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Don Looney Charitable Trust FD028

Accepts applications San Antonio, Texas · EIN 812017055

Don Looney Charitable Trust FD028 is a private foundation in San Antonio, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $67,500 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 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 $66,500 the year before.

46% of its 2025 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$60,00013$1.3 million
2024$66,50012$1.3 million
2025$67,50011$1.3 million

How to apply

ContactChris Massey Frost Bank
4200 S Hulen Ste 220, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Phone or email(817) 420-5052
What to submitThe grant request should be sent on the organization's letterhead and signed by a member of the board of directors or an officer of the organization.
DeadlinesThere are no formal deadlines for submitting requests.
RestrictionsFUNDS MUST BE USED FOR RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF IRC 501(c)(3).

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Don Looney Charitable Trust FD028 funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas11$72,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Tarrant Co
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$25,000
All Saints Health Foundation
Forth Worth, TX
Restricted grant$10,000
Spotlight Cast & Crew
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$8,500
Academy 4
Forth Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$5,000
W I Cook Foundation
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$5,000
James L West Alzheimer Center
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$5,000
Hill School Foundation
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$5,000
The Hill School
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted charitable$3,000
Fort Worth Teen Challenge
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$2,500
The Fort Worth Public Library Foundation
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$2,500
Imagination Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
Unrestricted grant$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Don Looney Charitable Trust FD028 accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: There are no formal deadlines for submitting requests..

How much does Don Looney Charitable Trust FD028 give?

$67,500 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Don Looney Charitable Trust FD028?

Its 2025 filing lists Frost Bank Trustee (Trustee).

What does Don Looney Charitable Trust FD028 fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs, education and health.

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