Sook Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation says it gives only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; a relationship or introduction is the realistic route.
- If your work sits in education, the arts or related human services, it fits the areas the filing reports.
- Its geographic focus is not stated, and its grants have mainly gone to Texas, Florida and Oklahoma, which describes past giving rather than a limit on who may approach it.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $500,000, and half are $50,000 or less, so a request near the middle of that range is more realistic than one at the top.
- Because 61% of its grant dollars in its latest filing went to organisations it had funded before, the foundation appears to lean towards existing relationships, so past grantees may be the best source of an introduction.
Overview
Sook Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Flower Mound, TX.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (bbntimes.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation is reported to support educational and arts programmes, including endowed scholarships in dance, drama, English and history. Its filed grants are recorded as operating support and go to university foundations and a university emergency fund, as well as theatres and opera, a science and history museum, a health system, shelter and service organisations, disaster recovery, and community food relief. Its filing says it contributes only to preselected charitable organisations. The grants show institutional giving across education, arts and culture, health, human services and community response.
Themes
- Education
- Arts programmes
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Texas, Florida and Oklahoma.
How to apply
The filing describes no public application route: contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations, and unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 61% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 21 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
2 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 30% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 61% of grant dollars went to organisations Sook Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 7 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Covenant House · Operating support$1,010,0002024 tax year
- Usf Foundation · Operating support$655,0002024 tax year
- University of Oklahoma Foundation · Operating support$300,0002024 tax year
- Treecovery Lahaina · Operating support$100,0002024 tax year
- Carnegie Hall · Operating support$75,0002024 tax year
- Broadway Dreams Foundation · Operating support$25,0002024 tax year
- Twu Emergency Fund · Operating support$10,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Perry Sook Jr — Director
- Victoria Sook — Director
- Laura Duncombe — Director
- Sandra Sook — Secretary
- Perry Sook — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $98,709 | $50,766 | $46,570,610 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,286,247 | $1,160,000 | $53,109,343 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,341,707 | $2,175,000 | $67,738,128 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
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Contact
- Flower Mound, TX