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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3979782

TurningPoint Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 22 grants and $1.9 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $1,860,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $25,522,579
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,410,500

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $23,081,338
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,126,000

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $19,336,508
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,218,400

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $20,112,313
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,073,750

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $21,346,053
  • Tax year 2020

    $970,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $19,635,957

Grants paid in 2025

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Support for The Bob Arnold Fund

    $500,000
  2. Trinity Park ConservancyDallas, TX

    Towards construction of the Harold Simmons Park

    $500,000
  3. Dallas Museum of ArtDallas, TX

    Towards The Museum Redesign Capital Project ($200,000) and The Frida Khalo Exhibit ($50,000)

    $250,000
  4. Resource CenterDallas, TX

    Towards the new medical and dental clinic

    $125,000
  5. Individual

    General operating support

    $50,000
  6. Smithsonian National Postal MuseumWachington, DC

    Towards Artist in Residence Program

    $50,000
  7. Individual

    Towards Soup's On matching grant

    $50,000
  8. Transform 1012 N Main StreetFort Worth, TX

    Towards capacity building for hiring development and finance staff

    $50,000
  9. Visiting Nurse Association of TexasDallas, TX

    Meals on Wheels general operating support

    $50,000
  10. Collaborative Alliance Parents TeachersAgoura Hills, CA

    Las Virgenes Unified School District

    $30,000
  11. The Bridge Homeless Recovery CenterDallas, TX

    General operating support

    $25,000
  12. Every Five MinutesOld Greenwich, CT

    General operating support

    $25,000
  13. KIPP Public Schools Northern CalifoOakland, CA

    General operating support

    $25,000
  14. Millbrook SchoolMillbrook, NY

    2025 Annual Fund

    $25,000
  15. Torres FoundationMesquite, TX

    Organizational expenses, scholarships and financial assistance for fees, uniforms and baseball equipment for families in need

    $25,000
  16. Individual

    General operating support

    $25,000
  17. Suffield AcademySuffield, CT

    Towards the General Scholarship Fund

    $15,000
  18. Compass Family ServicesSan Francisco, CA

    General operating support

    $10,000
  19. Perot Museum of Nature and ScienceDallas, TX

    Towards the TECH Truck-STEM

    $10,000
  20. Individual

    General operating support

    $10,000
  21. Babson CollegeWellesley, MA

    Scholarship support

    $5,000
  22. Son of a SaintNew Orleans, LA

    General operating support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development2 grants $550,00060% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $260,00028% of the total
  3. Education3 grants $45,0005% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $25,0003% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,0003% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $10,0001% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $5,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas8 grants $1,035,000
  2. California3 grants $65,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  4. Connecticut2 grants $40,000
  5. New York1 grant $25,000
  6. Louisiana1 grant $5,000
  7. Massachusetts1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Molly L ByrnePres/Director Hours 2Pay $0
  • Robert ByrneTreas/Director Hours 1Pay $0
  • Trevor ColhounSec/Director Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ian ColhounDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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