Summerlee Foundation
Private foundation · Dallas, TX · EIN 75-2252355 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Summerlee Foundation
573grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$830smallest grant
$7.9Mtotal paid
47states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 7 of its 573 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $190K 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
5556 Caruth Haven LN
Dallas, TX 75225-8146
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Parks for Downtown Dallas | Dallas, TX | $150,000 |
| The Shumla School Inc | Comstock, TX | $150,000 |
| Fair Park First | Dallas, TX | $125,000 |
| Texas State Historical Association | Austin, TX | $115,000 |
| Greater Good Charities | Seattle, WA | $107,500 |
| Washington on the Brazos Historical | Washington, TX | $100,000 |
| Panhandle Plains Archeological Research Foundation | Austin, TX | $100,000 |
| Remember the Alamo Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 |
| Washington on the Brazos Historical | Washington, TX | $100,000 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $85,000 |
| Southern Plains Land Trust Incorporated | Lamar, CO | $75,000 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $70,000 |
| Texas State Historical Association | Austin, TX | $62,500 |
| Center for A Humane Economy | Bethesda, MD | $60,000 |
| Texas Archive of the Moving Image | Austin, TX | $60,000 |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | Lubbock, TX | $60,000 |
| The Texas A & M University Commerce Foundation | Commerce, TX | $60,000 |
| Friends of the Texas Historical Com | Austin, TX | $55,000 |
| Museum of the Big Bend | Alpine, TX | $55,000 |
| Abilene Christian University | Abilene, TX | $50,000 |
| Friends of the Texas Historical Community | Austin, TX | $50,000 |
| Save the Dogs and Other Animals US | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 |
| Southern Plains Land Trust Incorporated | Lamar, CO | $50,000 |
| Shumla School Inc | Comstock, TX | $41,750 |
| EL Progreso Memorial Library | Uvalde, TX | $37,500 |
| University of North Texas Foundatio | Denton, TX | $35,000 |
| Deep Ellum Foundation | Dallas, TX | $35,000 |
| Witte Museum | San Antonio, TX | $35,000 |
| Preservation Dallas | Dallas, TX | $35,000 |
| United Spay Alliance | Walkersville, MD | $32,000 |
| Animal Protection New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 |
| C 60 Inc | Houston, TX | $30,000 |
| Faunalytics | San Diego, CA | $30,000 |
| Global Federation of Animal Sanctua | Phoenix, AZ | $30,000 |
| International Marine Mammal Project | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 |
| Museum of South Texas History | Edinburg, TX | $30,000 |
| Project Coyote | Larkspur, CA | $30,000 |
| Texas Plains Trail Region | Lubbock, TX | $30,000 |
| Texas State Historical Association | Austin, TX | $30,000 |
| The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundatio | Austin, TX | $30,000 |
| Animal Protection of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 |
| Operation Nightingale USA | Dallas, TX | $30,000 |
| Abara Borderland Connections | EL Paso, TX | $30,000 |
| Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute | Waco, TX | $30,000 |
| Witte Museum | San Antonio, TX | $28,500 |
| Animal Place | Grass Valley, CA | $25,000 |
| Center for A Humane Economy | Bethesda, MD | $25,000 |
| Endangered Species Protection Agenc | Coalville, UT | $25,000 |
| Preservation Austin | Austin, TX | $25,000 |
| United Spay Alliance | Walkersville, MD | $25,000 |
| Univerity of Texas at Austin School | Austin, TX | $25,000 |
| Whale Sanctuary Project | DC, DC | $25,000 |
| Wildfuturesearth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 |
| Animal Balance | Portland, OR | $25,000 |
| Atlanta Grade School Friends | Atlanta, TX | $25,000 |
| Austin Community Foundation | Austin, TX | $25,000 |
| Bryan Museum | Galveston, TX | $25,000 |
| Dallas Firefighter's Museum | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Greenville, TX | $25,000 |
| Good Food Institute | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
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