Funding search · EIN 262718455 · Chapel Hill, NC

Rao Family Foundation

Name: Rao 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.

233
grants reported: $279,800
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $600
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

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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.

Planned Parenthood Federation of Am4 grants · $25,000
Iit Madras Foundation (USA)1 grant · $20,600
Aga Research Foundation4 grants · $18,000
Americares4 grants · $12,000
Triangle Land Conservancy4 grants · $11,500
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $11,000
The Botanical Garden Foundation3 grants · $10,900
Tbgf - Sculpture in Trhe Garden2 grants · $10,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foun3 grants · $9,000
Environmental Defense Fund4 grants · $8,500

Giving over time

$74,300

2022

$95,400

2023

$73,400

2024

$36,700

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 233 grants.

$20,600
Iit Madras Foundation (USA) · Cupertino, CA · 2023
General donation
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · New York, NY · 2024
General donation
$5,700
The Botanical Garden Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General donation
$5,500
Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2025
General donation
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · New York, NY · 2025
General donation
$5,000
Tbgf - Sculpture in Trhe Garden · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General donation
$5,000
Aga Research Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General donation
$5,000
Tbgf - Sculpture in Trhe Garden · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General donation
$5,000
Aga Research Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General donation
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · New York, NY · 2023
General donation
$5,000
The Botanical Garden Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General donation
$5,000
Aga Research Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General donation
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · New York, NY · 2022
General donation
$4,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General donation
$4,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General donation
$3,000
Aga Research Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General donation
$3,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2025
General donation
$3,000
Unc - Carolina Performing Arts · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General donation
$3,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foun · New York, NY · 2024
General donation
$3,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024
General donation
$3,000
Carolina Performing Arts · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General donation
$3,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foun · New York, NY · 2023
General donation
$3,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023
General donation
$3,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foun · New York, NY · 2022
General donation
$3,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2022
General donation
$3,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General donation
$3,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General donation
$2,500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General donation
$2,100
Pratham USA · Houston, TX · 2022
General donation
$2,000
Sehgal Foundation · Desmoines, IA · 2025
General donation
$2,000
Wunc-Fm · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Generla donation
$2,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General donation
$2,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
General donation
$2,000
Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2024
General donation
$2,000
Carolina Performing Arts · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General donation
$2,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General donation
$2,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023
General donation
$2,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General donation
$2,000
Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2023
General donation
$2,000
Ymca of the Triangle Area · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General donation
$2,000
Carolina Performing Arts · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General donation
$2,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General donation
$2,000
Pennies for Education and Health · Houston, TX · 2022
General donation
$2,000
Sehgal Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General donation
$2,000
Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2022
General donation
$2,000
Ymca of the Triangle Area · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General donation
$1,800
Polaris · Washington, DC · 2022
General donation
$1,500
The Ymca of the Triangle Area · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General donation
$1,500
Fosfeminista · New York, NY · 2024
General donation
$1,500
Pennies for Education & Health · Houston, TX · 2024
General donation
$1,500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General donation
$1,500
Ymca of the Triangle Area · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General donation
$1,500
Fosfeminista · New York, NY · 2023
General donation
$1,500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
General donation
$1,500
Carolina Parent Fund - Unc · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General donation
$1,500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General donation
$1,200
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
General donation
$1,200
Pathfinders International · Watertown, MA · 2022
General donation
$1,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General donation
$1,000
Naspghan Foundation · Ambler, PA · 2025
General donation
$1,000
Unc Health - Don Powell Fund · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General donation
$1,000
Alamance County Community Ymca · Burlington, NC · 2024
General donation
$1,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General donation
$1,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Lindblad Conservation-Ngs · Washington, DC · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Naacp Empowerment Program · New York, NY · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Naspghan Foundation · Ambler, PA · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Trosa · Durham, NC · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Unc - Student Impact Fund · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General donation
$1,000
Wunc-Fm · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Generla donation
$1,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Naacp Empowerment Program · New York, NY · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Naspghan Foundation · Ambler, PA · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Native American Heritage Associatio · Rapid City, SD · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Ncssm Foundation · Durham, NC · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Pratham USA · Houston, TX · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Trosa · Durham, NC · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Unc - Student Impact Fund · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General donation
$1,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General donation
$1,000
Wunc-Fm · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Generla donation
$1,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
General donation
$1,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General donation
$1,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2022
General donation
$1,000
Naspghan Foundation · Ambler, PA · 2022
General donation
$1,000
Native American Heritage Associatio · Rapid City, SD · 2022
General donation
$1,000
Ncssm Foundation · Durham, NC · 2022
General donation
$1,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General donation
$1,000
Wunc-Fm · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Generla donation
$900
Carolina Covenant Scholarships Gf · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General donation
$900
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2024
General donations
$900
Carolina Covenant Scholarships Gf · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General donation
$900
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2023
General donations

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