South Carolina · Private foundation
Dobson Tape Ministry
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $61k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2026
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 35
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 7
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Dobson Tape Ministry funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 23 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 25 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $79k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $95k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $74k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $96k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kb Charitable Trust | $30,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Set Free Alliance (F/K/A Water of Life) | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sidewalk Hope Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Onelife Institute Inc | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Unto Inc | $15,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Premier Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Triune Mercy Center | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Search Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 4 | n/a |
| School Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kb Charitable Trust | $30,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Set Free Alliance (F/K/A Water of Life) | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sidewalk Hope Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Onelife Institute Inc | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Unto Inc | $15,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Premier Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Triune Mercy Center | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Search Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 4 | n/a |
| School Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Peace Center Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Thornwell | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gateway House Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| A Child's Haven Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United Ministries | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The King's College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Limestone University | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jasmine Road Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Legacy Early College | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cross Point Community Church | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Piedmont Women's Center | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| North Greenville University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tim Lee Ministries | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dobson Tape Ministry supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: South Carolina Christian Foundation · John I Smith Charities Inc · The Jolley Foundation · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Yeargin Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Kellett Family Foundation · Charles Timmons Foundation · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation
How this is measured
About Dobson Tape Ministry
- How much does Dobson Tape Ministry give?
- Dobson Tape Ministry reported 23 grants totaling $60,555 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 35 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Dobson Tape Ministry fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Education (10%), International (10%).
- Who are Dobson Tape Ministry's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Kb Charitable Trust ($30k), Harvest Hope Food Bank ($30k), Set Free Alliance (F/K/A Water of Life) ($25k).
- Does Dobson Tape Ministry fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dobson Tape Ministry accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dobson Tape Ministry?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include South Carolina Christian Foundation, John I Smith Charities Inc, The Jolley Foundation.
- Where is Dobson Tape Ministry based?
- Dobson Tape Ministry is based in SC.
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