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Virginia Hobbs Charitable Trust Simmons Bank Trustee at a glance

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Virginia Hobbs Charitable Trust Simmons Bank Trustee

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$694k
Granted FY2025still arriving
50
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$80k
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.

Health$1.9MAnimals$1.3MArts & Culture$849kEducation$549kHuman Services$478kFood & Nutrition$312kRecreation & Sports$311kYouth Development$311kOther$0
02FY2025 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $106k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $398k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $190k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$80,000
FORT WORTH ZOO$60,000
FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN$50,000
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$35,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS$30,000
COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$26,000
CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES$25,000
MAYFEST$25,000
SAVING HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND$20,500
HILL SCHOOOL OF FORT WORTH$20,000
THE HOGAN TROPHY AWARD FOUNDATION$20,000
FORT WORTH OPERA$20,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$20,000
CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS$16,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF FORT WORTH$15,371
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 (FY17–25, $284k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIDING UNLIMITED: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%RIDING UNLIMITED: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%RIDING UNLIMITED: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%RIDING UNLIMITED: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 14%RIDING UNLIMITED: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%RIDING UNLIMITED: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%RIDING UNLIMITED: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%RIDING UNLIMITED: $4k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $35k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $25k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $10k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $10k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $5k → 11%HOPE FARM: $10k → 11%HOPE FARM: $10k → 11%HOPE FARM: $5k → 11%LENA POPE HOME: $5k → 11%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 66 repeat orgs$315k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

66 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
22

Total granted

$6.1M
$272k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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
AnimalsArts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TC
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $266k · revenue +60%
  • TH
    The Hogan Trophy Award Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $260k · revenue +237% · 80% of their budget
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $213k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • CC
    Cook Children's Medical Centergraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $101k · revenue +123%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF FORT WORTH
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • SM
    SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +505%
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
One Tail At a Time West Texas

One tail at a time west texas otat wtx serves the rural communities of west texas by supporting animal shelter operations rescuing and sheltering homeless unwanted companion animals dogs and cats primarily arranging their veterinary care…

Animals
2
Texas Foundation for Animal Care

The Texas Foundation for Animal Care exists to bring high-quality, low-cost veterinary services and programs to underserved communities and provides public education for the betterment and protection of animals.

Animals
3
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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4
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
5
Central Texas Spca

Rescue neglected, unwanted homeless dogs and cats nurture and provide shelter until they are placed with a forever family strive to reduce animal overpopulation prevent cruelty to animals teach responsible pet ownership through an outreach…

Animals
6
Spca of Texas

The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Animals
7
The Texas Ferret Lovers Rescue

Texas Ferret Lovers Rescue is a no-kill organization dedicated to providing a safe and healthy environment along with quality care until loving homes can be found. We also provide sanctuary care for ferrets that are not adoptable due to…

Animals
8
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
9
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth

A faith-based organization whose mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves regardless of their ability to pay.

Health
10
Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation

The texas veterinary medical foundation is committed to supporting the veterinary profession and our communities in texas by providing resources, education, and programs for the responsible stewardship of animals.

Animals
11
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
12
Dfw Humane Society of Irving Inc

Provide food, shelter and care for homeless, unwanted, pets. give pets a second chance by adoption. pay medical bills incoming injured animals, assist pet owners with free spay/neuter and medical appointments at veterinarians. educate thr…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Thomas Foundation Second Chance Horse Rescue. 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

