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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
2
States reached
$736k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$69MPublic Benefit$325kYouth Development$100kPhilanthropy$75kCommunity Improvement$4kArts & Culture$500Other$0
02FY2021 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k17 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $276k
  • $50k–250k36 grants · $3.7M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.3M
$74,550
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN - UTEACH$736,000
TEXAS TECH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION$446,000
DONORSCHOOSEORG$300,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN$296,000
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY$278,000
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON$260,000
TEXAS A&M COLLEGE STATION$228,000
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY$204,000
TOMBALL ISD$150,000
ECTOR COUNTY ISD$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS$146,960
Individual grant recipient$145,700
ARLINGTON ISD$127,597
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN - UTEACH$126,186
Individual grant recipient$121,800
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 (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $152k → 17%TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $150k → 10%VENUS ISD: $146k → 10%BIRDVILLE ISD: $233k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS: $147k → 14%CISCO ISD: $210k → 15%THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER: $53.6M → 16%ROSCOE COLLEGIATE ISD: $117k → 18%DEKALB ISD: $122k → 19%SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $278k → 20%TEXAS A&M COLLEGE STATION: $292k → 22%POINT ISABEL ISD: $143k → 23%TEACHER PREPARATION INSPECTION - US: $496k → 8%RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $132k → 17%TEXAS A&M COLLEGE STATION: $228k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN - UTEACH: $736k → 10%RICE UNIVERSITY: $112k → 16%TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE STATION: $213k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY: $231k → 27%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN: $447k → 10%ARLINGTON ISD: $128k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS - DALLAS: $177k → 14%RICE UNIVERSITY: $111k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY: $140k → 27%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN: $296k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS - DALLAS: $167k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $286k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - UTEACH: $148k → 10%OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY: $204k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN - UTEACH: $126k → 10%OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY: $202k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN - UTEACH: $119k → 10%OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY: $148k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN: $116k → 10%PASADENA ISD: $245k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN - UTEACH: $111k → 10%TRINITY UNIVERSITY: $120k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $269k → 16%TRINITY UNIVERSITY: $115k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $260k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $183k → 16%KIPP HOUSTON: $208k → 16%TEXAS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $125k → 10%TEXAS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $125k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO: $610k → 16%TOMBALL ISD: $150k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - SAN ANTONIO: $490k → 16%EAST CENTRAL ISD: $118k → 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.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 31 repeat orgs$59M to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2021, 15 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
52

Total granted

$11M
$56M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+51%

Still filing today

23%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • OL
    OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO
    4× · 2018–2021 · $595k · revenue +9%
  • TU
    Trinity University
    4× · 2018–2021 · $376k · revenue +25%
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    4× · 2018–2021 · $354k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HOLDSWORTH CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $54M · revenue +167%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
    one grant, 2018 · $610k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $496k
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
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
2
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
3
Texas International Education Consortium

A consortium of universities in texas, with affiliate universities overseas, dedicated to developing, coordinating and implementing educational capacity-building programs around the world, and increasing capacity for campus globalization…

International
4
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
5
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
6
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
7
Tex-E Inc
Education
8
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
9
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
10
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
11
San Antonio Teachers Council

Represent public education employees in labor related matters, to include matters specific to wages, hours, and thier condition of employment.

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12
Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science and Technology

To provide broader recognition of the state's top achievers in medicine, engineering and science, and to build a stronger identity for texas as an important destination and center of achievement in these fields.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas a&M Foundation; the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice University. 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

20 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. 20 of the 116 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
18/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER: $53,554,337 · PhilanthropyTHE HOLDSWORTH CENTER+1 more: $75,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN - UTEACH: $1,093,186 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AU…TEXAS TECH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $1,031,958 · OtherTEXAS TECH COLLEGE OF …UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN: $859,414 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AU…TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY: $814,803 · OtherTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $763,900 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONTEXAS A&M COLLEGE STATION: $715,200 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO: $610,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $495,800 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - SAN ANTONIO: $490,000 · Other+90 more: $6,695,479 · Other+90 moreOUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO: $595,000 · EducationTrinity University: $375,500 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice University: $353,900 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $300,000 · EducationRELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $283,900 · EducationSouthern Methodist University: $223,475 · EducationCenter For Applied Science & Technology Network: $100,000 · EducationUniversity of the Incarnate Word: $100,000 · Education+5 more: $94,000 · EducationTexas 2036: $50,000 · Public BenefitCenter for Public Policy Priorities: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$53,629,337Other$13,569,740Education$2,425,775Public Benefit$60,000

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 budgetOUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO: $595,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTrinity University: $375,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $353,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $283,900 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $223,475 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc: $208,440 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter For Applied Science & Technology Network: $100,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUniversity of the Incarnate Word: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas 2036: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTEACH PLUS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN: $17,500 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION XIII: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Public Policy Priorities: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
  • Who funds Trinity University ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc ↗

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.

The Charles Butt Foun…Communities Foundatio…For Inspiration and R…Michael & Susan Dell …Meadows Foundation IncHouston Endowment IncGreater Houston Commu…Gates FoundationMechia FoundationThe Powell FoundationThe Moody FoundationGenYOUTH Incorporated
The Charles Butt FoundationTX26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Raise Your Hand for Texas Education Fund 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.

    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 116 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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