The Roberts Foundation Founded By
Charleston, SC · EIN 83-2882886. Reported 89 grants totalling $617,564 to 49 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Roberts Foundation Founded By did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoracic Surgery Foundation | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baylor Scott White Foundation | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boone Elementary PTA | Dallas, TX | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Do No Harm Org | Glen Allen, VA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northway Christian | Dallas, TX | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Atlanta Preservation Center | Atlanta, GA | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mh Mitchell Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charleston Libary Society | Charleston, SC | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Battlefield Trust | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Charleston Nationa Parks | Charleston, SC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Castle Pinckney Historical Society | Charleston, SC | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bell Research Center | Alpharetta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercer Univerisity Press | Macon, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Sumter Civil War Roundtable C/0 Dr Kyle Sinisi | Charleston, SC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oxford Historical Cemetery Foundati | Covington, GA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $7,564 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Sumter Historical Trust | Charleston, SC | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Computers With a Cause Dr Bobby & Julies Baker Foundations | Charleston, SC | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Roper St Francis Foundation | Charleston, SC | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Preservation Society of Charleston | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emory University Medical School Advancement & Alumni Engagement | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Charleston Natioa Parks | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medical Univ of South Carolina Dept of Surgery | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medical Univ of South Carolina Foundation | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medical Univerity of South Carolina Musc Foundation | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northway Christian Day Schools | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Phi Delta Theta House Foundation | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Tree Foundation | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tyler G Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Sumter Civil War Roundtable | Charleston, SC | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gen Barton & Stovall History & Heritage Assoc | Charleston, SC | $4,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Concerving Carolina | Hendersonville, NC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| General Bartonstoval & Heritage Assoc | Charleston, SC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oxford Historical Cemetery Foundati on | Oxford, GA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pan Mass Challenge Dana-Farber Cancer Institiute | Needdham, MA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Abbeville Institute | Auburn, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gen Barton & Stovall History & Heritage Assoc | Port Orchard, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Carolina Historical Society | Charleston, SC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum at Market Hall | Charleston, SC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Institute of Economic Rese | Great Barrington, MA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baker Computer Foundation | Charleston, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Ecusta Trail | Brevard, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Civil Architecture Societ | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Battle of Nashviille Trust | Nashville, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Civil War Photography | Hanover, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Ms Society | Washinton, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
25 of 49 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 60%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Thoracic Surgery Foundation
GRANT TO SUPPORT ON-GOING OEPRATIONS - Baylor Scott White Foundation
GRANT TO SUPPORTON-GOING OPERATIONS - Boone Elementary PTA
GRANT TO SUPPORT ON-GOING OPERATIONS - Computers With a Cause Dr Bobby & Julies Baker Foundations
GRANT TO SUPPORT ON-GOING OPERATIOS - Emory University Medical School Advancement & Alumni Engagement
GRANT TO SUPPORT ONGOING OPERATIONS - Tyler G Foundation
GRANT TO SUPPOR ONGOING OPERATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 20 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $81,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $138,500 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $153,500 | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 30 | $244,564 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 35% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Roberts Foundation Founded By's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 Halsey Street, Charleston, SC, 29401. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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