· Private foundation
Orr James Donald 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, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $3k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC | $25,000 |
| BRYAN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| BOYS CLUBS OF BRAZOS COUNTY INC | $20,000 |
| METHODIST RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES | $10,000 |
| HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY INC | $10,000 |
| TWIN CITY MISSION | $10,000 |
| BRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER INC | $10,000 |
| HEALTH FOR ALL CLINIC INC | $3,000 |
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, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 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.
10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 FOOD BANK INC7× · 2019–2025 · $101k · revenue +49%
- BIBryan ISD Education Foundation7× · 2019–2025 · $94k · revenue +108%
- BCBoys Club of Brazos County Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +47%
Funded once
- SHSAM HOUSTON AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OFone grant, 2024 · $10k
- BSBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAone grant, 2023 · $9k
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 educate, unite and focus our community's resources in order to efficiently address the most critical needs of Brazoria County
To provide guidance and support for persons affected by alcohol and substance abuse.
To provide community, life-long learning, and meaningful work for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
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 provide a place for children to go where they will have supervised activities, arts, crafts, and recreation.
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law. The aims of the Boy Scouts of America is to promote character…
The mission of the Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry and Support Center is to serve Bastrop County residents going through periods of transition by providing emergency food assistance, education and support.
To promote the health, social, educational, vocational and character development of youth in and around Lamar County, Texas.
To inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
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.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 13 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 BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds Bryan ISD Education Foundation ↗
- Who funds Boys Club of Brazos County Inc ↗
- Who funds Twin City Mission ↗
- Who funds BRAZOS VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds Hospice Brazos Valley Inc ↗
- Who funds Boy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS ↗
- Who funds Health for All 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Orr James Donald Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orr James Donald Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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