Texas · Private foundation
The Rao Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $534k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $22,650
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $86k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Rao Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 11 | $534k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.6M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $217k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $344k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $55k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $32k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $15k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $638,460 | 6 | 0% |
| Pediplace Inc | $313,541 | 5 | 3% |
| Lewisville Education Foundation Inc | $204,555 | 3 | 10% |
| Climate Central Inc | $127,556 | 5 | 1% |
| Blueroof Foundation | $67,092 | 3 | 100% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $38,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ukrainian Action | $22,650 | 1 | 2% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $638,460 | 6 | 0% |
| Pediplace Inc | $313,541 | 5 | 3% |
| Lewisville Education Foundation Inc | $204,555 | 3 | 10% |
| Climate Central Inc | $127,556 | 5 | 1% |
| Blueroof Foundation | $67,092 | 3 | 100% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $38,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ukrainian Action | $22,650 | 1 | 2% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $10,453 | 1 | 0% |
| Giving Grace Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Ministries of Denton Inc | $6,200 | 2 | 1% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sankara Nethralaya OM Trust Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Community Action | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hopekids Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $518 | 1 | 0% |
| Natyaveda | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Rao Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Coserv Charitable Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Rao Foundation
- How much does The Rao Foundation give?
- The Rao Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $533,830 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Rao Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Environment (31%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Rao Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rocky Mountain Institute ($638k), Pediplace Inc ($314k), Lewisville Education Foundation Inc ($205k).
- Does The Rao Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rao Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Rao Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coserv Charitable Foundation, Texas Instruments Foundation, McKesson Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Rao Foundation based?
- The Rao Foundation is based in TX.
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