Organization · EIN 74-1109620 · Houston, TX · Education
Who funds William Marsh Rice University?
111 private foundations reported paying William Marsh Rice University $50.7M on returns for tax year 2023.
111 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers
Funders 111
| Foundation | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Moody Foundation Galveston, TX |
$15,000,000 | Assistance with The Moody Center for Student Life and Opportunity Filed as “Rice University” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Kinder Foundation Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$13,798,591 8 grant lines |
ENHANCEMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE KINDER INSTITUTE FOR URBAN RESEARCH +3 more Filed as “RICE UNIVERSITY” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Houston Endowment Houston, TX |
$5,017,500 4 grant lines |
Project Support to Design, Pilot, and Publish a Report with Recommended Interventions to Eliminate Voting Deserts across Greater Houston +3 more | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA |
$3,208,934 5 grant lines |
WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE +3 more | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Robert A Welch Foundation Houston, TX |
$2,752,740 | Basic Research in Chemistry and related fields Filed as “RICE UNIVERSITY” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 08/2024 |
| Guffey Family Foundation Pennington, NJ · Preselected only |
$1,200,000 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Huffington Foundation Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | FOR CHILD HEALTH POLICY CHAIR | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$810,000 4 grant lines |
RICE360 NEWBORN ESSENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES (NEST360) +3 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Robert J & Helen C Kleberg Foundation San Antonio, TX |
$800,000 | SUPPORT MEDICAL STUDY | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Kavli Foundation Los Angeles, CA · Preselected only |
$687,500 2 grant lines |
KAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - CARBON NANOTUBES 2023 +1 more | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Raymond & Susan Brochstein Foundation Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$600,000 | EDUCATION | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Dan L Duncan Foundation Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$525,000 | EDUCATIONAL SERVICES | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Sall Family Foundation Cary, NC · Preselected only |
$500,000 | GENERAL OPERATING | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only |
$471,115 4 grant lines |
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPTICAL CAVITIES THAT ALLOW CREATION OF NEW HYBRID STATES OF MATTER THROUGH STRONG LIGHT-MATTER COUPLING IN T… +3 more | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA |
$437,500 3 grant lines |
Fellowships for Science and Engineering | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Elkins Foundation Houston, TX |
$275,000 | IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE BUILDING Filed as “RICE UNIVERSITY” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 10/2024 |
| Rockwell Fund Houston, TX |
$256,067 2 grant lines |
DEVELOP TOOL TO MAP HOUSING QUALITY +1 more | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The G Harold & Leila y Mathers Charitable Foundation Rye Brook, NY |
$237,240 | RESEARCH PROJECT Filed as “RICE UNIVERSITY” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$233,225 2 grant lines |
McNair Scholars (FY24-N. Beittenmiller, A. Fishbein). +1 more | Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Brown Foundation Houston, TX |
$226,000 10 grant lines |
Harris County Public Library Home-Based Provider Directed Language Development Program +9 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 06/2024 |
Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.
Foundations that fund organizations like William Marsh Rice University
These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with William Marsh Rice University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $997K to them - Charles Koch Foundation Arlington, VA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $10.4M to them - The Andrew W Mellon Foundation New York, NY
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $13.9M to them - Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $89.9K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Alfred P Sloan Foundation New York, NY
Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $14.4M to them - The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $6,723 to them - William Randolph Hearst Foundation New York, NY
Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $1.54M to them - Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Irvine, CA
Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $4.06M to them
Organizations with the most funders in common
- Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
21 shared funders · 91 funders in all - President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
26 shared funders · 831 funders in all - Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
19 shared funders · 161 funders in all - The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA
23 shared funders · 560 funders in all - The Houston Food Bank Houston, TX
26 shared funders · 169 funders in all - University of St Thomas Houston, TX
13 shared funders · 46 funders in all
Where this comes from
Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.
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