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Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$299k
Granted FY2022
20
Grants FY2022
20
Organizations funded FY2022
25%
First-time grantees FY2022
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78% of Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Elkhart County Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 15 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $299k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

19
’18
28
’19
10
’20
19
’21
19
’22
17
’23
15
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2022
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$52,500
Organizations funded a year
12 to 39
FY2018 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
9
Total assets, FY2022
$15k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 25% of the organizations Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
EducationHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202220$299k25%
FY202119$313k26%
FY202012$103k17%
FY201939$192k54%
FY201824$134kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.0MEducation$830kHealth$244kRecreation & Sports$240kHuman Services$83kYouth Development$70kArts & Culture$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$26kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
NE
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ball State University Foundation Inc$516,62561%
United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc$188,33341%
Wa-Nee Community Schools$100,0002n/a
The Children's Theraplay Foundation Inc$92,47561%
Local 39 EDUCATIONAL Scholarship FUND$56,00057%
Ncga Foundation$50,00011%
International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America$45,50050%
Lefty Classic Inc$42,500320%
Sheet Metal Workers' International Scholarship Foundation Inc$30,30042%
Sheet Metal Workers' International Scholarship Fund$30,00032%
In Search of a Cure$30,00052%
Carpenters Helping Hands Inc$29,40031%
Plasterers & Cement Masons Scholarship F$25,10063%
University of Indianapolis$23,50070%
Shoot for a Cure$19,75061%
Carmel Fop Lodge 185 Foundation Inc$18,300510%
Pirates Inc$16,00062%
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc$12,50010%
Painters and Allied Trades for Children's Hope Foundation$12,50041%
Community Cancer Research Foundation Inc$10,00021%
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Inc$10,00010%
Kids Cancer Foundation Inc$7,50021%
A Hand Up Inc$7,500119%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Heroes Club Inc$5,00051%
Autism Spectrum Athletics$5,0003n/a
Copper Shores Community Health Foundation$5,00010%
Concerts for a Cause Inc$5,00014%
Smart Heroes Foundation Inc$4,00013%
The Michael Andretti Foundation$3,25012%
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Motorcy Drill Team Inc$3,00021%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$3,00010%
3 Point Foundation$3,0001n/a
Homes for Our Troops Inc$3,00010%
United Assoc Plumb & Pipefitters Local 123 & Mech Assoc Ofcentral Florida$2,75024%
Hopeful Hands Inc$2,5001n/a
Union Sportsmen's Alliance$2,50020%
Americas Freedom Fest Inc$2,0001n/a
Iuec Local 1 of NYC Scholarship Fund$2,0001n/a
Carmel Clay Public Library Foundation$1,40010%
Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum Inc$1,00021%
Center for Military Recruitment Assessment and Veterans Employment$1,00010%
Bay Area Smacna Scholarship Trust F$1,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Ch$1,00020%
Teamsters Local Union 554 Apprenticeship Training Fund$1,0001n/a
Smacna College of Fellows$76010%
Port St Lucie Football and Cheer Association Inc$5001n/a
Westfield Shamrocks Rugby Club$5001n/a
Brightlane Learning Corp$50010%
Sheet Metal Workers' Local No 20 Apprenticeship and Training Trust$40010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chattanooga$35010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $516,625 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetUnited States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc: $188,333 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Children's Theraplay Foundation Inc: $92,475 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetLocal 39 EDUCATIONAL Scholarship FUND: $56,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetNcga Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $45,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLefty Classic Inc: $42,500 over 3y, 20% of budgetSheet Metal Workers' International Scholarship Foundation Inc: $30,300 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSheet Metal Workers' International Scholarship Fund: $30,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetIn Search of a Cure: $30,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetCarpenters Helping Hands Inc: $29,400 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPlasterers & Cement Masons Scholarship F: $25,100 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetUniversity of Indianapolis: $23,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetShoot for a Cure: $19,750 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCarmel Fop Lodge 185 Foundation Inc: $18,300 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetPirates Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPainters and Allied Trades for Children's Hope Foundation: $12,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKids Cancer Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetA Hand Up Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetAls Therapy Development Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heroes Club Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCopper Shores Community Health Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConcerts for a Cause Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSmart Heroes Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Michael Andretti Foundation: $3,250 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetIndianapolis Metropolitan Police Motorcy Drill Team Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Assoc Plumb & Pipefitters Local 123 & Mech Assoc Ofcentral Florida: $2,750 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetUnion Sportsmen's Alliance: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarmel Clay Public Library Foundation: $1,400 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSyracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCenter for Military Recruitment Assessment and Veterans Employment: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Smacna Scholarship Trust F: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Ch: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmacna College of Fellows: $760 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBrightlane Learning Corp: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSheet Metal Workers' Local No 20 Apprenticeship and Training Trust: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chattanooga: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

Lilly Endowment IncIN14.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · John R Irving Family Charitable Foundation · International Assn of Bridge Structural Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

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About Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation

How much does Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation give?
Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $298,750 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
What does Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (40%), Education (32%), Health (9%).
Who are Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Ball State University Foundation Inc ($517k), United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc ($188k), Wa-Nee Community Schools ($100k).
Does Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation 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 Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, John R Irving Family Charitable Foundation, International Assn of Bridge Structural Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers.
Where is Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation based?
Wm Craig and Teneen L Dobbs Charitable Foundation is based in IN.

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 67 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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