Mustang Foundation
Cleburne, TX · EIN 75-2815383. Reported 115 grants totalling $622,358 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Mustang Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $243,449. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layland Museum | Cleburne, TX | $247,449 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hill College | Cleburne, TX | $44,000 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Johnson Cnty | Cleburne, TX | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| East Cleburne Community Center | Cleburne, TX | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Burleson Opportunity Fund | Burleson, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Johnson County Apples Coalition | Cleburne, TX | $22,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rio Vista Independent School District | Rio Vista, TX | $21,760 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burleson Higher Education Fund | Burleson, TX | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarleton State University | Stephenville, TX | $16,439 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Inc | Keene, TX | $15,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Johnson County | Cleburne, TX | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels North Central Texas Inc | Cleburne, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleburne Rotary Club | Cleburne, TX | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | $9,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rio Vista Isd | Rio Vista, TX | $8,000 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleburne Rotary Club Foundation | Cleburne, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club of Cleburne | Cleburne, TX | $5,060 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma State University | Stillwater, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleburne Pregnancy Center | Cleburne, TX | $4,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleburne Isd | Cleburne, TX | $4,400 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southwestern Adventist University | Keene, TX | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stephen F Austin | Nacogdoches, TX | $4,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Champion Christian College | Hot Springs, AR | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seminole State College | Sanford, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Academy of Dental Assisting | Fort Worth, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Health Resources Foundation | Arlington, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of North Texas | Denton, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sam Houston State University | Huntsville, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Arkansas University | Magnolia, AR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarrant County College | Hurst, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas A&m University | College Station, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Panola College | Carthage, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ut Tyler | Tyler, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Texas A&m University | Canyon, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johnson Co Heritage Foundation | Cleburne, TX | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Operation Blessing | Cleburne, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Abilene Christian University | Abilene, TX | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Partners of Johnson County | Cleburne, TX | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brazos Chamber Orchestra | Keene, TX | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA of Johnson County | Cleburne, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Order of Kings Daughters & Sons | Cleburne, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| J N Long Cultural Arts Center | Cleburne, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johnson County Family Crisis Center | Cleburne, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friendship Circle of Kings Daughter | Cleburne, TX | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cleburne Chamber of Commerce | Cleburne, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings of Hope Equitherapy Memorial | Cleburne, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Crisis Center of Johnson County | Cleburne, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Athena Society of Burleson Inc | Burleson, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
19 of 55 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Layland Museum
DONATED 39 WORKS OF ART, 3 ARROWHEAD COLLECTIONS, AND 2 BARBED WIRE COLLECTIONS. APPRAISAL USED TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE AT THE TIME OF THE DISBURSEMENT IN JULY 2023. - Rio Vista Independent School District
DONATED 28 WORKS OF ART. APPRAISAL USED TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE AT THE TIME OF THE DISBURSEMENT IN JULY 2023. - Burleson Higher Education Fund
2024 DONATION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BURLESON STUDENTS - Burleson Opportunity Fund
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BURLESON STUDENTS - Children's Advocacy Center of Johnson Cnty
SERVICES TO CHILD VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT - East Cleburne Community Center
CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTER OPERATING FUNDS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $49,150 | $1,250 |
| 2022 | 30 | $80,749 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $364,459 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $128,000 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mustang Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: P O Box 78, Cleburne, TX, 76033. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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