Private foundation · EIN 75-6013899 · Chicago, Illinois

Dora Roberts Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if your work fits its grantee list. The foundation accepts applications (NONE) and its median grant is $100K.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 28 grants paid, $4.0M total, median $100K. Stated restrictions: NONE

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
28
$4.0M
Median grant
$100K
Stays in IL
—
of grants
Deadline
NONE
Assets
$113M

How to apply

www.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants Contact: Jp Morgan Chase Bank N a, 10 S Dearborn Il1-0111, Chicago, Il, 8004962583 Deadlines: NONE Restrictions: NONE

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2024

28 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Salvation Army of Big SpringBig Spring, TXGeneral$500K
Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TXGeneral$500K
Happy Day Humane SocietyBig Spring, TXGeneral$400K
FIRST United Methodist ChurchBig Spring, TXGeneral$335K
Howard County Volunteer Fire DepartmentBig Spring, TXGeneral$300K
Howard College FoundationBig Spring, TXGeneral$224K
Friends of the Big Spring Cowboy Reunion and RodeoBig Spring, TXGeneral$180K
Big Spring Young Mens Christian AssoBig Spring, TXGeneral$160K
Howard County Fair Association IncBig Spring, TXGeneral$152K
Howard County Council on AgingBig Spring, TXGeneral$132K
San Angelo Area FoundationBig Spring, TXGeneral$100K
Yard Sports ComplexBig Spring, TXGeneral$100K
Ranch Hands RescueDenton, TXGeneral$100K
Evangelical Development MinistryDallas, TXGeneral$100K
Grand Companions Humane SocietyFort Davis, TXGeneral$100K
CASA of West TexasMidland, TXGeneral$100K
Heritage Museum of Big SpringBig Spring, TXGeneral$95K
Howard County Sheriff DepartmentBig Spring, TXGeneral$75K
Big Spring Symphony Association inBig Spring, TXGeneral$75K
Rape Crisis Services of Big SpringBig Spring, TXGeneral$60K
Runnels AcademyBig Spring, TXGeneral$50K
Food 2 Kids IncOdessa, TXGeneral$50K
West Texas Community Mediation CenterBig Spring, TXGeneral$45K
Permian Basin Honor Flight IncOdessa, TXGeneral$25K
Friends of the Library of Howard CountyBig Spring, TXGeneral$10K
Help Our Pupils Excel Foundation IncBig Spring, TXGeneral$10K
Buckner Children and Family Services IncMidland, TXGeneral$10K
West Side Community Daycare CenterBig Spring, TXGeneral$10K

About this foundation

Dora Roberts Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Chicago, Illinois, administered in care of Texas American Bank Ft Worth Ttee, tax-exempt since 1960. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does Dora Roberts Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. www.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants Deadlines: NONE.

How much does Dora Roberts Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $4.0M across 28 grants, a median of $100K.

Where does Dora Roberts Foundation give?

Texas (28 grants), per its latest filing.

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