Texas · Public charity
Baylor University
The mission of BAYLOR UNIVERSITY is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and christian commitment within a caring community.
- $443M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 97
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $8.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $38,898
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,450,127
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 55
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 29
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Baylor University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $590k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementReligionEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 69 | $7.7M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 50 | $12M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $5.1M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 52 | $4.9M | 42% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $98M | 54% |
| FY2020 | 46 | $1.3M | 41% |
| FY2019 | 54 | $1.6M | 56% |
| FY2018 | 45 | $3.2M | 64% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Science & Tech$90MCommunity Improvement$23MEmployment$17MHealth$5.0MArts & Culture$1.7MSocial Science$818kEducation$653kReligion$269kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLane Global | $65,066,264 | 3 | n/a |
| Pepsico Foundation Inc | $21,026,946 | 4 | 3% |
| Chartwells Dining Services | $16,659,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Gallup Inc | $7,423,934 | 3 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $4,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Urban Institute | $2,215,972 | 4 | 1% |
| Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Founda | $1,580,828 | 9 | 30% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $1,475,359 | 6 | n/a |
| Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc | $1,250,000 | 4 | 6% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $946,979 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 221 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLane Global | $65,066,264 | 3 | n/a |
| Pepsico Foundation Inc | $21,026,946 | 4 | 3% |
| Chartwells Dining Services | $16,659,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Gallup Inc | $7,423,934 | 3 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $4,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Urban Institute | $2,215,972 | 4 | 1% |
| Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Founda | $1,580,828 | 9 | 30% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $1,475,359 | 6 | n/a |
| Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc | $1,250,000 | 4 | 6% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $946,979 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $882,934 | 5 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $808,116 | 3 | n/a |
| Center for Open Science Inc | $741,799 | 3 | 4% |
| Waco Chamber of Commerce | $635,174 | 9 | 2% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $613,291 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | $610,550 | 3 | n/a |
| Baylor Research Institute | $550,992 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope College | $436,190 | 5 | 0% |
| Colorado School of Mines | $344,405 | 4 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $301,377 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $294,989 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $286,710 | 4 | n/a |
| The Howard University | $259,928 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $259,727 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $248,123 | 3 | n/a |
| Oxford Global Life | $222,079 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $218,849 | 6 | 0% |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $216,147 | 3 | 0% |
| Uthsc Tyler | $206,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Washington University | $190,369 | 2 | 0% |
| Delta G Design | $185,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $180,509 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado State University | $178,949 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Tech University | $169,715 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $161,217 | 6 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $158,032 | 4 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $157,232 | 4 | n/a |
| Brazos Innovation Partners | $156,250 | 1 | n/a |
| MJB Consulting | $153,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Association of Community Health Centers Inc | $151,033 | 1 | 2% |
| Texas Impact | $148,719 | 1 | 55% |
| National Children's Alliance Inc | $136,593 | 4 | 0% |
| Anselm House | $121,800 | 4 | 3% |
| Wake Forest University | $119,283 | 2 | 0% |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $118,500 | 1 | 4% |
| The Queen's Medical Center | $111,518 | 2 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $111,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | $110,346 | 4 | n/a |
| Hampton University | $107,003 | 1 | 0% |
| Waco Family Practice Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hawaii Pacific University | $93,699 | 2 | 0% |
| Talitha Koum Institute | $91,440 | 5 | 4% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $88,632 | 3 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $84,017 | 3 | 0% |
| University Enterprises Corporation at Csusb | $81,263 | 3 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $76,625 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $74,932 | 1 | n/a |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $74,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Loyola Marymount University | $73,267 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Oklahoma | $73,149 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Christian Study Center Inc | $69,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lumen Christi Institute | $69,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Chesterton House Inc | $69,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Collegium Institute | $69,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Consortium of Christian Study Centers | $69,000 | 4 | 5% |
| University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center | $66,953 | 1 | n/a |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | $66,398 | 2 | 0% |
| Auburn University | $64,318 | 3 | n/a |
| Grow Bioplastics LLC | $63,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Institute of Technology | $59,374 | 1 | 0% |
| Montana State University | $59,035 | 2 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $57,832 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas State University | $56,426 | 3 | n/a |
| Fuzzy Friends Rescue | $55,500 | 7 | 1% |
| United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | $53,684 | 1 | n/a |
| Scott & White Memorial Hospital | $52,980 | 3 | 0% |
| Lapovations LLC | $52,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cove - Heart of Texas Inc | $51,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Vanderbilt University | $51,458 | 1 | 0% |
| Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc | $51,054 | 4 | n/a |
| Vita Inclinata Technologies Inc | $51,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Texas | $50,115 | 2 | n/a |
| Baylor University | $50,052 | 3 | 0% |
| Assimilate Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University | $48,561 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $48,384 | 1 | n/a |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $47,756 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $47,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $46,999 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $45,030 | 2 | n/a |
| Creative Waco | $44,700 | 4 | 2% |
| Southern Methodist University | $44,330 | 1 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $44,278 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisiana State University | $42,022 | 2 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $41,585 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University | $41,245 | 4 | n/a |
| Greater Waco Legal Services | $41,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Seventh & James Baptist Church | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $38,898 | 1 | n/a |
| MITO Material Solutions LLC | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| McLennan Community College | $36,979 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Toledo | $35,741 | 1 | n/a |
| The Institute for Family Studies | $35,000 | 1 | 5% |
