· Private foundation
CJ Wrightsman Educational Fund Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $80k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $108k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Texas A&M Foundation | $30,000 |
| Texas A&M University | $21,000 |
| University of Arkansas | $18,000 |
| University of North Texas | $15,000 |
| Prairie View A&M Univerity | $12,000 |
| University of Oklahoma | $12,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | $9,000 |
| University of Texas at Arlington | $9,000 |
| Grambling State University | $6,000 |
| Texas State University | $6,000 |
| West Coast University | $6,000 |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | $6,000 |
| Tabor College | $6,000 |
| Texas Wesleyan University | $6,000 |
| Southern University | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATexas A&M Foundation2× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +48%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR2× · 2023–2025 · $14k · revenue +3%
- ACAUSTIN COLLEGE4× · 2020–2023 · $13k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- SFStephen F Austin State Universityone grant, 2019 · $3k
- TCTarrant County Collegeone grant, 2019 · $3k
- NTNortheast Texas Community Collegeone grant, 2020 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
East texas baptist university (etbu) was founded in 1912 as a fully accredited institution of higher education. affiliated with the baptist general convention of texas, etbu educates students by integrating biblical faith and learning to…
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…
Since 1890, whitworth has held fast to its founding mission of providing "an education of mind and heart" through rigorous intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated christian scholars.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
- Who funds ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Child Study Center ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MCMURRY UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Tabor College ↗
- Who funds HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM ↗
- Who funds HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Robert A Welch Foundation · The Buddy Bostick Foundation · Chase Foundation Mack C Chase Trustee · San Antonio Livestock Exposition Educational Fund Inc · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization CJ Wrightsman Educational Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from CJ Wrightsman Educational Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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