Houston, Texas · EIN 746104592. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $20.3M across 264 grants in 2025, a median of $15K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631309349100008. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 264 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Precinct4forward | TX | $1,500,000 | Conservation: Connecting People to Nature |
| 2 | Boys & Girls Club of Walker County | TX | $1,262,295 | Post-Secondary Pathways: Post-Secondary Access and Success |
| 3 | The Holdsworth Center | TX | $981,164 | Quality Public K-12 Schools: Excellent Educators |
| 4 | Bridgeyear | TX | $949,815 | Post-Secondary Pathways: Post-Secondary Access and Success |
| 5 | The Bridgespan Group | MA | $838,175 | Aligned Cradle to Career Education System: Effective Tools, Policies, and Systems |
| 6 | Catalyst Education Dba Catalyst Exchange | LA | $700,000 | Aligned Cradle to Career Education System: Effective Tools, Policies, and Systems |
| 7 | United Way for Greater Austin | TX | $655,729 | Early Childhood Development and Education: High-Quality Providers and Educators |
| 8 | University of Houston Foundation | TX | $399,000 | Post-Secondary Pathways: Post-Secondary Access and Success |
| 9 | Education First | WA | $372,313 | Aligned Cradle to Career Education System: Effective Tools, Policies, and Systems |
| 10 | 40 Schools | LA | $370,000 | Early Childhood Development and Education: High-Capacity Sector |
| 11 | Avance Inc | TX | $365,000 | Early Childhood Development and Education: Supportive Caregivers |
| 12 | Arts Connect Houston | TX | $350,000 | Arts: Student Education Programs |
| 13 | Creative Action | TX | $350,000 | Arts: Student Education Programs |
| 14 | National Association for Family Child Care | DC | $350,000 | Early Childhood Development and Education: High-Quality Providers and Educators |
| 15 | Trust for Learning a Project of New Venture Fund | DC | $350,000 | Early Childhood Development and Education: High-Capacity Sector |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | $13.1M |
| 2021 | 260 | $15.0M |
| 2022 | 281 | $19.5M |
| 2023 | 258 | $17.4M |
| 2024 | 272 | $18.4M |
| 2025 (partial year) | 264 | $20.3M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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