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Racmar Foundation at a glance

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Racmar Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$93kHealth$63kArts & Culture$35kPublic Benefit$5kReligion$4kEducation$2kInternational$2k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$394k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE$5,268
THE MENIL COLLECTION$2,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON$2,500
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON$2,345
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%UNITED JEWISH APPEAL: $3k → 17%THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $3k → 16%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ENDOWMENT: $10k → 12%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL: $2k → 17%HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%National Jewish Health: $10k → 12%MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: $5k → 17%THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $2k → 16%National Jewish Health: $10k → 12%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $5k → 17%THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $2k → 16%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $10k → 12%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $4k → 17%THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $2k → 16%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $10k → 12%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $2k → 17%THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $1k → 16%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $10k → 12%THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $500 → 16%THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $500 → 16%THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $500 → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $15k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $15k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $15k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON: $10k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON: $10k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON: $10k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $5k → 16%THE MENIL COLLECTION: $3k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $3k → 16%THE MENIL COLLECTION: $6k → 16%THE MENIL COLLECTION: $3k → 16%THE MENIL COLLECTION: $1k → 16%CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL: $1k → 16%THE MENIL COLLECTION: $990 → 16%YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$168k · 5 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$168k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+8%

Still filing today

100%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationPublic BenefitOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • BA
    Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $83k · revenue +161%
  • NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
    5× · 2017–2022 · $50k · revenue +50%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
    8× · 2018–2025 · $12k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • BA
    Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -65%
  • NJ
    NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ENDOWMENT
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
    one grant, 2024 · $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.

04Its field

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.

1
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
2
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
3
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…

Arts & Culture
4
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
5
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
6
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…

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7
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.

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8
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
9
William Marsh Rice University

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…

Education
10
The Awty International School

See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…

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11
Houston Academy of Medicine

The mission of the Houston Academy of Medicine is to support the community service, education, scientific, and charitable programs for physicians, their patients, and the community at large in Harris County.

Education
12
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Methodist Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Jewish Health. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 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. 9 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc: $82,500 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston IncNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $50,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTHTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthMenil Foundation Inc: $13,490 · Arts & CultureMenil Foundation In…THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $11,720 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $10,250 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF…Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Foundation: $10,000 · OtherBoys and Girls…NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ENDOWMENT: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL JEWIS…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL: $3,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL: $1,500 · OtherAMERICAN FRIEN…CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL: $1,000 · OtherMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $5,268 · Public BenefitYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $1,500 · Education
Youth Development$82,500Health$52,500Arts & Culture$35,460Other$25,500Public Benefit$5,268Education$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc: $82,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $13,490 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $11,720 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $10,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Racmar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Racmar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 13 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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