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The Dobbs Family Charitable Foundation Trust Agreement at a glance

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The Dobbs Family Charitable Foundation Trust Agreement

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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$117kAnimals$51kHealth$44kEnvironment$37kArts & Culture$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kHuman Services$3kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$425k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Balinese Children's Education Found$10,000
La Clinica de La Raza$5,000
FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST$5,000
TRYON LITTLE THEATER$1,000
STEPS TO HOPE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
FOOTHILLS EQUESTRIAN NATURE CNTR FE$1,000
CHAMPIONS FOR WILDLIFE$1,000
FOOTHILLS HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC$1,000
TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER$1,000
CONSERVING CAROLINA$1,000
TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS INC$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%La Clinica de La Raza: $5k → 10%PORTOLA KIDS INC: $2k → 13%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $2k → 14%MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATIO: $8k → 9%HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY: $5k → 13%NOAH'S ARK: $3k → 8%John Felice Rome CenterLoyola Univ: $5k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%La Clinica de La Raza: $5k → 10%FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $5k → 13%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $2k → 14%HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY: $4k → 13%John Felice Rome CenterLoyola Univ: $3k → 14%La Clinica de La Raza: $5k → 10%FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $5k → 13%HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY: $4k → 13%John Felice Rome CenterLoyola Univ: $3k → 14%La Clinica de La Raza: $5k → 10%FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $5k → 13%HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY: $4k → 13%John Felice Rome CenterLoyola Univ: $2k → 14%La Clinica de La Raza: $5k → 10%FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $3k → 13%HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY: $4k → 13%La Clinica de La Raza: $4k → 10%FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $3k → 13%FOOTHILLS HUMANE SOCIETY: $4k → 13%FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $3k → 13%HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY: $4k → 13%FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $3k → 13%FOOTHILLS EQUESTRIAN NATURE CENTER: $3k → 13%Balinese Children's Education Found: $10k → 10%Balinese Children's Education Found: $10k → 10%Balinese Children's Education Found: $10k → 10%Balinese Children's Education Found: $10k → 10%Balinese Children's Education Found: $10k → 10%Balinese Children's Education Found: $10k → 10%Balinese Children's Education Found: $10k → 10%Balinese Children's Education Found: $10k → 10%LENNIE'S KIDS: $4k → 13%FOOTHILLS HUMANE SOCIETY: $4k → 13%FOOTHILLS HUMANE SOCIETY: $4k → 13%FOOTHILLS HUMANE SOCIETY: $4k → 13%LENNIE'S KIDS: $4k → 13%FOOTHILLS HUMANE SOCIETY: $4k → 13%FOOTHILLS HUMANE SOCIETY: $3k → 13%LENNIE'S KIDS: $3k → 13%LENNIE'S KIDS: $3k → 13%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$258k · 16 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
5

Total granted

$258k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
-2%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 & CultureHealthAnimalsEnvironmentEducationInternationalOther
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

  • LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +66%
  • FR
    FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST
    8× · 2018–2025 · $29k · revenue +60%
  • FH
    Foothills Humane Society Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • NA
    Noah's Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -20%
  • CM
    CYPRESS MANDELA TRAINING CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -36%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +3%
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
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
2
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
3
Carolina Raptor Center Inc

Environmental stewardship, education, research, and rehabilitation of injured birds of prey

Animals
4
Carolina Tiger Rescue

Carolina tiger rescue's mission is saving and protecting wildcats in captivity and in the wild.

Animals
5
City Wildlife Inc

The goals of City Wildlife are to rescue sick, orphaned, and injured wild animals and return them to the wild; to promote the enjoyment of and harmonious co-existence with native wildlife; and to protect the District of Columbias wild…

Education
6
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
7
Catawba Lands Conservancy

As a nationally accredited land trust, we conserve and manage land for public benefit in North Carolinas Southern Piedmont. We have conserved 235 properties, totaling 17,786 acres of land. We also facilitate the creation of a 1600 mile…

Environment
8
Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park Inc

Conservation of ecological systems and natural settings while providing environmental education and recreation.

Animals
9
Three Rivers Land Trust Inc

Protect and conserve land, natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms and historic places within north carolina's heartland

Environment
10
Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc

The Land Conservancy of Ridgefield, Inc. ("the Land Conservancy"), founded in 1967, preserves and protects, for the general benefit of the public, Ridgefield, Connecticut's natural resources including land and water resources, the plant…

Environment
11
Dunwoody Nature Center Inc

Inspires the love of nature and cultivates environmental understanding and stewardship by: (1)Conserving and enhancing Dunwoody Park (2)Educating children, families and adults of all ages about the natural world and our place in…

Environment
12
Turtle Conservancy

The turtle conservancy is dedicated to protecting threatened turtles and tortoises and their habitats worldwide, and to promoting their appreciation by people.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tryon Arts and Crafts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Portola Kids 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

17 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. 17 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Balinese Children's Education Found: $80,000 · OtherBalinese Children's Education FoundIndividual grant recipient: $18,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJohn Felice Rome CenterLoyola Univ: $14,000 · OtherJohn Felice Rome CenterLoyola Univ+5 more: $9,000 · Other+5 moreHELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY: $23,500 · AnimalsHELPING EQUINES REGA…Foothills Humane Society Inc: $23,500 · AnimalsFoothills Humane Soc…Noah's Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary Inc: $3,000 · AnimalsNoah's Ark Animal Re…LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC: $33,000 · HealthLA CLINICA DE LA R…THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELO…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthFEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $29,000 · EnvironmentFEATHER RIVER L…Foothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc: $4,500 · EnvironmentFoothills Eques…Conserving Carolina: $3,000 · EnvironmentConserving Caro…TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTRYON LITTLE THEATER INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureChampions for Wildlife: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,000 · InternationalCYPRESS MANDELA TRAINING CENTER: $2,000 · Education
Other$121,500Animals$50,000Health$44,000Environment$36,500Arts & Culture$12,000International$4,000Education$2,000

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 budgetLA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC: $33,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $29,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY: $23,500 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetFoothills Humane Society Inc: $23,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRYON FINE ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFoothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRYON LITTLE THEATER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetConserving Carolina: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPS TO HOPE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCYPRESS MANDELA TRAINING CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORTOLA KIDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChampions for Wildlife: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC ↗
  • Who funds FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY ↗
  • Who funds Foothills Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Foothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds TRYON LITTLE THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds Noah's Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary Inc ↗
  • Who funds Conserving Carolina ↗
  • Who funds STEPS TO HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds CYPRESS MANDELA TRAINING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PORTOLA KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Champions for Wildlife ↗

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.

Polk County Community…Marjorie M & Lawrence…The Lomax Family Foun…The Community Foundat…Charles Stewart Mott …Foundation for the Ca…Duke Energy FoundationThe Bank of America C…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Polk County Community Foundation IncNC20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk County Community Foundation Inc · Marjorie M & Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund · The Lomax Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Dobbs Family Charitable Foundation Trust Agreement funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dobbs Family Charitable Foundation Trust Agreement. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 23 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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