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Form 990-PFTax year 2022EIN 75-6033983

Bass Foundation

A private foundation in Fort Worth, TX. Its return for tax year 2022 lists 2 grants and $625,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2022 (period ending Dec 31, 2022), 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

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2022

    $625,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,500,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $33,047,438

  • Tax year 2020

    $206,176

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $29,952,233

Grants paid in 2022

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fort Worth Zoological AssociationFort Worth, TX

    A Wilder Vision Master Plan Project

    $600,000
  2. Parks and Wildlife Foundation of TXDallas, TX

    Book on the history of the Texas Park System

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $600,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas2 grants $625,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Preston M Geren IIIExecutive Director Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lee M BassPresident Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Edward P BassVice President Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Ardon M MooreVice President Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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