Odonnell Foundation
Private foundation · Dallas, TX · EIN 75-6023326 · reported 2023–2025 · files as O'Donnell Foundation
52grants reported
$1.0Mmedian award
$750Klower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$252.3Mtotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 5 of its 52 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $47.5M in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
100 Crescent CT Ste 880
Dallas, TX 75201-6918
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas College Foundation | Dallas, TX | $38,350,000 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $25,300,000 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas, TX | $17,251,000 |
| University of North Texas at Dallas | Dallas, TX | $17,000,000 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX | $15,500,000 |
| Dallas Symphony Association | Dallas, TX | $12,930,022 |
| Dallas Symphony Association | Dallas, TX | $11,595,386 |
| The Commit Partnership | Dallas, TX | $10,900,000 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $10,550,000 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $10,550,000 |
| Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas, TX | $10,001,000 |
| Perot Museum of Nature and Science | Dallas, TX | $10,000,000 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX | $7,500,000 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX | $7,500,000 |
| Dallas Symphony Association | Dallas, TX | $6,817,701 |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | Dallas, TX | $5,000,000 |
| Dallas Zoo | Dallas, TX | $4,000,000 |
| AT & T Performing Arts Center | Dallas, TX | $3,000,000 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas, TX | $2,491,637 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas, TX | $2,280,000 |
| Housing Forward | Dallas, TX | $2,000,000 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $2,000,000 |
| Church of the Incarnation | Dallas, TX | $1,064,873 |
| Community Foundation of Abilene | Abilene, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Dallas County Mental Health | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Parkland Health Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Teach for America | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Texas 2036 | Austin, TX | $1,000,000 |
| The Academy of Medicine Engineering & Science of Texas | Austin, TX | $1,000,000 |
| The Dallas Opera | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $1,000,000 |
| Trinity Park Conservancy | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| The Dallas Opera | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| The Dallas Opera | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Uplift Education | Dallas, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute | Dallas, TX | $750,000 |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | Dallas, TX | $750,000 |
| The Lamplighter School | Dallas, TX | $500,000 |
| United to Learn | Dallas, TX | $500,000 |
| Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation | Dallas, TX | $500,000 |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | $250,000 |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | $200,000 |
| Circuit Trait Conservancy | Dallas, TX | $100,000 |
| The University of Texas | Austin, TX | $85,000 |
| Methodist Health System Foundation | Dallas, TX | $30,000 |
| The Academy of Medicine Engineering & Science of Texas | Austin, TX | $15,000 |
| The Academy of Medicine Engineering & Science of Texas | Austin, TX | $15,000 |
| North Texas Council for the Arts | Dallas, TX | $10,000 |
| Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas, TX | $1,000 |
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