Texas · Private foundation
Hobbs 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $578k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Hobbs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $26k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $28k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $40k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $71k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $29k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of the Bible | $118,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Mission Waco Mission World Inc | $48,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Legacy Family Ministries | $18,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Trinity Christian Academy | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Midway Choir Booster Organization Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Land Missions | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Talitha Koum Institute | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Historic Waco Foundation Inc | $4,095 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends for Life | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
| John Wood Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of the Bible | $118,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Mission Waco Mission World Inc | $48,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Legacy Family Ministries | $18,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Trinity Christian Academy | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Midway Choir Booster Organization Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Land Missions | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Talitha Koum Institute | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Historic Waco Foundation Inc | $4,095 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends for Life | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
| John Wood Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels | $2,060 | 2 | n/a |
| Beautiful Feet Church S B C Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midway Isd Education Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kerygma Ventures | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fuzzy Friends Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caritas of Waco | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Health Center | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Let's Start Talking Ministry | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Marketplace Ministries Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Brazos Education Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Robinson Cemetery Association | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Disabled American Veterans | $10 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hobbs 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: Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc · Clifton Foundation · Fm and Gloria Young Family Foundation · The Fentress Foundation · The McClane Brown Family Foundation · United Way of Waco-McLennan County · Cooper Foundation · Baylor University · Waco Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Hobbs Foundation
- How much does Hobbs Foundation give?
- Hobbs Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $26,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hobbs Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (68%), Arts & Culture (5%), Education (4%).
- Who are Hobbs Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Museum of the Bible ($119k), Mission Waco Mission World Inc ($49k), Legacy Family Ministries ($18k).
- Does Hobbs Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hobbs 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 Hobbs Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc, Clifton Foundation, Fm and Gloria Young Family Foundation.
- Where is Hobbs Foundation based?
- Hobbs Foundation is based in TX.
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