How to apply
Preselected only
The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It still lists the details below.
- Contact
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Director
12644 Sunlight Dr
Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 213-9212
[email protected] - Form and materials
- See proposal guidelines from 07-19-21.
- Deadlines
- October 15th
- Restrictions
- Grants are made annually to educational organizations for the operation of the foundation's signature decats summer programs for gifted elementary and middle school students. Funding is for three-week decats summer programs only. Students may attend only one summer program per year funded by the debusk foundation to allow as many gifted students as possible to benefit from the funding. Funded programs are required to implement debusk foundation's decats core curriculum as a central tenet of the decats program.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$252,200
- Grants listed
- 5
- Assets, end of year
- $6,758,152
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Tax year 2023
$222,999
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $6,367,765
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Tax year 2022
$275,000
- Grants listed
- 5
- Assets, end of year
- $6,429,144
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Tax year 2021
$234,000
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $7,271,065
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Tax year 2020
$236,500
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $7,146,777
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Tax year 2019
$244,000
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $6,882,219
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Tax year 2018
$251,000
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $6,154,597
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Debusk Enrichment Center of TexasHouston, TX
Education
$151,000 -
Individual
Education
$37,000 -
Decats SugarlandHouston, TX
Education
$25,000 -
Baylor UniversityWaco, TX
Education
$24,200 -
Diocese of Austinpastoral CenterAustin, TX
Education
$15,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Youth development1 grant $151,00075% of the total
- Education2 grants $49,20025% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Texas4 grants $215,200
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Todd KettlerDirector Hours 1Pay $3,750
- John BaroneDirector Hours 1Pay $3,750
- Rachel RobertsonDirector Hours 1Pay $3,750
- Keith BelcherTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
- Miranda BennettPresident Hours 1Pay $3,750
- Janette BoazmanDirector Hours 1Pay $3,750
The return
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