Robert D and Catherine R Alexander
Fort Worth, TX · EIN 75-6012124. Reported 103 grants totalling $1,481,000 to 45 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. Robert D and Catherine R Alexander 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $11,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $180,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Christian Church | Fort Worth, TX | $570,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind | Fort Worth, TX | $136,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cook Children's Medical Center | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fort Worth Museum of Science & History | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union Gospel Mission | Fort Worth, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cook Children's Health Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cook Childrens Medical Center | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Warm Place | Fort Worth, TX | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind of Houston | Dallas, TX | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Key School for Learning Differences | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Health Resources Foundation | Arlington, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $20,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Chamber Development Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Chisolm Trail | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Layla Rose Ranch | Aledo, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pediatric Vision Research Diagnostic Center | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Wesleyan University | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Metro Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The First Tee of Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ben Hogan Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra | Fort Worth, TX | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pediatric Vision Research and Diagnostic Center | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kera | Dallas, TX | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fort Worth Report | Fort Worth, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Farm | Fort Worth, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Ballet Theater Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Texas Community Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Ballet Theatere | Fort Worth, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Ballet Theatre | Fort Worth, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc | Dallas, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Day Resource Center for Homeless | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drc Solutions | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Local North Texas Community Foundation | Red Oak, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Fort Worth Nature Center | Fort Worth, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
26 of 45 (58%) 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 73%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 66 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | $334,000 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 26 | $410,500 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $370,500 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $366,000 | $2,000 |
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. 99% 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 $2,000. 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 Robert D and Catherine R Alexander'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: 2830 S Hulen Street 831, Fort Worth, TX, 76109. 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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