Texas · Private foundation
Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $435k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $105,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $395k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $312k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $320k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $275k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $205k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $412k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $243k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $258k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Symphony Foundation | $791,680 | 5 | 5% |
| Dallas Symphony Association | $420,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $235,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service Agency | $164,500 | 4 | 1% |
| American Jewish Committee | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Vogel Alcove | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Secure Community Network Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dallas Theater Center | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Zoological Society | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Symphony Foundation | $791,680 | 5 | 5% |
| Dallas Symphony Association | $420,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $235,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service Agency | $164,500 | 4 | 1% |
| American Jewish Committee | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Vogel Alcove | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Secure Community Network Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dallas Theater Center | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Zoological Society | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Smith Center for the Performing Arts | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Sinai | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Three Square | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mental Health America of Greater Dallas | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenhill School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($455k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation 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: Texas Instruments Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation
- How much does Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation give?
- Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $435,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (45%), Health (12%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dallas Symphony Foundation ($792k), Dallas Symphony Association ($420k), Southwestern Medical Foundation ($235k).
- Does Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation 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 Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Texas Instruments Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Verizon Foundation.
- Where is Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation based?
- Edgar a & Ruth E Robinson Family Foundation is based in TX.
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