The Rees-Jones Foundation
The Rees-Jones Foundation is a private foundation established in 2006 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Founded by Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones, the foundation works with nonprofit organizations to improve quality of life and life circumstances for underserved populations, primarily in North Texas.
Financial Overview
From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing
Total Assets
$666.1M
+0.5% YoY
Annual Giving
$103.9M
+98.3% YoY
Grant Count
177
-5.3% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$587K
+109.5% YoY
Mission & Focus Areas
Mission Statement: "Serve God by serving others — sharing His resources in ways that provide opportunities for the disadvantaged, relief for the suffering, and encouragement in the growth and well-being of children and families in our community."
The foundation's funding priorities include:
- Child welfare and substitute care
- Medical care for children, both domestically and internationally
- Justice against sex trafficking
- Youth mentoring
- Services for children with disabilities
- Quality childcare
- Animal welfare
- Disaster preparedness and relief
Grantmaking
The foundation operates a summer internship program that provides direct support to Dallas-area nonprofits to hire paid summer interns from their youth programming constituents. The program provides job experience, mentoring in life and work skills, financial literacy education, and exposure to career possibilities for at-risk youth.
Grant Range
$763 to $40,000,000
How to Apply
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Primary focus on North Texas, with some international grantmaking (notably in India for anti-trafficking work).
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
Assets & Giving (2024):
- Total assets: $666,092,840
- Total revenues: $28,868,468
- Total expenses: $161,923,163
- Total giving: $103,930,996
Staffing: The foundation employs 14 staff members across operations, project management, research, and administrative functions.
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $666,092,840 | $662,485,185 | $621,323,518 |
| Revenue | $28,868,468 | $14,317,434 | $106,902,751 |
| Expenses | $161,923,163 | $54,447,684 | $61,010,731 |
| Qualifying Distributions | $108,536,853 | $60,375,412 | $61,138,983 |
| Net Investment Income | $29,083,781 | $18,298,925 | $7,750,106 |
| Distributable Amount | $32,337,291 | $31,933,500 | $29,048,129 |
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
Grant Size Distribution
250 grants across all recorded years
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from The Rees-Jones Foundation
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
No grants recorded for .
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
- Trevor Rees-Jones: Founder, President, and Chair (also founder, President, and Chair of Chief Oil & Gas)
- Jan Rees-Jones: Co-founder
- Terese Stevenson: President (as of January 2026)
- Adrian Cook: Director of Research and Evaluation
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
No officer/director data available.
Recent News & Activity
Recent developments and announcements
The foundation has been active in responding to community needs, including providing additional COVID-19 relief funds. Recent major commitments include significant capital campaign support for Children's Health's new Dallas historic campus in partnership with UT Southwestern, and substantial funding for International Justice Mission's work to end slavery in India.
Children's Health and UT Southwestern Break Ground on New Dallas HistoricSubject Areas
Focus areas based on grantmaking activity
Data last updated April 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated April 2026.
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