The Trinity Family Foundation

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold proposal is unlikely to get a hearing, and a charity should first look for a genuine connection to the foundation.
• If an invitation comes, a modest request fits its pattern: about 8 in 10 of its 86 grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $50,000, with a median of $20,000, though its largest grant was $500,000, so that band is typical rather than a limit.
• Repeat funding matters, as 45% of its grant dollars in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a relationship built over time seems valuable.
• Its grants span children, families, education, arts, research, health and environmental work, and no geographic focus is stated, though most recorded grant dollars went to Texas organisations, which is worth knowing when making the case.
• No deadlines are stated, so timing should follow whatever contact or invitation the foundation makes.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of Texas at Dallas · To support ut dallas research activities of the center for brainhealth.
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Salvation Army · To assist the salvation army with overhead expenses for programs in the north texas area.
  $355,0002024 tax year
• Trinity Park Conservancy · To aid, support in environmental stewardship, accessible recreational opportunities in a working partnership with the city of dallas.
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Charlotte Lozier Institute · To assist the organization with overhead expenses so that operations may continue.
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Museum of the Bible · To aid, support in the expanding of knowledge and learning about the bible for people around the world.
  $110,0002024 tax year
• Kennedy Center Events · To support the kennedy center's artistic and educaational programming.
  $87,0002024 tax year
• Smu Meadows School Or Arts · To assist with the overhead expenses and enhencement of the arts.
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Blair House Foundation · To assist with the advancement of america's foriegn relations.
  $50,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.