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The Bobbie a Atkinson Foundation at a glance

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The Bobbie a Atkinson 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.

$97k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$165kEducation$112kHealth$88kHuman Services$74kHousing & Shelter$49kReligion$42kPhilanthropy$29kRecreation & Sports$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$616k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$25,000
TEXARKANA REGIONAL ART & HUMANITIES$15,000
CHRISTUS ST MICHAEL FOUNDATION$15,000
TEXARKANA COLLEGE FOUNDATION$5,000
TEXARKANA MUSEUMS SYSTEM$4,000
Individual grant recipient$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,000
TEXARKANA PUBLIC LIBRARY$3,000
CADDO AREA COUNCIL BSA$3,000
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER CLUB$3,000
FRIENDS OF TEXARKANA PARKS$3,000
RESTORATION OF HOPE (HOPE FOR TEXARKANA)$3,000
ALZHEIMER'S ALLIANCE$2,500
UNITED WAY OF GREATER TEXARKANA$2,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF RUSK COUNTY$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%MISSION TEXARKANA INC: $5k → 19%RUNNIN WJ RANCH: $4k → 19%FOR THE SAKE OF ONE: $3k → 23%MISSION TEXARKANA INC: $3k → 19%FOR THE SAKE OF ONE: $3k → 23%RUNNIN WJ RANCH: $500 → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$560k · 42 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
30

Total granted

$560k
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+8%

Still filing today

60%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TS
    TEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +271%
  • HO
    HOSPICE OF TEXARKANA
    4× · 2019–2024 · $25k · revenue +5%
  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity of Texarkana Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $17k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • CS
    CHRISTUS ST MICHEAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • CC
    CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • PC
    PRISON CHAPEL MINISTRY OF EAST TEXAS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Senior Citizens Services of Texarkana

Support Services for the elderly through nutritional assistance

Human Services
2
Nacogdoches Treatment Center for Hanicapped Children and Adults Inc

Treatment of handicapped and disabled children and adults and providing job training for disabled persons. Providing activities for Alzheimer's Disease patients.

Health
3
Corsicana Area Chamber of Commerce

To promote Corsicana and the surrounding area.

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4
Ark-La-Tex Agricultural Council

To promote and encourage agriculture production by educating youth and sponsoring exhibitions of livestock and farm products.

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5
Hospice of Texarkana Foundation

Established for the financial support of hospice of texarkana, inc.

Human Services
6
Texas Cultural Trust Council

Public arts funding

Philanthropy
7
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
8
Texas Non-Profit Hospice Alliance

The Texas Nonprofit Hospice Alliance (TNPHA) is a group of nonprofit hospices dedicated to sharing best practices and providing quality care for individuals with life-limiting illnesses.

Human Services
9
Texas Restaurant Association - Dallas Chapter

Promote the restaurant industry

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10
Texas Government Accountability Foundation Inc

To foster transparency and uphold ethical standards across all levels of government in texas and empower citizens to hold their government accountable.

Public Benefit
11
Texarkana Baptist Orphanage

Care of neglected children

Human Services
12
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanit; the most unlike its peers is Angel Fund Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 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. 39 of the 80 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRISTUS St Michael Foundation: $30,000 · OtherCHRISTUS St Michael FoundationTEXAS A&M - TEXARKANA: $27,500 · OtherTEXAS A&M - TEXARKANAHAVEN HOMES: $26,000 · OtherHAVEN HOMESUnited Way of Greater Texarkana Inc: $23,535 · OtherUnited Way of Greater Texarkana IncTEXARKANA COLLEGE: $22,000 · OtherLITERACY COUNCIL OF BOWIE & MILLER: $16,000 · OtherCHRISTUS ST MICHEAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherTEXARKANA REGIONAL ART & HUMANITIES: $15,000 · Other+54 more: $257,262 · Other+54 moreTEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $86,200 · Arts & CultureTEXARKANA SYMPHONY …Henderson Civic Theatre Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureHenderson Civic The…HISTORIC WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC WASHINGTON…+2 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureHOSPICE OF TEXARKANA: $24,995 · HealthARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $6,000 · HealthARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthTEMPLE MEMORIAL PEDIATRIC CENTER INC: $2,500 · HealthDomestic Violence Prevention Inc: $14,000 · Human ServicesMISSION TEXARKANA INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesFOR THE SAKE OF ONE: $5,928 · Human ServicesRunnin WJ Therapeutic Center Inc: $4,500 · Human ServicesLONGVIEW DREAM CENTER: $20,300 · Food & NutritionHarvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank Inc: $9,500 · Food & NutritionHabitat for Humanity of Texarkana Inc: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterNORTHEAST TEXAS CASA INC: $12,500 · Civil RightsCHRISTIAN WOMENS JOB CORPS OF RUSK COUNTY: $1,279 · Civil Rights
Other$432,297Arts & Culture$114,700Health$36,495Human Services$32,428Food & Nutrition$29,800Housing & Shelter$17,000Civil Rights$13,779

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $86,200 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCHRISTUS St Michael Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF TEXARKANA: $24,995 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Texarkana Inc: $23,535 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetLONGVIEW DREAM CENTER: $20,300 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Texarkana Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetHenderson Civic Theatre Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetDomestic Violence Prevention Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TEXAS INC: $12,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNORTHEAST TEXAS CASA INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHarvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank Inc: $9,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR THE PATHWAY: $8,750 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetMISSION TEXARKANA INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHISTORIC WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF RUSK COUNTY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFULL ARMOR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $6,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAR-TX REDI: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOR THE SAKE OF ONE: $5,928 over 2y, 12% of budgetRandy Sams Outreach Shelter: $5,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTEXARKANA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARK-TEX COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS: $4,888 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES INC: $4,850 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetTEXARKANA VOLUNTEER SERVICES BUREAU INC DBA HANDS ON TEXARKANA: $4,649 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetThe Muses Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTEXARKANA REGIONAL ARTS & HUMANIT: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LONGVIEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEMPLE MEMORIAL PEDIATRIC CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN WOMENS JOB CORPS OF RUSK COUNTY: $1,279 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEAST TEXAS ANGEL NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEXARKANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 TEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTUS St Michael Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF TEXARKANA ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Texarkana Inc ↗
  • Who funds LONGVIEW DREAM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Texarkana Inc ↗
  • Who funds Henderson Civic Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds Domestic Violence Prevention Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST TEXAS CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PATHWAY ↗
  • Who funds MISSION TEXARKANA INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF RUSK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FULL ARMOR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds AR-TX REDI ↗
  • Who funds FOR THE SAKE OF ONE ↗
  • Who funds Randy Sams Outreach Shelter ↗
  • Who funds TEXARKANA RESOURCES FOR DISABLEDIN ↗

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.

Patterson Troike Foun…Ledwell Family Founda…United Way of Greater…Wayne H Garrison Char…East Texas Communitie…Cabe Cook FoundationVasco McCoy Jr Founda…Kelley & Morgan Famil…The Morriss Family Fo…American Electric Pow…Yates FoundationCadence Bank Foundati…
Patterson Troike Foundation IncTX51.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patterson Troike Foundation Inc · Ledwell Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Texarkana Inc · Wayne H Garrison Charitable Tr · East Texas Communities Foundation · Cabe Cook Foundation · Vasco McCoy Jr Foundation · Kelley & Morgan Families Foundation · The Morriss Family Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Yates Foundation · Cadence Bank Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Bobbie a Atkinson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bobbie a Atkinson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 80 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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