Texas · Private foundation
Marie Roper Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $15k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Marie Roper Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $15k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $17k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $29k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $34k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $76k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $42k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Edwards University | $12,250 | 6 | 0% |
| The Periwinkle Foundation | $10,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Upbring | $10,007 | 3 | n/a |
| Sam Houston State University | $7,100 | 2 | n/a |
| The Houston Food Bank | $7,032 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $6,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sam Houston State University | $4,641 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Edwards University | $12,250 | 6 | 0% |
| The Periwinkle Foundation | $10,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Upbring | $10,007 | 3 | n/a |
| Sam Houston State University | $7,100 | 2 | n/a |
| The Houston Food Bank | $7,032 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $6,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sam Houston State University | $4,641 | 2 | n/a |
| Assistance League of Houston | $1,275 | 1 | 0% |
| Alvin Community College | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Heights Association | $1,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Junior Forum Inc | $1,095 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lone Star College System | $620 | 1 | n/a |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dream Volunteers | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Parks Board | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $282 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Heights Woman's Club | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Community Toolbank Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($219k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marie Roper Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Marie Roper Foundation
- How much does Marie Roper Foundation give?
- Marie Roper Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $15,034 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Marie Roper Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (71%), Human Services (8%), Health (6%).
- Who are Marie Roper Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Edwards University ($12k), The Periwinkle Foundation ($10k), Upbring ($10k).
- Does Marie Roper Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marie Roper Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Marie Roper Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, The William Stamps Farish Fund.
- Where is Marie Roper Foundation based?
- Marie Roper Foundation is based in TX.
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