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Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Dallas, Texas · EIN 746078530

Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Dallas, Texas. In tax year 2024 it gave $9.8 million in 304 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $5.0 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $4.3 million the year before.

49% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$4.3 million285$88.2 million
2024$9.8 million304$83.9 million

How to apply

ContactCate Sitton
PO Box 40536, Austin, TX 78704
Phone or email(512) 240-2438, csitton@theandersonfoundation.org
What to submitUse the Foundation's online grant application portal:www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=andersonfoundation
DeadlinesNo application deadlines.
RestrictionsThe Foundation funds state-wide in the three states in which Carl and Marie Jo Anderson lived, worked and retired: New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Preference is given to non-profits serving rural counties in all three states. Funding for non-profit organizations located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and Houston area is not a focus of the Foundation at this time.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas180$7.5 million
New Mexico66$1.4 million
Oklahoma54$914,500
Georgia1$20,000
Colorado1$15,000
Indiana1$10,000
Connecticut1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 304 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Unrestricted general support$5.0 million
Albuquerque Sign Language Academy
Albuquerque, NM
Bldg an accessible future / ASLA Honey Badgers / Cap bldg work w/Lynn Trojhan / Bldg an accessible future$226,000
Bastrop Co Emerg Food Pantry
Bastrop, TX
The Good Neighbor Capital Campaign$50,000
Emergency Infant Services
Tulsa, OK
"On the Road" EIS Baby Blue Mobile Unit Campaign$50,000
RestoreOKC
Oklahoma City, OK
G/O-Stacy Anderson Discretionary / Cap bldg outcomes project$45,000
Cookson Hills Christian School
Kansas, OK
Cookson Hills challenge grant request 2024$40,000
Respite Care of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Prgrms for children w/disabilities / Support for children w/special healthcare needs$40,000
All Ears Listening and Language Cen
Spring, TX
All Ears! Ctr LSL prgm / Cap campaign-Carl Anderson III Discretionary$40,000
Pegasus Legal Services for Children
Albuquerque, NM
Pegasus kinship guardianship prgrm / Pegasus general support$40,000
Presbyterian Ear Institute
Albuquerque, NM
Language Made Visible: LENA-assisted training/PD / PEI interdisciplinary expansion/OT Project$35,000
Youth Heartline
Taos, NM
Emergency Housing for Winter (multi-Org Collab) / Youth Heartline Operating Costs$35,000
Paws and Stripes
Albuquerque, NM
Suicide prevention srvcs for NM vets / Cap bldg support w/Lynn Trojhan / Cap bldg work w/Lynn Trijhan$34,750
Dar A Luz Birth Health Ctr
Los Ranchos, NM
ACF/DaL 2023 / Cap bldg work w/Lynn Trojhan / DAL midwife salary support$32,000
Hearts for Hearing Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
G/O-Stacey Anderson discretionary / Listening Start-Core svrcs$30,000
Undies For Everyone
Houston, TX
Children's underwear assist / Emergency staffing funds$30,000
Hope Alliance
Round Rock, TX
Emergency shelters nights of safety for children$30,000
Town Country School
Tulsa, OK
G/O / Seth Anderson discretionary / Elliott Anderson discretionary$30,000
Camp Phoenix
Marble Falls, TX
Critical care for underserved rural families / Trauma-Informed Mental Health Care$30,000
United Way of Eastern NM
Clovis, NM
Eastern NM Senior meal support$29,000
South Central Industries
Shawnee, OK
Community-based employment for adults w/IDD / G/O-Stacey Anderson discretionary$28,000
Albuquerque Community Foundation
Albuquerque, NM
University of NM Eval Lab Summer Institute 2024 / Cap bdlg grant writing intensive workshop$27,400
Casa de Peregrinos
Las Cruces, NM
Registration fee and travel funds for grant guidance training / Senior Nutrition Prgrm$27,000
House of Neighborly Service
San Antonio, TX
Promoting health for seniors & children / Travel funds for cap bldg prgrm in Austin$25,500
Austin Speech Labs
Austin, TX
Intensive speech therapy for stroke survivors / G/O-Stacey Anderson Discretionary$25,000
Childhaven
Farmington, NM
General Operating Support$25,000
El Valle Community Ctr
Villanueva, NM
El Valle Comm Ctr Food Pantry$25,000
Foster Angels of Central Texas Fdn
Austin, TX
Assistance for Local Children in Foster Care$25,000
IGW Children's Hope Foundation
Farmington, NM
Children's Health & Safety$25,000
Little Sisters of the Poor of NM
Gallup, NM
General operations$25,000
Nutrition and Services for Seniors
Beaumont, TX
Program support$25,000
Silver Horizons New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Senior and childhood hunger relief prgrm$25,000
Sunshine House
Alpine, TX
Sunshine House-General Operations$25,000
Athens Samaritans Inc
Athens, TX
Labor of Love G/O 2024$25,000
Washington County Elder Care
Bartlesville, OK
Support for DayBreak at Elder Care$25,000
Austin Community Fdn-Aging is Cool
Austin, TX
Governance cap bldg Austin - Kurt Senske$23,000
Hays County Food Bank
San Marcos, TX
Public food distrib prgrm / G/O / G/O-Elliott Anderson discretionary$23,000
Austin Child Guidance Center
Austin, TX
General Operations Support$22,700
United Way of Santa Fe County
Santa Fe, NM
FY24 / Cap Bldg work w/Lynn Trojhan$21,000
Connections Individual Family Srvcs
New Braunfels, TX
Big Give Match support / Travel funds for cap bldg prgrm in Austin$20,500
The Arc of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Empowering Individuals w/ disabilities / Travel funds for Cap Bldg Prgrm in Austin$20,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No application deadlines..

How much does Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation give?

$9.8 million in tax year 2024, across 304 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Carl Anderson III (Chairman), Stacey Anderson (Vice Chair), Elliott Anderson (Trustee) and Seth Anderson (Trustee) among 7 officers and trustees.

What does Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs, health and food and hunger.

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