Funding search · EIN 760354825 · Houston, TX

Frankel Family Foundation

Name: Frankel Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

87
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

school houston frankel hoover institution john lecture management

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Houston Food Bank3 grants · $400,000
Baylor College of Medicine4 grants · $335,000
Rice University1 grant · $250,000
Texas Medical Center1 grant · $250,000
St John'S School4 grants · $225,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 grants · $200,000
University of Houston Law Foundation4 grants · $105,000
Hoover Institution at Stanford University2 grants · $100,000
Santa Catalina School1 grant · $100,000
Leland Stanford Junior University2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$570,000

2022

$605,000

2023

$800,000

2024

$935,000

2025

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2025
Support rice university
$250,000
Texas Medical Center · Houston, TX · 2025
Support texas medical center
$150,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2025
Baylor andrology research scholars
$150,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024
Baylor andrology research scholars
$150,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2024
Houston food bank support
$150,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2022
Houston food bank support
$100,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023
Houston food bank support
$100,000
Santa Catalina School · Monterey, CA · 2023
Support school's legacy campaign
$75,000
St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2025
Support st john's school
$50,000
Hoover Institution at Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
Support the hoover institution
$50,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Support mit sloan school of management.
$50,000
Hoover Institution at Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Support the hoover institution
$50,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support mit sloan school of management.
$50,000
St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2024
Support st john's school
$50,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Support hoover institution
$50,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Support mit sloan school of management.
$50,000
St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2023
Support st john's school
$50,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Support hoover institution
$50,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Support mit sloan school of management.
$50,000
St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2022
Support st john's school
$35,000
Montage Health Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2023
Support the community partners in caring program
$35,000
Montage Health Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2022
Support the community partners in caring program
$30,000
University of Houston Law Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Support the frankel lecture series
$25,000
Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2025
Support amazing place mission
$25,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$25,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2024
General
$25,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$25,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Hoston, TX · 2024
General
$25,000
Houston Symphony · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$25,000
Md Anderson Children'S Cancer Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$25,000
Montage Health Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2024
Support the community partners in caring program
$25,000
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$25,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support the museum of fine arts, houston
$25,000
University of Houston Law Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Support the frankel lecture series
$25,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
Baylor andrology research scholars
$25,000
Houston Symphony · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$25,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Support the museum of fine arts, houston
$25,000
University of Houston Law Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Support the frankel lecture series
$25,000
Houston Symphony · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$25,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Support the museum of fine arts, houston
$25,000
University of Houston Law Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Support the frankel lecture series
$15,000
Kipp Texas Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2024
Kipp forward
$15,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2023
General
$15,000
Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$15,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Hoston, TX · 2023
General
$15,000
Kipp Texas Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2023
Kipp forward
$15,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2022
General
$15,000
Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$15,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Hoston, TX · 2022
General
$15,000
Kipp Houston Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2022
Kipp forward
$10,000
American Heritage Education Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
General
$10,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2025
General
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Menlo College · Atherton, CA · 2025
Annual fund
$10,000
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2025
Support yes prep's activities
$10,000
American Heritage Education Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$10,000
Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Houston Achievement Place · Houston, TX · 2024
Programs for children
$10,000
Menlo College · Atherton, CA · 2024
Annual fund
$10,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2024
Support yes prep's activities
$10,000
American Heritage Education Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$10,000
Houston Achievement Place · Houston, TX · 2023
Programs for children
$10,000
Menlo College · Atherton, CA · 2023
Annual fund
$10,000
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2023
Support yes prep's activities
$10,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Support instituional advancement
$10,000
Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation · Houston, TX · 2022
Support the construction of the center at glenwood.
$10,000
Houston Achievement Place · Houston, TX · 2022
Programs for children
$10,000
Menlo College · Atherton, CA · 2022
Annual fund
$10,000
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation · Montery, CA · 2022
Support the academy's post graduate program
$10,000
St Michael the Archangel Catholic Church · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$10,000
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2022
Support yes prep's activities
$5,000
Army War College Foundation · Carlisle, PA · 2025
General
$5,000
Army War College Foundation · Carlisle, PA · 2024
General
$5,000
River Oaks Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Support the river oaks foundation's campaign for the boulevard
$5,000
University of Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
General
$5,000
Army War College Foundation · Carlisle, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Childbuilders · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$5,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$5,000
American Heritage Education Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$5,000
Army War College Foundation · Carlisle, PA · 2022
General
$5,000
Childbuilders · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$5,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$5,000
River Oaks Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Support the river oaks foundation's campaign for the boulevard

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.