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Dora Roberts Foundation - Fi Xxxxx4008

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$3.9MEducation$3.8MHuman Services$3.8MReligion$3.2MAnimals$2.9MHealth$2.7MFood & Nutrition$2.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.0M
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$113M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$500,000
SALVATION ARMY OF BIG SPRING$500,000
HAPPY DAY HUMANE SOCIETY$400,000
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$335,000
HOWARD COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE$300,000
HOWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION$224,000
FRIENDS OF THE BIG SPRING COWBOY REUNION$179,800
BIG SPRING YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSO$160,000
HOWARD COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC$152,000
HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING$131,529
EVANGELICAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY$100,000
CASA OF WEST TEXAS$100,000
SAN ANGELO AREA FOUNDATION$100,000
RANCH HANDS RESCUE$100,000
GRAND COMPANIONS HUMANE SOCIETY$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $240k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $200k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $200k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $160k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $150k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $132k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $100k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY RESOURCES CENTER: $75k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY RESOURCES CENTER: $60k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY RESOURCES CENTER: $50k → 17%HOWARD COUNTY RESOURCES CENTER: $40k → 17%WEST SIDE COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER: $50k → 17%WEST SIDE COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER: $10k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26M · 37 repeat orgs$868k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
13

Total granted

$26M
$668k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+40%

Still filing today

51%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RA
    RUNNELS ACADEMY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +74% · 49% of their budget
  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +47%
  • HD
    HAPPY DAYS HUMANE SOCIETY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +216% · 44% of their budget

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA OF BIG SPRING
    one grant, 2019 · $178k
  • DR
    DORA ROBERTS REHABILITATION CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $156k · revenue +329%
  • NC
    NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Texas Foster Care & Adoption Serv

A state of texas licensed foster care and adoption agency that identifies and provides approved healing foster homes for children.

Human Services
2
Wilbarger Humane Society

Care for abandoned animals in vernon and wilbarger county, tx including spay, neuter, adoption and education.

Animals
3
South Texas Advancement Resource

sustain farming ranching and land management in a food desert.

Human Services
4
Heber Springs Humane Society

Local humane society animal shelter and animal rescue.

Animals
5
Harlan County Senior Services Inc

Offers programs & services to older persons such as meals, house keeping, yard work, public transportation, and social activities.

Human Services
6
Cowboy At the Cross Ministries

Cowboy at the cross ministries is an evangelical, outreach ministry. gathering strays, allowing god to change our ways, to walk in truth and holiness.

Youth Development
7
Big Horn County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Health
8
Whispering Hope Ranch Ministries

Provide & maintain facility for ministry services

Human Services
9
Dallas-High Shoals Christian Social Ministry Inc

Assisting the poor and needy with food, clothing, medical , rent, and utilites.

Human Services
10
Central Texas Pregnancy Care Center

Pregnancy counseling

Human Services
11
Western Christian High School

Christian education high school

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12
Hays County Homespun Eci

Provide early childhood intervention

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is High Sky Childrens Ranch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Crossroads Tennis Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

15
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY OF BIG SPRING: $2,535,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF BIG SPRINGFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $2,510,000 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHHOWARD COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE: $1,947,000 · OtherHOWARD COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIREHOWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,369,484 · OtherHOWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATIONHOWARD COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION: $997,000 · OtherHOWARD COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATIONISAIAH 58: $750,000 · OtherBIG SPRING SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION IN: $650,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $614,000 · OtherCASA OF WEST TEXAS: $600,000 · Other+25 more: $2,885,823 · Other+25 moreRUNNELS ACADEMY INC: $2,404,217 · EducationRUNNELS ACADEMY INCBaylor College of Medicine: $2,300,000 · EducationBaylor College of Me…+2 more: $129,500 · EducationHAPPY DAYS HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,274,000 · AnimalsHAPPY DAYS H…Grand Companions Humane Society: $495,000 · AnimalsGrand Compan…Ranch Hands Rescue: $100,000 · AnimalsHERITAGE MUSEUM OF BIG SPRING: $810,000 · Arts & CulturePERMIAN BASIN HONOR FLIGHT INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureHANGAR 25 AIR MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $220,000 · Arts & CultureHOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $1,181,529 · Human ServicesHOWARD COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER: $225,000 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesEVANGELICAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY INC: $615,000 · Religion+1 more: $20,000 · ReligionRAPE CRISIS SERVICES OF BIG SPRING: $430,000 · HealthDORA ROBERTS REHABILITATION CENTER: $155,500 · Health+2 more: $30,000 · Health
Other$14,858,307Education$4,833,717Animals$2,869,000Arts & Culture$1,530,000Human Services$1,466,529Religion$635,000Health$615,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRUNNELS ACADEMY INC: $2,404,217 over 6y, 49% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $2,300,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY DAYS HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,274,000 over 6y, 44% of budgetHOWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,369,484 over 7y, 56% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $1,181,529 over 7y, 87% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION: $997,000 over 7y, 92% of budgetHERITAGE MUSEUM OF BIG SPRING: $810,000 over 7y, 49% of budgetISAIAH 58: $750,000 over 5y, 93% of budgetEVANGELICAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY INC: $615,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $614,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetCASA OF WEST TEXAS: $600,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN HONOR FLIGHT INC: $500,000 over 7y, 68% of budgetGrand Companions Humane Society: $495,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetRAPE CRISIS SERVICES OF BIG SPRING: $430,000 over 7y, 34% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER: $225,000 over 4y, 55% of budgetHANGAR 25 AIR MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $220,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetSAFE PLACE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN: $220,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetDORA ROBERTS REHABILITATION CENTER: $155,500 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetYard Sports Complex: $100,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetWest Texas Community Mediation Center: $94,500 over 3y, 17% of budgetWESTSIDE COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER INC: $60,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHELP OUR PUPILS EXCEL FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWEST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds RUNNELS ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY DAYS HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HOWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds HOWARD COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE MUSEUM OF BIG SPRING ↗
  • Who funds ISAIAH 58 ↗
  • Who funds EVANGELICAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF WEST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds PERMIAN BASIN HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds Grand Companions Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds RAPE CRISIS SERVICES OF BIG SPRING ↗
  • Who funds HOWARD COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HANGAR 25 AIR MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PLACE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ↗
  • Who funds FOOD 2 KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds DORA ROBERTS REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Ranch Hands Rescue ↗
  • Who funds Yard Sports Complex ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANGELO AREA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds West Texas Community Mediation Center ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER INC ↗

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.

Permian Basin Area Fo…Wayne & Jo Ann Moore …Fmh FoundationJames a Buddy Davidso…The Community Foundat…Broughton Foundation …The Paul J Williams F…Yarborough FoundationScharbauer Foundation…Abell-Hanger Foundati…JC Ferguson Foundatio…The Fasken Foundation
Permian Basin Area FoundationTX25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Permian Basin Area Foundation · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Fmh Foundation · James a Buddy Davidson Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Broughton Foundation Trust · The Paul J Williams Foundation · Yarborough Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Abell-Hanger Foundation · JC Ferguson Foundation Inc · The Fasken Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dora Roberts Foundation - Fi Xxxxx4008 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dora Roberts Foundation - Fi Xxxxx4008. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Dora Roberts Foundation - Fi Xxxxx4008 through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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