Private foundation
FREEBIRD FOUNDATION
BELLAIRE, TXEIN
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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Private foundation
BELLAIRE, TXEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 86% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSTON FOOD BANKHOUSTON, TX | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR NEW FACILITY | $400,000 | 2025 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
| TOWARDS HOUSTON FOOD BANK'S GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| $100,000 |
| 2025 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS | $80,000 | 2025 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S AFTER SCHOOL DANCE PROGRAM. | $75,000 | 2016 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANKHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON FOOD BANK'S FOOD FOR CHANGE CAMPAIGN. | $75,000 | 2017 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANKHOUSTON, TX | TO MEET THE FREEBIRD FOUNDATION'S PLEDGE TO THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK. | $75,000 | 2016 |
| TEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNSHOUSTON, TX | TOWARD BIRTH TO TWO PROGRAM | $60,000 | 2025 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS | $50,000 | 2022 |
| MAKE A WISH TEXAS GULF COAST AND LOUISIANASTAFFORD, TX | TOWARD CREATING LIFE CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES | $50,000 | 2023 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS | $50,000 | 2021 |
| TEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNSHOUSTON, TX | TOWARD HOUSING, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY | $50,000 | 2023 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANKHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON FOOD BANK'S GENERAL OPERATIONS | $50,000 | 2024 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANKHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON FOOD BANK'S GENERAL OPERATIONS | $50,000 | 2020 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS | $50,000 | 2019 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS | $50,000 | 2023 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANKHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON FOOD BANK'S GENERAL OPERATIONS | $50,000 | 2022 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANKHouston, TX | Towards Houston Food Bank's General Operations | $50,000 | 2019 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS | $50,000 | 2020 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S AFTER SCHOOL DANCE PROGRAM. | $50,000 | 2018 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S AFTER SCHOOL DANCE PROGRAM. | $50,000 | 2017 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANKHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON FOOD BANK'S GENERAL OPERATIONS | $50,000 | 2021 |
| TEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNSHOUSTON, TX | TOWARD HOUSING, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY | $50,000 | 2024 |
| HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATIONHOUSTON, TX | TOWARDS HOUSTON BALLET'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS | $50,000 | 2024 |
| YOUTH HEARTLINETAOS, NM | TOWARD CREATING A SAFER AND BETTER LIFE FOR VULNERABLE CHIDLREN AND FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY | $30,000 | 2025 |
| YOUTH HEARTLINETAOS, NM | TOWARD CREATING A SAFER AND BETTER LIFE FOR VULNERABLE CHIDLREN AND FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY | $25,000 | 2024 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Dec 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202501339349104165
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202431989349100403
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202301919349100205
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202221809349101217
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202121589349100177
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202001609349101005
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201931309349101268
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201821279349100812
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201721509349100027
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.