Texas · Public charity
TIRR Foundation
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) Foundation is an organization that seeks to improve the lives of people who have sustained central nervous system damage through injury or disease.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $199,383
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $910,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations TIRR Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k 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 | 6 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $975k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $873k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $863k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $1.1M | 43% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $4,170,905 | 8 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $1,761,690 | 7 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Research Foundation | $1,371,486 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Houston | $708,163 | 5 | n/a |
| John Sealy Hospitalutmb | $552,500 | 4 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $296,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Methodist Hospital | $260,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The University of Texas Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Womans University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $90,491 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $4,170,905 | 8 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $1,761,690 | 7 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Research Foundation | $1,371,486 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Houston | $708,163 | 5 | n/a |
| John Sealy Hospitalutmb | $552,500 | 4 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $296,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Methodist Hospital | $260,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The University of Texas Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Womans University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $90,491 | 1 | n/a |
| The Methodist Hospital | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harris County Hospital District Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
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: Cornell University · University of Pittsburgh · American Cancer Society Inc · American Heart Association Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About TIRR Foundation
- How much does TIRR Foundation give?
- TIRR Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,758,522 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does TIRR Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (71%), Education (16%), Science & Tech (14%).
- Who are TIRR Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Texas Health Science Center Houston ($4.2M), Baylor College of Medicine ($1.8M), Texas A&M Research Foundation ($1.4M).
- Does TIRR Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as TIRR Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cornell University, University of Pittsburgh, American Cancer Society Inc.
- Where is TIRR Foundation based?
- TIRR Foundation is based in TX.
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