Texas · Private foundation
The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio
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.
- $5.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 288
- Grants FY2025
- 72
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 57 to 78
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 17
- Total assets, FY2025
- $94M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $390k 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 | 78 | $5.1M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 72 | $4.4M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 78 | $4.1M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 73 | $2.1M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 63 | $625k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $674k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $955,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $577,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land | $495,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Cristo Rey | $460,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Aid to the Church in Need Inc | $375,000 | 6 | n/a |
| 40 Days for Life | $355,000 | 5 | 1% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $330,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $328,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | $325,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Fidelis Center for Law & Policy | $320,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 67 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $955,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $577,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land | $495,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Cristo Rey | $460,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Aid to the Church in Need Inc | $375,000 | 6 | n/a |
| 40 Days for Life | $355,000 | 5 | 1% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $330,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $328,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | $325,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Fidelis Center for Law & Policy | $320,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Thomas More Society | $312,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $295,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wholelife Authentic Care | $285,000 | 6 | 14% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $282,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Loreto House | $270,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Serra International Foundation | $260,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $247,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Arlington Rotary Foundation Inc | $242,500 | 6 | 40% |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | $240,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Oblate School of Theology | $225,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $224,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Heifer International Foundation | $220,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $220,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Young Catholic Professionals | $205,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Society of the Catholic Apostolate Gloria Dei Region | $200,000 | 4 | 21% |
| St Joseph Catholic School | $196,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Cath League for Religious & Civil Rights | $192,500 | 6 | 1% |
| St Mary Catholic Church College Station Texas | $185,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House | $180,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Dental Health for Arlington Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 6% |
| St John Paul II Life Center | $160,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $160,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Safehaven of Tarrant County | $136,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Arlington Life Shelter | $135,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $129,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mission Metroplex Inc | $129,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sister of St Mary of Namur | $128,000 | 5 | n/a |
| La Promesa Foundation | $118,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Holy Trinity Catholic High School | $113,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Arlington Pregnancy Center Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Students for Life of America Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arlington Charities Inc | $97,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Conservative Partnership Institute | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Police Foundation - Arlington Tx | $72,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Cassata High School | $70,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $67,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Czech Catholic Foundation of Texas | $62,500 | 4 | 51% |
| Red-C Apostolate | $60,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Saint Pio Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Leadership Institute | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $39,500 | 3 | n/a |
| St Labre Indian School | $39,500 | 3 | n/a |
| St Bonaventure Indian Missions & School | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of Tyler | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vetstarts Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Josephs Catholic Church | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Papal Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Diocese of Owensboro | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Susan B Anthony List Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Eod Warrior Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Mary's Catholic School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Justice Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 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: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Scanlan Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · John a & Mary Pollock Yanta Memorial Tr · Arlington Tomorrow Foundation · Our Sunday Visitor Inc · Strake Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Texas Instruments Foundation · Eternal Word Television Network Inc
How this is measured
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About The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio
- How much does The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio give?
- The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio reported 288 grants totaling $5,259,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 78 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Education (12%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cross Catholic Outreach Inc ($955k), Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc ($578k), Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land ($495k).
- Does The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio 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 The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax, The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.
- Where is The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio based?
- The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio is based in TX.
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