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O'Donnell Foundation: 33 grants to organizations, $187.4 million (tax year ended December 2025)
O'Donnell Foundation, a private foundation in Dallas, TX, paid 33 grants to organizations totaling $187,386,895 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 12, 2026. The largest was $38,350,000 to Dallas College Foundation in Dallas, TX for operations.
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- EIN
- 756023326
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- Assets
- $180,206,923
- Grants paid
- $187,386,895
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 12, 2026, IRS object ID 202601329349102710. It reported $187,386,895 in grants paid; 33 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas College Foundation | Dallas, TX | Operations | Education | $38,350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | Operations | Education | $25,300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas, TX | Operations | $17,251,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of North Texas at Dallas | Dallas, TX | Operations | $17,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX | Operations | $15,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dallas Symphony Association | Dallas, TX | Operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $12,930,022 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Commit Partnership | Dallas, TX | Operations | $10,900,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas, TX | Operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,001,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Perot Museum of Nature and Science | Dallas, TX | Operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | Dallas, TX | Operations | Education | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dallas Zoo | Dallas, TX | Operations | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| At & T Performing Arts Center | Dallas, TX | Operations | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Housing Forward | Dallas, TX | Operations | Human services | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Operations | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Church of the Incarnation | Dallas, TX | Operations | $1,064,873 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Foundation of Abilene | Abilene, TX | Operations | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dallas County Mental Health | Dallas, TX | Operations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Parkland Health Foundation | Dallas, TX | Operations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation | Dallas, TX | Operations | Community improvement and capacity building | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America | Dallas, TX | Operations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas 2036 | Austin, TX | Operations | Public and societal benefit | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Academy of Medicine Engineering & Science of Texas | Austin, TX | Operations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Dallas Opera | Dallas, TX | Operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | Operations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trinity Park Conservancy | Dallas, TX | Operations | Community improvement and capacity building | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | Operations | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute | Dallas, TX | Operations | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Lamplighter School | Dallas, TX | Operations | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United To Learn | Dallas, TX | Operations | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | Operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Circuit Trait Conservancy | Dallas, TX | Operations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Methodist Health System Foundation | Dallas, TX | Operations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Texas Council for the Arts | Dallas, TX | Operations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202521339349102297. It reported $31,374,338 in grants paid; 10 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | Operations | Education | $10,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX | Operations | $7,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dallas Symphony Association | Dallas, TX | Operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $6,817,701 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas, TX | Operations | $2,491,637 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute | Dallas, TX | Operations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Dallas Opera | Dallas, TX | Operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uplift Education | Dallas, TX | Operations | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | Dallas, TX | Operations | Education | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | Operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Academy of Medicine Engineering & Science of Texas | Austin, TX | Operations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $81,950,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $42,198,723 |
| Human services | $2,000,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,000,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $2,000,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $1,000,000 |
States funded
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Updated May 12, 2026. 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.