Funding search · EIN 752340623 · Kilgore, TX

R Leon Gibson & Mary F Gibson Foundation

Name: R Leon Gibson & Mary F Gibson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

42
grants reported: $148,991
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

financial advertising agriculture sale camp scholarship

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Helping Hands of Kilgore4 grants · $25,120
Hiway 80 Rescue Mission4 grants · $22,000
Kilgore Rescue Unit3 grants · $14,500
East Texas Angel Network3 grants · $11,000
Crims Chapel Volunteer Fire Departm2 grants · $10,500
Sabine Volunteer Fire Department2 grants · $9,500
Kilgore Isdffa4 grants · $8,030
Bastrop Child Advocacy Center2 grants · $7,500
Windridge Therapeutic Center4 grants · $7,217
Texas a&M University1 grant · $6,683

Giving over time

$36,330

2022

$32,999

2023

$40,228

2024

$39,434

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$7,511
Helping Hands of Kilgore · Kilgore, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$7,500
Helping Hands of Kilgore · Kilgore, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$7,500
Hiway 80 Rescue Mission · Longview, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$6,683
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$6,500
Hiway 80 Rescue Mission · Longview, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$6,000
Crims Chapel Volunteer Fire Departm · Henderson, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$5,500
East Texas Angel Network · Longview, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$5,190
Helping Hands of Kilgore · Kilgore, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$5,000
Crims Chapel Vfd · Henderson, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$5,000
Kilgore Rescue Unit · Kilgore, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$5,000
Kilgore Rescue Unit · Kilgore, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$5,000
Sabine Volunteer Fire Department · Kilgore, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$4,919
Helping Hands of Kilgore · Kilgore, TX · 2023
Financial needs
$4,500
Children'S Advocacy Center-Bastrop · Bastrop, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$4,500
East Texas Angel Network · Longview, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$4,500
Sabine Volunteer Fire Dept · Kilgore, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$4,500
Crims Chapel Volunteer Fire Departm · Henderson, TX · 2023
Financial needs
$4,500
Kilgore Rescue Unit · Kilgore, TX · 2023
Financial needs
$4,500
Sabine Volunteer Fire Department · Kilgore, TX · 2023
Financial needs
$4,000
Hiway 80 Rescue Mission · Longview, TX · 2023
Financial needs
$4,000
Bastrop Child Advocacy Center · Bastrop, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$4,000
Hiway 80 Rescue Mission · Longview, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$3,651
Kilgore College · Kilgore, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$3,500
Bastrop Child Advocacy Center · Bastrop, TX · 2023
Financial needs
$2,600
Kilgore Isdffa · Kilgore, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$2,250
Kilgore Isdffa · Kilgore, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$2,217
Windridge Therapeutic Center · Longview, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$2,000
Rahab'S Retreat & Ranch · Kilgore, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$2,000
Rahab'S Retreat · Kilgore, TX · 2023
General support
$2,000
Windridge Therapeutic Center · Longview, TX · 2023
Financial needs
$2,000
Rahab'S Retreat · Kilgore, TX · 2022
General support
$2,000
Windridge Therapeutic Center · Longview, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$1,690
Kilgore Isdffa · Kilgore, TX · 2023
Financial needs - advertising for agriculture sale
$1,490
Kilgore Isdffa · Kilgore, TX · 2022
Financial needs - advertising for agriculture sale
$1,000
Windridge Therapeutic Center · Longview, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$1,000
East Texas Angel Network · Longview, TX · 2023
General support
$1,000
Boys and Girls Club of Rusk County · Kilgore, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$650
St Lukes Umc · Kilgore, TX · 2022
Financial needs
$500
Rahab'S Retreat & Ranch · Kilgore, TX · 2025
Financial needs
$400
Pursuit Church · Kilgore, TX · 2024
Financial needs
$390
Bar None Cowboy Church · Tatum, TX · 2023
Camp scholarship
$350
Pursuit Church · Kilgore, TX · 2025
Financial needs

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