Illinois · Private foundation
J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,805
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,805
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $855k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | $47k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $47k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $54k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $49k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $44k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $46k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $49k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martindale Community Library | $18,932 | 2 | 9% |
| Wolfe City Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kirbyville Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Real County Public Library Leakey | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Wood Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alpine Public Library Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Marathon Public Library and History Museum | $9,879 | 1 | 8% |
| Tarkington Community Library Inc | $9,879 | 1 | n/a |
| Dublin Public Library Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cross Plains Public Library | $7,805 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martindale Community Library | $18,932 | 2 | 9% |
| Wolfe City Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kirbyville Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Real County Public Library Leakey | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Wood Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alpine Public Library Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Marathon Public Library and History Museum | $9,879 | 1 | 8% |
| Tarkington Community Library Inc | $9,879 | 1 | n/a |
| Dublin Public Library Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cross Plains Public Library | $7,805 | 1 | n/a |
| Round Top Library Association Inc | $7,153 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($270k), not named here.
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: Tocker Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust with peer funders
About J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust
- How much does J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust give?
- J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust reported 6 grants totaling $46,830 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (91%), Arts & Culture (2%), Crime & Legal (2%).
- Who are J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Martindale Community Library ($19k), Wolfe City Public Library ($10k), Kirbyville Public Library ($10k).
- Does J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tocker Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust based?
- J Frank Dobie Library Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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