The Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation
Fort Worth, TX · EIN 13-7117629. Reported 178 grants totalling $4,826,995 to 66 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. The Anne Hendricks Bass 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 $6,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $1,000,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York, NY | $1,020,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earth University Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $560,190 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carolina Ballet | Raleigh, NC | $323,020 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cambodia Living Arts | New York, NY | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kent Library Association | Kent, CT | $106,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Ballet Theatre | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Modern Art Museum of Ft Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Morgan Library and Museum | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North American Friends of Great Dixter | Dorset, VT | $92,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neue Galerie New York | New York, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bam | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York Public Library Dance Division | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Yorkers for Children | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $47,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Paris Opera and Ballet | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York City Center | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tate Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nginn Karet Foundation for Cambodia | Silver Springs, MD | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jerome Robbins Division-Nypl | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Juilliard School | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Contemporary Arts | New York, NY | $20,005 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Council of the Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Interntl Council of the Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Little Opera Theatre of Ny | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tom Gold Dance | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| World Monuments Fund | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kent Historical Society | Kent, CT | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Livestock Conservancy | Pittsboro, NC | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Land Trust Alliance | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Agora Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cambodian Living Arts | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kimball Art Museum | Park City, UT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kimbell Art Museum | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Living Arts International Inc | New York City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North American Friends of Great Dixter | East Sussex | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Royal Oak Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Menil Collection | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nation Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Garden Conservancy | Garrison, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tom Gold Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tom Gold Dance Performance Society Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kent Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Kent, CT | $6,030 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Housatonic Valley Association | Cornwall Bridge, CT | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montgomery Botanical Center | Coral Gables, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montgomery Botanical Center | Montgomery, AL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kent Land Trust | Kent, CT | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Studio in a School | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The American Chestnut Foundation | Asheville, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hollister House Garden | Washington, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mueseum of Modern Art Library Council | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Women's Comm of the Central Park Conservancey | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kent Community Fund | Kent, CT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Housatonic Valley Regional Faculty Assoc Schlrshp | Cornwall Bridge, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tails Humane Society | Dekalb, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housatonic Valley Regional Faculty Association | Falls Village, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All Texas Dachshund Rescue | Pearland, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
48 of 66 (73%) 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 83%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Cambodia Living Arts
SUPPORT CAMBODIA'S VIBRANT ARTS SECTOR - The New York Botanical Garden
ADVANCE MISSION TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH PLANTS AND NATURE THROUGH SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY HORTICULTURE - New York Botanical Garden
ADVANCE MISSION TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH PLANTS AND NATURE THROUGH SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY HORTICULTURE HORTICULTURE - Kent Library Association
LIBRARY SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
LINCOLN CENTER PRODUCTIONS AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT - American Ballet Theatre
AMERICAN BALLET THEATER PROGRAMS AND BRINGING THE FINEST IN BALLET TO THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 111 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | $877,533 | $5,750 |
| 2022 | 44 | $944,666 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $963,020 | $8,250 |
| 2024 | 44 | $2,041,776 | $10,000 |
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. 73% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $6,500. 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 New York.
- 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 The Anne Hendricks Bass 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: 1801 Deepdale Drive, Fort Worth, TX, 76107. 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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