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ONCE UPON A TIME FOUNDATION
About this foundation
Once Upon a Time Foundation (OUAT) is a private foundation founded in 1998 and based in Fort Worth, Texas, with about $275 million in assets. The site documents multi-million-dollar grantmaking in health and medicine and longstanding partnerships with institutions such as UT Southwestern. OUAT supports and runs initiatives including The Philanthropy Lab (student-directed grants), Electronic Data & Mental Health research (three $1M clinical research grants), Childhood Apraxia of Speech research and training, and the Raynor Cerebellum Project. The foundation describes awards to leading universities and both national and international research collaborations.
Funding focus
We support a wide range of organizations including those that provide arts and humanities, community affairs, health and medicine, human services, and education benefits to members of the community.
Past grantees
1,800 total recipientsOrganizations this funder has supported in recent years — useful for gauging fit and typical award size.
2024
30+ recipientsUt Southwestern Medical Center
$2,500,000
Fort Worth Zoo
$1,000,000
University Of Colorado
$410,949
Children'S National Research Institute
$366,667
Ut Southwestern Medical Center
$320,000
Texas Health Resources (Harris Methodist Foundation)
$275,000
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
$250,000
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
$250,000
Johns Hopkins University
$225,000
Grant programs
No tracked programs from this foundation. Check the funder website for upcoming cycles.