61 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. 61 of the 94 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/61
Grantees still filing
38/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FORT WORTH ZOO: $563,000 · OtherFORT WORTH ZOOCOOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $330,000 · OtherCOOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATIONTarrant Area Food Bank: $200,000 · OtherTarrant Area Food BankSAVING HOPE FOUNDATION FUND: $147,500 · OtherJEWEL CHARITY: $142,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF FORT WORTH INC: $100,371 · OtherFORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN: $100,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $212,500 · OtherALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INCCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $134,000 · Other+42 more: $905,875 · Other+42 moreAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $679,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCI…American Heart Association Inc: $170,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Assoc…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $160,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INCCook Children's Medical Center: $100,500 · HealthCook Children's Medi…CANCER CARE SERVICES: $40,000 · Health+2 more: $6,250 · HealthFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $305,750 · Arts & CultureFort Worth Ope…MAYFEST INC (DBA TRINITY COLLABORATIVE INC): $200,000 · Arts & CultureMAYFEST INC (D…CASA MANANA INC: $78,500 · Arts & CultureCASA MANANA IN…TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS BALLET T…AMPHIBIAN PRODUCTIONS INC: $47,500 · Arts & CultureAMPHIBIAN PROD…FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $45,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH MUS…Van Cliburn Foundation Inc: $38,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $16,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $265,500 · EducationTEXAS CHRI…THE HILL SCHOOL OF FORT WORTH INC: $168,500 · EducationTHE HILL S…GILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $107,000 · EducationGILL CHILD…SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationTHE SHAKEN BABY ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Education+3 more: $32,500 · EducationHumane Society of North Texas: $139,883 · AnimalsTAMAYA HORSE RESCUE: $80,000 · AnimalsANIMAL REFUGE FOUNDATION: $79,500 · AnimalsDONT FORGET TO FEED ME PET FOOD BANK INC: $51,846 · AnimalsSAVING HOPE FOUNDATION: $47,500 · AnimalsSAVING HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND: $20,500 · AnimalsTHOMAS FOUNDATION SECOND CHANCE HORSE RESCUE: $20,000 · Animals+4 more: $22,000 · AnimalsAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $130,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $85,000 · Human ServicesRIDING UNLIMITED INC: $38,500 · Human ServicesHOPE FARM INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesFamily Promise of Irving: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Hogan Trophy Award Foundation: $260,000 · Recreation & SportsFORT WORTH JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,835,246Health$1,155,750Arts & Culture$806,250Education$623,500Animals$461,229Human Services$293,500Recreation & Sports$275,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $679,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $305,750 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $265,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hogan Trophy Award Foundation: $260,000 over 9y, 80% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $212,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMAYFEST INC (DBA TRINITY COLLABORATIVE INC): $200,000 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $200,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $170,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL OF FORT WORTH INC: $168,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $160,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $139,883 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $134,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $130,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $107,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetCook Children's Medical Center: $100,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF FORT WORTH INC: $100,371 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $85,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LADDER ALLIANCE: $80,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetTAMAYA HORSE RESCUE: $80,000 over 9y, 8.3% of budgetANIMAL REFUGE FOUNDATION: $79,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetCASA MANANA INC: $78,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $75,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDONT FORGET TO FEED ME PET FOOD BANK INC: $51,846 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC: $51,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSAVING HOPE FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetAMPHIBIAN PRODUCTIONS INC: $47,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHelping Restore Ability: $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER CARE SERVICES: $40,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTREAMS & VALLEYS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $38,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRIDING UNLIMITED INC: $38,500 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FARM INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SHAKEN BABY ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHOMAS FOUNDATION SECOND CHANCE HORSE RESCUE: $20,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetTexas Academy of Figurative Art: $17,500 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHEATRE ARLINGTON INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFORT WORTH JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARS THEATER CO: $10,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUndies for Everyone: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Promise of Irving: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCollege Golf Fellowship: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALLIES HAVEN ANIMAL RESCUE: $6,000 over 2y, 1.9% 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 AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Fort Worth Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Hogan Trophy Award Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYFEST INC (DBA TRINITY COLLABORATIVE INC) ↗
  • Who funds Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE HILL SCHOOL OF FORT WORTH INC ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of North Texas ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds GILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Cook Children's Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF FORT WORTH INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES ↗
  • Who funds THE LADDER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds TAMAYA HORSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL REFUGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA MANANA INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds DONT FORGET TO FEED ME PET FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVING HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMPHIBIAN PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Helping Restore Ability ↗
  • Who funds CANCER CARE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY 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.

Thomas M Helen McKee …Amon G Carter Foundat…Garvey Texas Foundati…Sid W Richardson Foun…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Ann L Rhodes and Caro…Community Foundation …Amon G Carter-Star Te…Mary Potishman Lard T…Communities Foundatio…Paul E Andrews Jr Fou…R4 Foundation
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX63× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Ann L Rhodes and Carol Greene Rhodes · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · R4 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 Virginia Hobbs Charitable Trust Simmons Bank Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Virginia Hobbs Charitable Trust Simmons Bank Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%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
    13report 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 94 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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