Funding Futures Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Gainesville, TX EIN: 87-3780341

Funding Futures Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Gainesville, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2021 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $31K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $37K.

Funding Futures Foundation at a glance

In short: Funding Futures Foundation gave $37K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $5K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$36,737
+141.4% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
8
+60.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$4,592
+50.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$3,750
Total assets
$30,813
+28.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
Texas (92% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Funding Futures Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

With Love It's a Small World: $9KWith Love It's a Small World$9K

The largest 2025 recipient was With Love It's a Small World ($9K).

Organizations only. It also paid 7 individual scholarships ($27,737), which are not listed by name.

Grant Size Distribution

20 grants across all recorded years

20<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 20 grants of 20 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.

Cities

FriscoCharlottesvilleDenisonDentonGordonvilleGunterLewisvilleMagnoliaManorMcKinneyMesquite

How Funding Futures Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 44% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K0 grants2021 3 grants2022 4 grants2023 5 grants2024 8 grants2025

From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2024) to $37K (2025). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $37K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
With Love It's a Small World Frisco, TXDonation$9,000
7 individual scholarships Recipients not named —$27,737
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsDistributable Amount
2025$30,813$43,500$36,737$36,7378$36,737$1,400
2024$24,050$36,000$15,221$15,2215$15,221$847
2023$3,271$9,850$30,813$30,8134$30,813$516
2022$24,234$48,253$25,519$25,4663$25,519$589
2021$1,500$1,500————$8

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Funding Futures Foundation reported a distributable amount of $1K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Funding Futures Foundation's 2025 filing lists 3 officers; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Richard Reedy

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rick Cohagan

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronald Reedy

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Funding Futures Foundation

How much does Funding Futures Foundation give each year?

Funding Futures Foundation gave $37K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $15K across 5 grants.

What is Funding Futures Foundation's typical grant size?

Funding Futures Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $3,750, and its average grant was $4,592, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Funding Futures Foundation give grants?

Funding Futures Foundation gives mostly in Texas: 92% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was Virginia (8%).

Does Funding Futures Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Funding Futures Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "College Tuition and Fees" (7 grants).

How large is Funding Futures Foundation?

Funding Futures Foundation reported $31K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $37K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $1K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Funding Futures Foundation?

Funding Futures Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Gainesville, TX. It holds $31K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Funding Futures Foundation's EIN?

Funding Futures Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 87-3780341. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 7, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 15, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 16, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 10, 2025)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 5, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025

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