The Drake Bettner Foundation appears focused on strengthening community health in North Texas. Its sole recorded grant is a large, unrestricted-seeming gift to a regional health foundation, suggesting an interest in funding organizations that build local health capacity and population well-being. The foundation gives locally and targets community-level health impact rather than broad national programs.
The Drake Bettner Foundation’s largest recorded gift was a $100,000 grant to North Texas Family Heath Foundation in McKinney, Texas, marked to "build stronger, healthier community." That single grant sets the tone for a funder that backs community health infrastructure, while also extending support to journalism, film, refugee aid, and basic-needs services. Across the recent grants list, the foundation shows a pattern of giving to organizations that serve local or niche populations through direct service, capacity building, or public information. The foundation’s portfolio includes repeated support for media outlets aimed at underrepresented audiences, such as The Texas Tribune and The 19th, alongside grants to health and human-service groups in Texas. It also funded organizations working with children, people experiencing homelessness, refugees, low-income students, and the game development community. The mix suggests a grantmaker that favors practical, program-directed support for organizations with a clear community-facing role. In the most recent file year, it continued to back both McKinney-based groups and organizations serving broader national audiences.
Community health is a central theme in the foundation’s giving. In 2025, it awarded $25,000 to Children's Miracle Network in Austin to provide local member hospitals with funds for critical life-saving treatments, healthcare services, and equipment for children. It also gave $2,750 to Emmanuel Labor in McKinney to address the needs of anyone affected by homelessness and poverty, and $989 to Community Food Pantry of Mckinney for food and other basic necessities for families in crisis. The foundation also supports public-interest journalism. In 2023, it gave $30,000 each to The Texas Tribune in Austin and The 19th in Austin, with purposes tied to informing Texans about issues and serving as a source of news and information for underserved and underrepresented audiences in American media. Beyond that, it has funded documentary and independent film through Sundance Institute and Documentary Producers Alliance, and it gave $25,000 to Take This Inc for resources tailored to the game development community.
Typical grant sizes cluster around a median of $25,000, with a lower quartile of $6,875 and an upper quartile of $26,250. The recent record includes one very large award of $100,000 and a long tail of smaller grants under $10,000, including several under $3,000. The grants list covers both 2023 and 2025, showing continued activity rather than a single isolated year. The foundation makes program-related investments and does not fund individuals. The available record shows repeat support to The 19th across two years, while several other grantees appear once.
$89K
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$359K
Most grants fall between $7K and $26K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$26K
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Highly concentrated — a single large grant to one local health foundation; appears to prefer sizable, targeted support to a regional health organization rather than many small or national grants.
Notable grantees: North Texas Family Heath Foundation
The foundation gives nationally, with every recorded grant going to a U.S. recipient. Texas is the most frequent recipient state, accounting for 33% of grants, and McKinney appears several times among recipient cities. Austin is another recurring city in the record, alongside awards to organizations in Salt Lake City, New York, Beverly Hills, Kirkland, Park City, Walnut Creek, Washington, DC, Oreland, and Triangle, Virginia. The pattern combines local Texas support with a wide spread of out-of-state grantees.
The recent grants show support for community health, public-interest journalism, film and documentary work, refugee assistance, homelessness and poverty services, food and hygiene aid, children’s hospitals, scholarships for low-income students, and resources for the game development community.
Its typical grant size is $25,000 at the median, with a p25 of $6,875 and a p75 of $26,250. The recent record also includes a $100,000 grant at the high end and several smaller grants below $10,000.
Yes. The grants list includes recipients in California, Washington, Utah, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, alongside Texas-based grantees. The geographic scope is national.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals.
