
1% of total
Minnesota
$4K
0% of total

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