Texas · Private foundation
Jobe and Helen Richards 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.
- $79k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,667
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 22 | $79k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $77k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $69k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $78k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $77k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Texas Christian University | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cook Children's Medical Center | $34,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | $32,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Fort Worth Inc | $29,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels | $29,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Mayfest Inc (Dba Trinity Collaborative Inc) | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Jewish Education Agency | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Beth-El Congregation | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Texas Christian University | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cook Children's Medical Center | $34,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | $32,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Fort Worth Inc | $29,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels | $29,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Mayfest Inc (Dba Trinity Collaborative Inc) | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Jewish Education Agency | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Beth-El Congregation | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Insight Prison Project | $8,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Van Cliburn Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society of North Texas | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fort Worth Abroad | $1,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Fort Worth Junior Golf Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Assist the Officer Fort Worth | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Arlington Texas Inc | $800 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Israel | $800 | 2 | n/a |
| Project 4031 Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($209k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Amon G Carter Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Virginia Hobbs Charitable Trust Simmons Bank Trustee · McCallum Family Foundation · The Roach Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Robert S and Joyce Pate Capper Charitable Foundation · Adeline & George McQueen Foundation Xxxxx1007 · Sid W Richardson Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation with peer funders
About Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation
- How much does Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation give?
- Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $78,567 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (16%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Health (14%).
- Who are Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Tarrant Area Food Bank ($55k), Texas Christian University ($50k), Cook Children's Medical Center ($34k).
- Does Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jobe and Helen Richards 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 Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amon G Carter Foundation, Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc, Garvey Texas Foundation Inc.
- Where is Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation based?
- Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation is based in TX.
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