· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF FORT WORTH | $16,667 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF FORT WORTH & | $11,500 |
| TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER | $5,000 |
| MAYFEST INC | $5,000 |
| BETH-EL CONGREGATION | $5,000 |
| COOK CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | $4,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $4,000 |
| JEWEL CHARITY BALL INC | $3,000 |
| JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC | $3,000 |
| DAY RESOURCE CENTER | $2,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS & SISTERS | $2,000 |
| JEWISH EDUCATION AGENCY | $2,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF N TEXAS | $2,000 |
| JOAN KATZ CANCER RESOURCE CENTER | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATarrant Area Food Bank7× · 2019–2025 · $55k · revenue +90%
- TCTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +40%
- CCCook Children's Medical Center7× · 2019–2025 · $34k · revenue +90%
Funded once
- BBBIG BROTHERS SISTERSone grant, 2023 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $3k
- UHUNT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERone grant, 2019 · $2k
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.
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.
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
To close the hunger gap in north texas by working through over 500 feeding partners to provide access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger.
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
To create an integrated hospital system operating in the dallas area to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves without regard to their ability to pay.
The mission of the Law School Foundation is the development, management, and enhancement of the financial and administrative resources which support the University of Texas School of Law.
The texas a&m foundation builds a brighter future for texas a&m university, one relationship at a time, by uniting generosity and vision to raise support and manage endowed gifts.
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…
The state fair of texas celebrates all things texan by promoting agriculture, education, and community involvement through quality entertainment in a family-friendly environment. the state fair of texas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 35 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
- Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Cook Children's Medical Center ↗
- Who funds THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds MAYFEST INC (DBA TRINITY COLLABORATIVE INC) ↗
- Who funds JEWEL CHARITY BALL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds The Jewish Education Agency ↗
- Who funds BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds INSIGHT PRISON PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Van Cliburn Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Humane Society of North Texas ↗
- Who funds FORT WORTH ABROAD ↗
- Who funds FORT WORTH JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF TEXAS OKLAHOMA PLAINS INC ↗
- Who funds Assist the Officer Fort Worth ↗
- Who funds PROJECT 4031 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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jobe and Helen Richards Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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