· Private foundation
Orr Carl and Lena Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF | $47,200 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $23,000 |
| METHODIST RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES | $23,000 |
| BOYS CLUBS OF BRAZOS COUNTY INC | $23,000 |
| BRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER INC | $18,000 |
| BRYANCOLLEGE STATION HABITAT FOR HUMANI | $13,000 |
| BRYAN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $13,000 |
| TWIN CITY MISSION | $13,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 74% of its 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.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
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, 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
Backed again, and grew
- BVBRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER5× · 2021–2025 · $89k · revenue +2%
- BIBryan ISD Education Foundation5× · 2021–2025 · $64k · revenue +57%
- BSBRYAN-COLLEGE STATION HABITAT FOR HUMANI4× · 2021–2025 · $59k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- FUFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $61k
- HFHealth for All Incone grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +20%
- BHBRYANCS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCone grant, 2023 · $15k
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.
To provide quality services and products to the residents and businesses of our community in such a way as to maximize the affordability of safe and decent housing, especially for the low income; and to serve as a vehicle and assist in any…
To provide quality services and products to the residents and businesses of our communities in such a way as to maximize the affordability of safe and decent housing, especially for the low income; and to serve as a vehicle and assist in…
To assist homeless families in securing stable housing
To share Christ with others through serving those in need in the brazos valley and surrounding areas or wherever God leads and to bridge the gap by joining churches and other groups in serving together.
To provide guidance and support for persons affected by alcohol and substance abuse.
To stimulate understanding of natural and cultural history, and to encourage responsible stewardship of all natural resources.
The United Way of the Brazos Valley brings the community together to find solutions that change people's lives. UWBV will be the community leader and trusted partner that proactively seeks solutions to community-wide issues.
The Brazoria County Dream Center BCDC provides avenues of healing to the souls of hurting humanity in Brazoria County, TX. We address both the physical and emotional needs of the community. We accomplish this by focusing on rebuilding…
To educate, unite and focus our community's resources in order to efficiently address the most critical needs of Brazoria County
Comprehensive service to domestic violence and sexual assault victims
The mission of the Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley is to provide a child-centered, hands-on, interactive environment for learning and discovery.
The first presyterian church of bryan foundation, inc. provides support to the first presbyterian church of bryan for their benevolent and charitable undertakings.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 16 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 FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Boys Club of Brazos County Inc ↗
- Who funds BRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds Twin City Mission ↗
- Who funds Bryan ISD Education Foundation ↗
- Who funds BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION HABITAT FOR HUMANI ↗
- Who funds Health for All Inc ↗
- Who funds Brazos Maternal and Child Health Clinic ↗
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: Orr Waldon H and Adele Charitable Trust · Lucille and John B Dougherty Trust · Winkler Nina Astin Trust · Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust · Edge Eugene III Charitable Trust · M Bookman Peters Charitable Foundation · Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust · Orr James Donald Charitable Trust · Clifton C & Henrietta C Doak Charitable · Marshall and Ellen Peters Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Orr Carl and Lena Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orr Carl and Lena Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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