Yes. The 19th appears in both 2023 and 2025, with grants of $30,000 and $25,000. Most other named grantees in the recent list appear once.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE 19TH | AUSTIN, TX | $25,000 | 2025 | TO BE A SOURCE OF NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED IN AMERICAN MEDIA. |
| TAKE THIS INC | KIRKLAND, WA | $25,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE RESOUCES AND SUPPORT THAT IS TAILORED FOR THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE GAME DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY |
| CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK | AUSTIN, TX | $25,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE LOCAL MEMBER HOSPITALS WITH FUNDS FOR CRITICAL LIFE-SAVING TREATMENTS, HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT FOR CHILDREN |
| LIFTING HANDS INTERNATIONAL | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $10,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE AID TO REFUGEES BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD |
| EMMANUEL LABOR | MCKINNEY, TX | $2,750 | 2025 | TO MODEL THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST BY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ANYONE AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY |
| COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF MCKINNEY | MCKINNEY, TX | $989 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE FOOD AND OTHER BASIC NESSCESSITIES TO FAMILIES WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN CRISIS OR ARE DEALING WITH FOOD INSECURITY |
| TEXAS YOUTH BALLET | MCKINNEY, TX | $500 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY TO LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG DANCE TALENT |
| TEXAS TRIBUNE INC | AUSTIN, TX | $25,000 | 2024 | TO INFORM TEXANS ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY, POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND STATE-WIDE ISSUES. |
| THE 19TH | AUSTIN, TX | $25,000 | 2024 | TO BE A SOURCE OF NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED IN AMERICAN MEDIA. |
| AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY | AUSTIN, TX | $15,000 | 2024 | TO CREATE LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FILMMAKERS, CATALYZE AUSTIN AND TEXAS AS CREATIVE HUBS, AND BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AROUND GREAT FILM. |
| SILVER LININGS RECOVERY RESIDENCES INC | LEWISVILLE, TX | $2,500 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE SOBER LIVING HOMES TO WOMEN IN NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS, TEXAS. |
| EMMANUEL LABOR | MCKINNEY, TX | $2,250 | 2024 | TO MODEL THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST BY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ANYONE AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY. |
| LIGHT THE WORLD GIVING MACHINE | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $469 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE LOCAL AND CONVENIENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHARITABLE GIVING. |
| NORTH TEXAS FAMILY HEATH FOUNDATION | MCKINNEY, TX | $100,000 | 2023 | BUILD STRONGER, HEALTHIER COMMUNITY |
| THE 19TH | AUSTIN, TX | $30,000 | 2023 | SOURCE OF NEWS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED |
| TEXAS TRIBUNE | AUSTIN, TX | $30,000 | 2023 | INFORM TEXANS ABOUT ISSUES |
| EQUALITY UTAH FOUNDATION | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $25,000 | 2023 | TO SECURE EQUAL RIGHTS AND PROTECT L |
| CARBON OFFSETS TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY | WALNUT CREEK, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS CLIMA |
| B C VOICE | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | COLLECT, PRESERVE & SHARE STORIES |
| EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | TO EDUCATE CLIENTS ON CHARITABLE FUN |
| SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | PARK CITY, UT | $20,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT INDEPENDENT FILM |
| PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES | WASHINGTON, DC | $7,500 | 2023 | BUILD MORE STABLE INCLUSIVE NATION |
| DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE | ORELAND, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | SUSTAIN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING |
| COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY | MCKINNEY, TX | $1,974 | 2023 | PROVIDE FOOD & HYGEINE THOSE IN NEED |
| MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION THE COOPER CENTER | TRIANGLE, VA | $1,556 | 2023 | TO DISTRIBUTE TOYS TO CHILDREN |
THE 19TH
$25,000TO BE A SOURCE OF NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED IN AMERICAN MEDIA.
TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE RESOUCES AND SUPPORT THAT IS TAILORED FOR THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE GAME DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK
$25,000TO PROVIDE LOCAL MEMBER HOSPITALS WITH FUNDS FOR CRITICAL LIFE-SAVING TREATMENTS, HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT FOR CHILDREN
LIFTING HANDS INTERNATIONAL
$10,000TO PROVIDE AID TO REFUGEES BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD
EMMANUEL LABOR
$2,750TO MODEL THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST BY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ANYONE AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY
COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF MCKINNEY
TO PROVIDE FOOD AND OTHER BASIC NESSCESSITIES TO FAMILIES WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN CRISIS OR ARE DEALING WITH FOOD INSECURITY
TEXAS YOUTH BALLET
$500TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY TO LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG DANCE TALENT
TO INFORM TEXANS ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY, POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND STATE-WIDE ISSUES.
THE 19TH
$25,000TO BE A SOURCE OF NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED IN AMERICAN MEDIA.
TO CREATE LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FILMMAKERS, CATALYZE AUSTIN AND TEXAS AS CREATIVE HUBS, AND BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AROUND GREAT FILM.
SILVER LININGS RECOVERY RESIDENCES INC
$2,500TO PROVIDE SOBER LIVING HOMES TO WOMEN IN NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS, TEXAS.
EMMANUEL LABOR
$2,250TO MODEL THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST BY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ANYONE AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY.
LIGHT THE WORLD GIVING MACHINE
$469TO PROVIDE LOCAL AND CONVENIENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHARITABLE GIVING.
NORTH TEXAS FAMILY HEATH FOUNDATION
$100,000BUILD STRONGER, HEALTHIER COMMUNITY
THE 19TH
$30,000SOURCE OF NEWS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED
CARBON OFFSETS TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY
$25,000EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS CLIMA
B C VOICE
$25,000COLLECT, PRESERVE & SHARE STORIES
PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES
$7,500BUILD MORE STABLE INCLUSIVE NATION
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE
$5,000SUSTAIN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
$1,974PROVIDE FOOD & HYGEINE THOSE IN NEED
MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION THE COOPER CENTER
$1,556TO DISTRIBUTE TOYS TO CHILDREN