| City Center Waco Center Incubator | $33,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Calvin University | $33,107 | 1 | 0% |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $33,065 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $31,963 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $31,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative | $31,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Casa of McLennan County | $31,125 | 2 | 2% |
| American Institute of Pakistan Studies | $31,075 | 1 | 2% |
| Cen-Tex African Amer Chamber of Commerce | $31,030 | 3 | n/a |
| Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc | $30,087 | 4 | 0% |
| Feros Freight Innovations Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Texas Zeta Chapter | $29,850 | 4 | 2% |
| Orai Inc | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Abuse Center Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity | $27,725 | 4 | n/a |
| Western Washington University | $27,398 | 1 | n/a |
| Chi Omega Fraternity Baylor University | $26,900 | 3 | 2% |
| University of Delaware | $26,701 | 2 | 0% |
| Bartimaeus Ministries | $26,136 | 2 | 3% |
| Greg Sumpter | $25,602 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Womens Job Corps of McLennan County | $25,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Mission Waco Mission World Inc | $24,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Sigma Chi International Fraternity Inc | $23,550 | 3 | 0% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $23,220 | 1 | n/a |
| The Indian Subcontinent Student | $22,121 | 2 | n/a |
| Rhoback LLC | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $21,155 | 2 | n/a |
| Fordham University | $20,564 | 1 | 0% |
| Nc State University | $20,279 | 1 | n/a |
| Intercollegiate Press Association of Texas | $20,000 | 2 | 11% |
| TA Instruments - Waters LLC | $18,590 | 2 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $18,349 | 1 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $18,148 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Access to Justice Foundation | $18,144 | 3 | 0% |
| Austin Young Chamber of Commerce Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Hispanic Student Association | $17,931 | 1 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $17,466 | 2 | n/a |
| Alpha Tau Omega Texas Theta Nu Chapter | $17,102 | 2 | 8% |
| Jireh World Church Outreach Ministries Inc | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Karam Foundation | $16,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Study Tree | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Harvest Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa | $14,977 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | $14,588 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Florida | $14,551 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $14,274 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Tech University System | $14,056 | 2 | n/a |
| Asian Students Association | $14,055 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Cancer Association | $14,000 | 2 | 13% |
| World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wisniewski Enterprises | $13,755 | 1 | n/a |
| STARRY Inc | $13,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Seton Hall University | $12,898 | 1 | 0% |
| Brigham Young University | $12,547 | 1 | n/a |
| Theta Iota Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity Inc | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Syntr Health Technologies Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Delta Delta Delta | $12,250 | 2 | n/a |
| West Houston Assistance Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brazoria County Dream Center Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Contraire LLC | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ridge Project Inc | $10,753 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Waco Sports Commission Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Foundation Communities Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YTexas | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waco Family YMCA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Christian Community Development Network | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Size of a Man | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| ScanLogX Inc | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Antioch Community Church of Waco | $9,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University | $9,091 | 1 | n/a |
| Grox Industries LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Catholic Philosophical Assoc | $9,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Inc | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Delta Delta Delta | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Acion | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation | $8,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Rlabs Waco Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tps LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Avance | $7,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Kappa Alpha Order Delta Omega Chapter | $7,834 | 1 | 7% |
| Phi Kappa Chi Foudation | $7,606 | 1 | n/a |
| Waco Habitat for Humanity | $7,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $7,198 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $7,197 | 1 | n/a |
| Elijah Rising | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Waco Beautiful Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Skillpoint Alliance | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Neighbor Settlement House - Waco | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Hunger Relief Institute | $6,500 | 1 | 2% |
| East Waco Innovative School Develop Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Twezimbe Africa | $6,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Oklahoma State University | $6,141 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart of Texas Goodwill Industries Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Marketing Association | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor Young Americans for Freedom | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McLennan County Pack of Hope Dba Pack of Hope | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Caritas of Waco | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
| She Is Freedom | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Baylor Korean Student Assocation | $5,590 | 1 | n/a |
| Vietnamese Student Association | $5,501 | 1 | n/a |
| Sanguis LLC | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Austin Film Festival Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc | $5,345 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Advocacy Project | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Pembroke | $5,280 | 1 | n/a |
| National Hispanic Health Foundation | $5,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Junior League of Waco Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boss Club Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Baylor University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 109 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 109.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Waco FoundationTX53.4× affinity24 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Waco Foundation · Cooper Foundation · United Way of Waco-McLennan County · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · Clifton Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Fentress Foundation · Ascension Providence · Folds of Honor Foundation · Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc · American Chemical Society · Once Upon a Time Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Baylor University
- How much does Baylor University give?
- Baylor University reported 97 itemized grants totaling $8,575,016, out of $442,533,209 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Baylor University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (64%), Community Improvement (17%), Employment (12%).
- Who are Baylor University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: McLane Global ($65M), Pepsico Foundation Inc ($21M), Chartwells Dining Services ($17M).
- Does Baylor University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Baylor University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Waco Foundation, Cooper Foundation, United Way of Waco-McLennan County.
- Where is Baylor University based?
- Baylor University is based in TX.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home