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Covey Gant Foundation

Accepts applications Fort Worth, Texas · EIN 261540021

Covey Gant Foundation is a private foundation in Fort Worth, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $79,000 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $5,500 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $68,500 the year before.

18% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$70,50013$1.6 million
2024$68,50012$1.7 million
2025$79,00011$1.9 million

How to apply

ContactBurl B Daniel III
3220 Westcliff Road West, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Phone or email(817) 980-4897
What to submitA letter should be submitted with the relevant information about the nonprofit organization's charitable, religious, scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
RestrictionsAll awards must be paid to section 501(c)(3) organizations.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas9$72,500
Colorado1$3,500
Massachusetts1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX
General$25,000
Comm Foundation of TX Hill Country
Kerrville, TX
General$10,000
American Red Cross
Dallas, TX
General$10,000
Tarrant Area Food Bank
Fort Worth, TX
General$7,500
Center for Transforming Lives
Fort Worth, TX
General$6,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Tarrant County
Fort Worth, TX
General$5,500
First Tee of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
General$4,500
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
Golden, CO
General$3,500
Sclerderma Foundation
Danvers, MA
General$3,000
Project Beloved
Fort Worth, TX
General$2,500
Friends of Fort Worth Nature Center
Fort Worth, TX
General$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Covey Gant Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Covey Gant Foundation give?

$79,000 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $5,500.

Who runs Covey Gant Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Burl Daniel (Director), Paige Daniel (Director) and Danny Denke (Director).

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