Trellis Foundation
EIN 81-4714749 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 44 grants · $6.9m
Who it funds most
56 of its 134 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Trellis Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2023, filing 202541969349300014
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Form 990 | $501.0m | — | $11.2m |
| 2022 | Form 990 | $405.7m | — | $5.4m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202641479349300939 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202541969349300014 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202422199349300012 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202322269349302807 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202202249349301555 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202132279349300403 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Trellis Foundation made 230 grants across 2019–2024, totalling $39.7m as filed.
- Grants
- 230
- Total, as filed
- $39.7m
- Years
- 2019–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| THE ASPEN INSTITUTE | 2 | $3.5m |
| MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE | 2 | $1.6m |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | 2 | $1.3m |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | 1 | $1.3m |
| COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC | 3 | $1.2m |
| TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION | 3 | $1.2m |
| BRANCHED | 1 | $761.3k |
| TEXAS 2036 | 3 | $725.0k |
| CITIZENS FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE | 1 | $546.6k |
| TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES (TACC) | 2 | $545.0k |
| THE DALLAS FOUNDATION | 1 | $500.0k |
| ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES | 2 | $499.9k |
| Center for Public Policy Priorities | 1 | $497.7k |
| CATALYST EDUCATION | 3 | $470.0k |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | 2 | $457.6k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 18 | $3.0m |
| 2020 | 19 | $4.0m |
| 2021 | 26 | $4.0m |
| 2022 | 40 | $3.6m |
| 2023 | 50 | $9.0m |
| 2024 | 77 | $16.1m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-814714749. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified