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Mary Louise Dobson Foundation

EIN 76-0690889 · files IRS 990-PF

Given, as filed$4.4m2019–2025 · 123 grants
2019: $444.9k · 10 grants20192020: $627.9k · 15 grants20202021: $610.5k · 11 grants20212022: $659.7k · 21 grants20222023: $706.1k · 22 grants20232024: $735.9k · 22 grants2024$735.9k2025: $574.2k · 22 grants2025$574.2k
Grantees17funded more than once, matching gifts aside
7 of 177of 17
Assets, year endnot on file
Board and officers9on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Health care$421.5k
Youth development$203.6k
Human services$47.5k
Civil rights$28.9k
Public and societal benefit$25.0k
Education$15.0k
Recreation and sports$15.0k
Arts and culture$6.4k
Health: diseases and conditions$5.0k
Cause not on file$3.6m

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 89 grants · $3.5m

Who it funds most

7 of its 17 grantees were funded in more than one year.

Mary Louise Dobson Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD

Who funds the same organisations

Counted over its 17 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

Jimmy SchulzPresident
Dwight D KingDirector
John DettlingDirector
Ron SandersDirector
Terence WardDirector
Abby KingExec Dir
Don HillisTreas Dr
Jane DobsonVP Dir
Sarah ArmourSec Dir

Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2024, filing 202541959349100209

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2019: $444.9k · 10 grants20192020: $627.9k · 15 grants20202021: $610.5k · 11 grants20212022: $659.7k · 21 grants20222023: $706.1k · 22 grants20232024: $735.9k · 22 grants2024$735.9k2025: $574.2k · 22 grants2025$574.2k
Its returns9 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2025IRS 990-PF202631329349104293IRS batch file
2024IRS 990-PF202541959349100209IRS batch file
2023IRS 990-PF202413199349106301IRS batch file
2022IRS 990-PF202430469349100938IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202321319349100747IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202243199349103089IRS batch file
2020IRS 990-PF202103199349102745IRS batch file
2019IRS 990-PF202110089349100701IRS batch file
2018IRS 990-PF201903179349102780IRS batch file

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Mary Louise Dobson Foundation made 123 grants across 2019–2025, totalling $4.4m as filed.

Grants
123
Total, as filed
$4.4m
Years
2019–2025
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston2$692.3k
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTO2$675.0k
Boys & Girls Club-Greater Houston2$649.4k
OAKBEND MEDICAL CENTER5$421.5k
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GH2$368.2k
WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL5$162.1k
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EL CAMPO6$99.5k
JUST DO IT NOW INC6$93.5k
TEAM WHARTON INC3$69.1k
Wharton County Junior College2$48.0k
HESED HOUSE OF WHARTON3$47.5k
St Philip the Apostle Catholic School2$45.0k
Matagorda County Crisis Center2$42.0k
MATAGORDA EPISCOPAL HEALTH OUTREACH1$37.0k
Wharton ISD1$36.0k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
201910$444.9k
202015$627.9k
202111$610.5k
202221$659.7k
202322$706.1k
202422$735.9k
202522$574.2k

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-760690889. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

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