Texas · Private foundation
W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust
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.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 7 | $130k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $120k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $135k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $90k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $135k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $125k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $116k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity School Inc | $135,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Home for Children | $100,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Cal Farley's Boys Ranch | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Downtown Women's Center Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| West Texas A&M Univ Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Amarillo Area Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Westminister Presbyterian Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Buckner Children & Family Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity School Inc | $135,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Home for Children | $100,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Cal Farley's Boys Ranch | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Downtown Women's Center Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| West Texas A&M Univ Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Amarillo Area Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Westminister Presbyterian Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Buckner Children & Family Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Plains Children's Home and Family Services Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary's Cathedral School | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bridge | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids Inc of Amarillo | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amarillo Art Center Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of Greater Wichita Falls Area | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Turn Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-Continent University | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($320k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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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: Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation · Mary E Bivins Foundation · Bruckner Family Foundation Inc · Amarillo Business Foundation · Mays Foundation · Dr Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett Foundation · Ned O and Linda Miller Charitable · Kimble Foundation Trust · Cj and Syble Fowlston Charitable Trust · Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust · The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation
How this is measured
Compare W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust with peer funders
About W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust
- How much does W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust give?
- W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $130,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (37%), Education (26%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Opportunity School Inc ($135k), Presbyterian Home for Children ($100k), Cal Farley's Boys Ranch ($85k).
- Does W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust 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 W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amarillo Area Foundation Inc, High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation, Mary E Bivins Foundation.
- Where is W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust based?
- W H and Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust is based in TX.
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