Private foundation · EIN 26-1331625 · Longview, Texas · Education

Patti and Jim Wright Family Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if you're in Texas. The foundation accepts applications (No deadline) and its median grant is $50K.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 11 grants paid, $558K total, median $50K. 73% of grants stayed in Texas. Stated restrictions: There are no restrictions

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
11
$558K
Median grant
$50K
Stays in TX
73%
of grants
Deadline
No deadline
Assets
$1.5M

How to apply

Any written application is accepted Contact: Jim R Wright, 4 Steeplechase Trail, Longview, Tx, 9036636866 Deadlines: No deadline Restrictions: There are no restrictions

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Mentoring AllianceTyler, TXGeneral support$181K
Pine CoveTyler, TXGeneral support$100K
Wild at HeartColorado Spring, COGeneral support$100K
Buckner CfsDallas, TXGeneral support$50K
Fellowship AdventuresFairview, TNGeneral support$50K
Finishing FundProspect, KYGeneral support$50K
Hiway 80 Rescue MissionLongview, TXGeneral support$10K
K Life of DallasDallas, TXGeneral support$5,000
Christus Good ShepherdIrving, TXGeneral support$5,000
ArtsviewLongview, TXGeneral support$5,000
Longview Musuem of Fine ArtsLongview, TXGeneral support$1,000

By state: Texas 8 · Colorado 1 · Tennessee 1 · Kentucky 1

About this foundation

Patti and Jim Wright Family Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Longview, Texas, administered in care of James Richard Wright, tax-exempt since 2008. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

All filings on ProPublica

Does Patti and Jim Wright Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Any written application is accepted Deadlines: No deadline.

How much does Patti and Jim Wright Family Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $558K across 11 grants, a median of $50K.

Where does Patti and Jim Wright Family Foundation give?

Texas (8 grants), Colorado (1 grants), Tennessee (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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