The M.S. Doss Foundation

• The foundation's stated focus is Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, and its listed interests include children's homes, Boys and Girls Clubs, counselling and therapy, food banks, homelessness and veterans, so a small charity doing that work in those states should look at it.
• Its most recent filing reports $2,975,704 paid out, but no grant range is stated, so size any request to your own budget and confirm the amount with the Grants Manager rather than pitching at a figure the foundation has not given.
• Contact the Grants Manager by phone or email for application instructions before you submit anything, as the foundation asks.
• The first submission is a brief letter of inquiry, with detailed information to follow, so keep that first approach short and tied to the themes above.
• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so you can approach the foundation when your project is ready, but the filing says nothing about how competitive or relationship-led the process is, so do not assume either way.

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

• City of Seminole · Scout center - boys & girls
  $725,0002024 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.