RD & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 75-2266308 · since 1989·California, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$803k
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
A small fraction of the prior year ($13.5M in 2023 tax year).
$2,000 to $30,000
Grant range
From grants in the 990-PF filings
$6,000
Typical grant (median)
51 grants in the latest filing
Open to applications
Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

  • The foundation's stated focus is education, primarily in California, Texas, Kansas and New Mexico, so a group doing educational work in one of those places fits its stated remit.
  • Most of its grants fall between $2,000 and $30,000, with a median of $6,000 and half of its 169 grants at $6,000 or less, so a modest, specific request is the realistic size to ask for; its largest grant, about $13,000,000 to Hubbard Family Foundation, is not a ceiling.
  • About 40% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in an earlier filing, so it does give to returning grantees, but a first request is still reasonable.
  • The filing requests a general letter of request and gives no deadlines, though it does accept applications.

Overview

RD & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation is a US private foundation based in Ruidoso, NM.

What they fund

Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation states that it supports educational purposes, primarily in California, Texas, Kansas and New Mexico. Its recorded grants went to a varied group of organisations, including universities and colleges, schools, health-care organisations, cultural institutions, community charities and public-safety bodies. The most common recorded purpose by dollars was general support, while scholarships were frequent by number of grants. Other recorded purposes included hospital facilities and medical education, student services, arts activity and wildfire relief. It requests a general letter of request, and its application information gives no submission deadline.

Themes

  • Education

Geographic Focus

Priority: California; Texas; Kansas; New Mexico.

How to apply

Submit a general letter of request.

Application success factors

  • Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 40% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
  • Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 169 grants to organisations were $6,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

  • It directs awards to educational purposes, primarily in California, Texas, Kansas and New Mexico.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

California86%
New Mexico9%
Kentucky2%
Kansas1%
Texas<1%
Utah<1%

6 other states: <1%

  • The largest single recipient received 83% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • In tax year 2024, 40% of grant dollars went to organisations RD & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
  • 84% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

51 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $6,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 51 grants in tax year 2024 by size

Under $1k2%
$1k–$2.5k8%
$2.5k–$5k16%
$5k–$10k31%
$10k–$25k20%
$25k–$50k12%
$50k–$100k8%
$100k–$250k4%

Median $6,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

  • University Of NM Athletics Lobo Clu · General support
    $100,0002024 tax year
  • Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation · Hospital heli-pad construction fund
    $100,0002024 tax year
  • University Of NM Athletics Lobo Clu · General support 3yr commitment
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • University of New Mexico Foundation · Gastroenterology fellows ed fund
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • Ruidoso Downs Racetrack Chapel · 2024 fire loss fund
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation · Hospital heli-pad construction fund
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • Bighorn Golf Club Charities · General support
    $29,5002024 tax year
  • New Mexico State University Of Las · Scholarship
    $26,2502024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

  • Billy G Smith — Treasurer
  • Tamara Groat — Executive Director
  • Joan Dale Hubbard — President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$1,992,785$1,447,115$34,387,923Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$14,015,673$13,475,906$21,515,731Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$1,012,146$802,659$21,978,863Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Sources

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