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CM Bass Foundation: 13 grants to organizations, $1.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
CM Bass Foundation, a private foundation in Fort Worth, TX, paid 13 grants to organizations totaling $1,165,068 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on October 21, 2025. The largest was $470,000 to Dia Center for the Arts Inc in New York, NY for general.
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- EIN
- 823589887
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- Assets
- $22,781,224
- Grants paid
- $1,165,068
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed October 21, 2025, IRS object ID 202522949349100512. It reported $1,165,068 in grants paid; 13 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dia Center for the Arts Inc | New York, NY | General | Arts, culture and humanities | $470,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Laguna Seca Inc | Salinas, CA | General | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | General | Education | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Lukes School | San Francisco, CA | General | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas, TX | General | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Middlesex School | Concord, MA | General | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mad Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eat Real Certified Inc | San Francisco, CA | General | Public and societal benefit | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research | Santa Monica, CA | General | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Dawn Redwoods Trust | Tiburon, CA | General | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Chinati Foundation | Marfa, TX | General | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Passed Through From FW LKCM Headwater Investors III LLC | Fort Wortht, TX | General | $68 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $530,000 |
| Education | $210,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $25,000 |
| Human services | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $520,000 |
| California | $425,000 |
| North Carolina | $110,000 |
| Texas | $60,068 |
| Massachusetts | $50,000 |
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Updated October 21, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.