· Private foundation
The Ray H Marr 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 $10k6 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $235k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $700k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $200,000 |
| COLLIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| TRINITY VALLEY CC FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| PANOLA COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| SCOTTISH RITE FOR CHILDREN | $25,000 |
| TYLER ISD FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| RETINA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ANGELINA COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| HOPE FARM INC | $25,000 |
| PARIS JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| TEXARKANA COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| KILGORE COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| NORTHEAST TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $163k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +73% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TJTYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2024 · $391k · revenue +26%
- TWThe Winston School7× · 2017–2023 · $275k · revenue +11%
- TITYLER IND SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $175k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $100k
- S5SMU-DESIGNATION 51156one grant, 2022 · $100k
Southern Methodist Universitygraduatedone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +26%
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.
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.
School's mission is to help establish basic skills through teaching methods that enhance a child's joy in learning, ability to learn, and interest in learning while fostering the child's self-confidence.
TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…
The mission of the south texas college foundation is to garner resources that assist south texas college in acheving educational excellence, servicing the diverse needs of the college through partnerships and fundraising from various…
Making education accessible for students through philanthropic support, aligned with Austin Community College (ACC) strategic priorities.
Valor's mission is to educate the whole person in authentic communities for a full human life. Through our K-12 tuition-free classical charter schools and the Valor Institute, we build communities dedicated to wisdom, virtue, and…
To complement the state of texas' support of the colleges by providing financial support for new and ongoing projects and activities in the areas of research, education and community service.
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 mission of the texas higher education foundation is to increase participation and success in higher education for all texans. the foundation is a support organization for the texas higher education coordinating board. it exists to…
To educate students with the transforming truth of christ, inspiring academic excellence, godly character, and integrity in life pursuits.
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…
Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 76 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.
- Who funds TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Winston School ↗
- Who funds TYLER IND SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LITTLE ELM ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AZLEWAY INC ↗
- Who funds The Dallas Opera ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds PANOLA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 571 CIRCLE TEN COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Angelina College Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE KILGORE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TEXARKANA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BUCKNER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Baylor Health Care System Foundation ↗
- Who funds RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST ↗
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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · The Perot Foundation · East Texas Communities Foundation · The Moody Foundation · The Ninnie L Baird Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Texas Higher Education Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · Ken W Davis Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ray H Marr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ray H Marr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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