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Exxonmobil Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
66
Grants FY2024
64
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,200
Largest grant, FY2024
$6,846,730
Organizations funded a year
35 to 73
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$78M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Exxonmobil Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
PhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalEnvironmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving64$17M61%
FY202364$29M33%
FY202273$28M56%
FY202150$22M70%
FY202035$31Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$76MInternational$21MYouth Development$12MPhilanthropy$9.1MEnvironment$5.3MRecreation & Sports$3.1MAnimals$1.6MScience & Tech$1.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NH
WA
MT
IL
NY
MA
WY
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Khan Academy Inc$13,556,730224%
United Way of Greater Houston$5,230,04534%
Grassroot Soccer Inc$2,750,000515%
Counterpart International Inc$2,508,05052%
Technoserve Inc$1,100,00031%
Africare$1,050,0001n/a
Solar Sister Inc$1,000,000514%
Kopernik Solutions$1,000,0003n/a
Teach for All Inc$1,000,00051%
Texas State Aquarium Association$500,00013%
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All grantees of Exxonmobil Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Khan Academy Inc$13,556,730224%
United Way of Greater Houston$5,230,04534%
Grassroot Soccer Inc$2,750,000515%
Counterpart International Inc$2,508,05052%
Technoserve Inc$1,100,00031%
Africare$1,050,0001n/a
Solar Sister Inc$1,000,000514%
Kopernik Solutions$1,000,0003n/a
Teach for All Inc$1,000,00051%
Texas State Aquarium Association$500,00013%
Conservation International Foundation$500,00010%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$484,00010%
Society of Women Engineers$450,00051%
Kickstart International Inc$400,000112%
America's Charities$400,00011%
Americans for Oxford Inc$400,00011%
United Way of Hunterdon County$384,00049%
National Science Teaching Association$350,00012%
Special Olympics Inc$350,00020%
Center for Global Development$300,00021%
Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc$300,00014%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$300,0001n/a
Capital Area United Way$290,00032%
United Way of Greater Baytown Area and Chambers County$230,000111%
Team Rubicon Inc$200,00020%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$200,00010%
Feeding America$200,00010%
Johns Hopkins University$200,00010%
Path$150,00010%
United Way of Will County$135,00024%
United Way of Beaumont & North Jefferson County$130,500111%
Good Reason Houston Inc$125,00011%
Giant Sable Fund$120,000344%
Rebuilding Together Houston$100,00013%
Transmit Receive Labs Inc$100,00013%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$100,00010%
The George W Bush Foundation$100,00020%
Direct Relief$100,00010%
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc$100,00011%
Women's World Banking Inc$100,00011%
Population Services International$100,00010%
International Medical Corps$100,00010%
The Houston Food Bank$75,00010%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$50,00020%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$50,00010%
United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc$32,50020%
North Texas Food Bank$30,00010%
Montgomery County Food Bank Inc$15,00010%
United Way of Southwest Wyoming$11,70011%
The Periwinkle Foundation$11,15030%
Education for Tomorrow Alliance$11,15031%
The Rose$11,15030%
Hermann Park Conservancy$11,15030%
Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc$11,15030%
Easter Seals of Greater Houston Inc$11,15030%
Local Infant Formula for Emergencies$11,15030%
Houston's Amazing Place Inc$11,15030%
Child Advocates Inc$11,15030%
Asia Society Texas Center$11,15030%
Camp For All Foundation$11,15030%
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$10,00020%
United Way of West Florida Inc$10,00010%
United Way of Grundy County$9,90020%
Houston Ballet Foundation$8,40020%
San Jose Clinic$8,4002n/a
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation$7,50010%
United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc$7,20020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$6,95020%
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$6,95020%
Chinese Community Center Inc$6,95020%
AIDS Foundation Houston Inc$6,95020%
The Sunshine Kids Foundation$6,95020%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$6,95020%
The Women's Home$6,95020%
Memorial Assistance Ministries$6,95020%
Recipe for Success Foundation$6,95021%
Santa Maria Hostel Inc$6,95020%
Houston Wilderness Inc$6,95021%
RISE International$5,00011%
Montgomery County Youth Services$4,20010%
Dispute Resolution Center of Montgomery County Inc$4,20011%
SUPERGirls SHINE Foundation$4,20011%
Aldine Education Foundation$4,2001n/a
Writers in the Schools$4,20010%
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance$4,20010%
Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston$4,20010%
BakerRipley$4,20010%
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation$4,20010%
Children's Museum Inc$4,20010%
Bayou Preservation Association Inc$4,20011%
Children At Risk$4,20010%
Houston Museum of Natural Science$4,20010%
Onegoal$4,20010%
Dispute Resolution Center$4,20011%
Helping a HeroOrg$4,20010%
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$4,20010%
Trees For Houston$4,20010%
Kids' Meals Inc$4,20010%
Bayou Land Conservancy$4,20010%
Flagler College Inc$4,00010%
Woodlands Religious Community Inc$2,75010%
Sire Inc$2,75010%
Nora's Gift Foundation Inc$2,75010%
Bel Inizio Inc$2,75011%
Cy-Hope Inc$2,75010%
The Wildlife Center of Texas Inc$2,75010%
Jones County Junior College Foundation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($89M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Exxonmobil Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 102 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKhan Academy Inc: $13,556,730 over 2y, 24% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $5,230,045 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetGrassroot Soccer Inc: $2,750,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetCounterpart International Inc: $2,508,050 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTechnoserve Inc: $1,100,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSolar Sister Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetTeach for All Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTexas State Aquarium Association: $500,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $484,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSociety of Women Engineers: $450,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetKickstart International Inc: $400,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAmerica's Charities: $400,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmericans for Oxford Inc: $400,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Way of Hunterdon County: $384,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetNational Science Teaching Association: $350,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Global Development: $300,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCapital Area United Way: $290,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Baytown Area and Chambers County: $230,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPath: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Will County: $135,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetUnited Way of Beaumont & North Jefferson County: $130,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetGood Reason Houston Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGiant Sable Fund: $120,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetRebuilding Together Houston: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTransmit Receive Labs Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWomen's World Banking Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPopulation Services International: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCouncil on Foreign Relations Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of the Coastal Bend Inc: $32,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery County Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Southwest Wyoming: $11,700 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Periwinkle Foundation: $11,150 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEducation for Tomorrow Alliance: $11,150 over 3y, 1.3% of budget

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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 102.

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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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX48.7× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Strake Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Houston · The Methodist Hospital · The William Stamps Farish Fund · The Powell Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc

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.

Compare Exxonmobil Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Exxonmobil Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Exxonmobil Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Exxonmobil Foundation

How much does Exxonmobil Foundation give?
Exxonmobil Foundation reported 66 grants totaling $20,841,805 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 73 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Exxonmobil Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), International (16%), Youth Development (9%).
Who are Exxonmobil Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Khan Academy Inc ($14M), United Way of Greater Houston ($5.2M), Grassroot Soccer Inc ($2.8M).
Does Exxonmobil Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Exxonmobil Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Exxonmobil Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc.
Where is Exxonmobil Foundation based?
Exxonmobil Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 175 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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