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The Grace W Dobson Family Foundation

Accepts applications San Antonio, Texas · EIN 742935744

The Grace W Dobson Family Foundation is a private foundation in San Antonio, Texas. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.7 million in 6 grants; the typical grant was $250,000 and the largest $500,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $69,527 the year before.

100% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$72,3351$1.5 million
2023$69,5271$1.7 million
2024$1.7 million6$0

How to apply

ContactThomas E Dobson
200 Concord Plaza Ste 240, San Antonio, TX 78216
Phone or email(361) 844-1137
DeadlinesGrant application - non. Scholarship application - march 1.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas6$1.7 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
South Texas Mission of Mercy
Bastrop, TX
General Charitable Donation$500,000
Womens Shelter of South Texas DBA The Purple Door
Corpus Christi, TX
General Charitable Donation$500,000
Texas A&M Foundation
College Station, TX
General Charitable Donation$350,000
South Texas Botanical Gardens
Corpus Christi, TX
General Charitable Donation$150,000
Coastal Bend Food Bank
Corpus Christi, TX
General Charitable Donation$129,473
Court Appointed Special Advocates C
Corpus Christi, TX
General Charitable Donation$100,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Grace W Dobson Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Grant application - non. Scholarship application - march 1..

How much does The Grace W Dobson Family Foundation give?

$1.7 million in tax year 2024, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $250,000.

Who runs The Grace W Dobson Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Thomas E Dobson (Trustee), Mary Lynne Dobson (Trustee) and Hugh Carlton Dobson (Trustee).

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