Texas · Private foundation
Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.4M
- Granted FY2021
- 69
- Grants FY2021
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $74,550
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $736,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 48
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 67% of the organizations Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 48 | $6.4M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $3.8M | 75% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $3.6M | 62% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $55M | 90% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Holdsworth Center | $53,554,337 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio | $595,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sam Houston State University | $378,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Trinity University | $375,500 | 4 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $353,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | $283,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $223,475 | 4 | 0% |
| Cisco Isd | $219,637 | 2 | n/a |
| KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc | $208,440 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Holdsworth Center | $53,554,337 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio | $595,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sam Houston State University | $378,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Trinity University | $375,500 | 4 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $353,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | $283,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $223,475 | 4 | 0% |
| Cisco Isd | $219,637 | 2 | n/a |
| KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc | $208,440 | 1 | 0% |
| Ector County Isd | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Central Independent School District | $117,880 | 1 | n/a |
| Center For Applied Science & Technology Network | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of the Incarnate Word | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Socorro Independent School District | $83,532 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephenville Isd | $79,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Terrell Isd | $74,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas 2036 | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Teach Plus Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Round Rock Isd | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pastors for Texas Children | $17,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Texas Tribune Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spring Branch Independent School District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Service Center Region XIII | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Public Policy Priorities | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Association of Business | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas School Alliance | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manor Independent School District | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Proudly Rooted | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 83 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund 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: The Charles Butt Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Houston Endowment Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Gates Foundation · Mechia Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The Moody Foundation · GenYOUTH Incorporated
How this is measured
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About Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund
- How much does Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund give?
- Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund reported 69 grants totaling $6,365,589 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 48 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (99%), Public Benefit (0%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: The Holdsworth Center ($54M), Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio ($595k), Sam Houston State University ($379k).
- Does Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund 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 Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Charles Butt Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST).
- Where is Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund based?
- Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund is based in TX.
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