Texas · Public charity
Frank Liu Jr Foundation
Provide support for 501(c)(3) organizations
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $841,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Frank Liu Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $290k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $1.1M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.0M | 78% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $471k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $2.1M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $1.1M | 59% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $960k | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marsh Rice University | $7,112,168 | 9 | 0% |
| The Center for Pursuit | $1,185,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Frank Liu Jr Academy for Music & Arts | $350,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah State University | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $75,925 | 4 | n/a |
| Strake Jesuit College Prep | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | $73,350 | 2 | 1% |
| Citizens For Animal Protection Inc | $55,500 | 2 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Frank Liu Jr Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Houston Arts Alliance · The Susan Vaughan Foundation Inc · Harvey R Houck Jr and Patricia W Houck Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Frank Liu Jr Foundation
- How much does Frank Liu Jr Foundation give?
- Frank Liu Jr Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,083,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Frank Liu Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Science & Tech (19%), Health (15%).
- Who are Frank Liu Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: William Marsh Rice University ($7.1M), The Center for Pursuit ($1.2M), Frank Liu Jr Academy for Music & Arts ($350k).
- Does Frank Liu Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Frank Liu Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, Shell USA Company Foundation.
- Where is Frank Liu Jr Foundation based?
- Frank Liu Jr Foundation is based in TX.
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