· Private foundation
The Ellen and Edward Randall III Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $62k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TX AM-CAESAR KLEGERG WILDLIFE RES I | $25,000 |
| MEDINA HEALTHCARE FUND | $16,700 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS | $10,000 |
| ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | $6,700 |
| THE ALLEY THEATRE | $5,000 |
| RICE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| KINKAID INVESTMENTS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TEXAS AM UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE FDN | $5,000 |
| SOUTH TEXAS CHARITY WEEKEND | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| CITY KIDS ADVENTURES | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CKCity Kids Adventures6× · 2017–2024 · $107k · revenue +3%
- MHMEDINA HEALTHCARE FUND4× · 2021–2024 · $46k · revenue +16%
- ATALLEY THEATRE7× · 2017–2024 · $41k · revenue +107%
Funded once
- CKCaesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Inone grant, 2018 · $50k
- RTRemember the Alamo Foundationone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -9%
- TATEXAS AM CAESAR KLEBERG RESEARCH INone grant, 2020 · $30k
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.
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.
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…
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."
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…
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.
The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…
See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
See Schedule O. The Fay School ("the School") is a nonsectarian, not-for-profit, co-educational school in which children of diverse talents and backgrounds with strong academic abilities are offered a high-quality education in a secure,…
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 59 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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 Brown Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · William S & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ellen and Edward Randall III Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ellen and Edward Randall III Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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