· Private foundation
The Robert L and Jean Clarke Family 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 $10k22 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $191k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GEORGIA O'KEEFFEE MUSEUM | $55,000 |
| HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATION | $30,850 |
| RICE UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN EAR INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| SANTA FE OPERA | $10,000 |
| PROJECT SAGE | $10,000 |
| FINANCIAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER CORPS INC | $10,000 |
| ST JOHN'S COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL | $10,000 |
| MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HOUSTON GRAND OPERA | $10,000 |
| MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES | $10,000 |
| HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| NUEVO MEXICO PROFUNDO | $5,000 |
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, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 3 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WMWilliam Marsh Rice University8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +104%
- MOMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +79%
- SFSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD7× · 2017–2024 · $119k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- THTexas Heart Instituteone grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue -13%
- RORICE OWL CLUBone grant, 2022 · $5k
- IMINTERFAITH MINISTRIES - MEALS ON WHEELSone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
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."
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…
The Menil Collection ("The Menil") is committed to its founders' belief that art is essential to human experience. The Menil fosters direct personal encounters with art, and welcomes all visitors free of charge to its museum buildings and…
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.
The San Antonio Museum of Art brings people together with art by collecting, preserving, and presenting significant works of art representing a broad range of history and cultures, advancing human connection and understanding, and…
How this is measured
42 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. 42 of the 70 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 William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Texas Heart Institute ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD ↗
- Who funds Financial Services Volunteer Corps Inc ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN EAR INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds THE SANTA FE OPERA ↗
- Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
- Who funds Historic Santa Fe Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT SAGE INC ↗
- Who funds RIVER OAKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Nehemiah Center Inc ↗
- Who funds HOTCHKISS LIBRARY OF SHARON INC ↗
- Who funds NUEVO MEXICO PROFUNDO ↗
- Who funds SHARON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
- Who funds Houston Hospice ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
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 · Santa Fe Community Foundation · The Hutson-Wiley and Echevarria Foundation Inc · MJPM Foundation · Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation · The Mortimer & Barbara Klaus Family Foundation · Peter and Helen Haje Foundation · Easton Family Fund · The Hallingby Family Foundation Inc · Slf Foundation · Low Road Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robert L and Jean Clarke Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert L and Jean Clarke Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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