Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX

Once Upon a Time Foundation

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Typical grant size
$150 – $500 – $4K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
464
Repeat grantees
106
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Patrick W Dunne
DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Geoffrey P Raynor
DIRECTOR
Paul E Christensen
DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY
Montana Raynor
VICE PRESIDENT
Noel Nesser
SECRETARY (UNTIL 3/9/2022)
Pat Dunne
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Paul Christensen
DIRECTOR (AS OF 3/9/2022)

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
3.9%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
1,974
Total grants awarded
$41.9M
Total amount
$21K
Average grant
$10.0M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$10.7M
1039 grants
2023
$17.7M
335 grants
2022
$7.5M
303 grants
2021
$3.6M
174 grants
2020
$2.4M
123 grants

Top recipients

10 grants · TX · ≈ likely match
$15.4M
Fort Worth Zoo
9 grants · TX
$3.1M
Vanguard Charitable
4 grants · RI
$1.4M
12 grants · WI · ✓ Exact match
$1.3M
2 grants · MA · ≈ likely match
$1.2M
NYC Health Hospitals Bellevue
1 grant · NY
$1.0M
13 grants · PA · ✓ Exact match
$887K
5 grants · MD · ≈ likely match
$875K
Genox Solution Chile Spa
1 grant
$657K
25 grants · TX · ✓ Exact match
$651K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$2.5M
Fort Worth Zoo
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$1.0M
University of Colorado
GENERAL SUPPORT
CO · TY 2024
$411K
Children's National Research Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$367K
Ut Southwestern Medical Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$320K
Texas Health Resources (harris Methodist Foundation)
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$275K
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
GENERAL SUPPORT
NC · TY 2024
$250K
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
GENERAL SUPPORT
NC · TY 2024
$250K
Johns Hopkins University
GENERAL SUPPORT
MD · TY 2024
$225K
Texas Children's Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$200K
Vanguard Charitable
GENERAL SUPPORT
PA · TY 2024
$200K
The Genesis Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$155K
Duke University
GENERAL SUPPORT
NC · TY 2024
$151K
Vanguard Charitable
GENERAL SUPPORT
PA · TY 2024
$150K
Children's National Research Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$134K
Ut Southwestern Medical Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$125K
Kinderplatz of Fine Arts
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$103K
Ronald Mcdonald House of Northern Virginia
GENERAL SUPPORT
VA · TY 2024
$100K
Ronald Mcdonald House of Fort Worth
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$100K
Tri-cities Food Bank
GENERAL SUPPORT
WA · TY 2024
$100K
Ut Southwestern Medical Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$100K
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
VA · TY 2024
$100K
Mount Sinai Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Columbia University
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$94K
Texas Christian University
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$91K
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
GENERAL SUPPORT
PA · TY 2024
$87K
Boston University
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$85K
Fort Worth Fire Department
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$80K
Texas Christian University
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$80K
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
GENERAL SUPPORT
NC · TY 2024
$71K
Marquette University
GENERAL SUPPORT
WI · TY 2024
$71K
New York University
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$70K
American University
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$67K
University of Texas - Austin
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$63K
Mclean Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$60K
Washington University in St Louis
GENERAL SUPPORT
MO · TY 2024
$56K
University of Arkansas
GENERAL SUPPORT
AR · TY 2024
$56K
The Gold Standard Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$50K
The Gold Standard Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$50K
Texas Christian University
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$50K
Corvilla
GENERAL SUPPORT
IN · TY 2024
$50K
Coral Restoration Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
FL · TY 2024
$50K
Nationwide Children's Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
OH · TY 2024
$50K
Nationwide Children's Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
OH · TY 2024
$50K
A Red Circle
GENERAL SUPPORT
MO · TY 2024
$50K
Taste Project of Fort Worth
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$50K
Marine Corps University Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
VA · TY 2024
$50K
Stanford University
GENERAL SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$50K
Rainforest Trust
GENERAL SUPPORT
VA · TY 2024
$50K
Well Aware
GENERAL SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$50K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.

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