· Private foundation
The RR 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 $10k33 grants · $88k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL | $100,000 |
| HOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR | $50,000 |
| THE BEACON | $23,575 |
| THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | $15,360 |
| THE CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL | $10,000 |
| KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF HOUSTON | $9,925 |
| GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
| HERMANN PARK CONSERVANCY | $5,000 |
| Friends of Pumpkin Park | $5,000 |
| Holly Hall Retirement Community | $5,000 |
| Navy Seal Foundation | $5,000 |
| HOUSTON HOSPICE | $3,000 |
| ROCO | $3,000 |
| THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM HOUSTON | $2,600 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
53 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 7 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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON8× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +73%- HCHOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR5× · 2017–2024 · $68k · revenue +360%
- SJSt John's School5× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +130%
Funded once
- NCNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $207k · revenue ×103
- LOLast Organic Outpostone grant, 2021 · $10k · 100% of their budget
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $8k
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.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
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…
To advance the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Greater Houston Gulf Coast region by acquiring and maintaining critical habitat as bird sanctuaries, providing education programs and nature experiences, and advocating policy…
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
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…
Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…
The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…
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…
The Houston Parks Board Foundation provides the Houston Parks Board with financial assistance to support operations and park projects.
To shape the future of classical music by energizing, modernizing, and personalizing the concert experience.
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 of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
How this is measured
48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 83 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 NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR ↗
- Who funds St John's School ↗
- Who funds KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
- Who funds San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association ↗
- Who funds Hermann Park Conservancy ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ↗
- Who funds Last Organic Outpost ↗
- Who funds ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE HILL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Houston Hospice ↗
- Who funds Houston Center for Photography Inc ↗
- Who funds Galveston Bay Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Houston Public Media Foundation ↗
- Who funds INPRINT INC ↗
- Who funds ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER ↗
- Who funds GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RIVER OAKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center ↗
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 · Houston Endowment Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation · The Powell Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The RR Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The RR Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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