Parker Trust

Private foundation · Grantmaker Dallas, TX EIN: 73-6262880

Parker Trust is a private foundation, based in Dallas, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $50K. Net investment income was $109K.

Parker Trust at a glance

In short: Parker Trust gave $50K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $25K), mostly in Oklahoma. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$50,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$25,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$25,000
Total assets
$1,119,082
+4.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Oklahoma (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

How to apply to Parker Trust

Who Parker Trust funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Blackwell Public School Foundation Inc: $35KBlackwell Public SchoolFoundation Inc$35KOpportunity Center Inc: $15KOpportunity Center Inc$15K

The largest 2025 recipient was Blackwell Public School Foundation Inc ($35K). Together the top 2 received $50K.

Grant Size Distribution

9 grants across all recorded years

8<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 9 (89%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

BlackwellPonca City

How Parker Trust gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−9%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 93% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. 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$20K$40K$60K2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 1 grant2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $45K (2020) to $55K (2022). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $50K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Blackwell Public School Foundation Inc Blackwell, OKUnrestricted General$35,000
Opportunity Center Inc Ponca City, OKUnrestricted General$15,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$1,119,082$122,080$75,718$50,0002$60,775$109,080$65,031
2024$1,072,380$111,692$73,076$50,0002$60,260$98,200$61,492
2023$1,034,934$37,905$70,437$50,0001$59,285$23,451$56,687
2022$1,067,838$-24,828$81,687$55,0002$64,552$14,748$59,689
2021$1,174,207$250,503$70,347$45,0002$55,711$236,258$65,290
2020$992,850$89,028$64,700$45,0002—$78,513$55,501

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Parker Trust reported a distributable amount of $65K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Parker Trust's only listed officer is Bank Of America, Trustee on every filing since 2021 (compensated).

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Bank Of America

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    $17K (2021) → $17K (2025)

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Bank Of America N A (2020) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Bank of America — Trustee: $17KBank of AmericaTrustee$17K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $17K, to Bank of America (Trustee).

Frequently asked questions about Parker Trust

How much does Parker Trust give each year?

Parker Trust gave $50K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $50K across 2 grants.

How large is Parker Trust?

Parker Trust reported $1.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $61K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $65K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

Where does Parker Trust operate?

Parker Trust has awarded grants in Oklahoma.

What is Parker Trust's EIN?

Parker Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 73-6262880. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 22, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 6, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 11, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 16, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 3, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 21, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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