Funding search · EIN 760598999 · Houston, TX

The Robertson-Finley Foundation

Name: The Robertson-Finley 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.

236
grants reported: $799,850
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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

research policy public conservation civil education society scientific

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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.

Institute for Justice4 grants · $40,000
Pacific Legal Foundation4 grants · $40,000
Baylor Medical Foundation3 grants · $36,000
University of Texas at Austin Institute for Fusion Studies3 grants · $36,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center3 grants · $36,000
Amazing Place3 grants · $32,000
State Policy Network4 grants · $28,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance4 grants · $24,500
The Leadership Institute4 grants · $24,000
Houston Food Bank4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$198,700

2022

$203,400

2023

$192,700

2024

$205,050

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 236 grants.

$12,000
Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2025
Civil Society Support
$12,000
Baylor Medical Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Scientific Research Support
$12,000
University of Texas at Austin Institute for Fusion Studies · Austin, TX · 2025
Scientific Research Support
$12,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2025
Scientific Research Support
$12,000
University of Texas at Austin Institute for Fusion Studies · Austin, TX · 2024
Scientific Research Support
$12,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
Scientific Research Support
$12,000
Baylor Medical Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Scientific Research Support
$12,000
University of Texas at Austin Institute for Fusion Studies · Austin, TX · 2023
Scientific Research Support
$12,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
Scientific Research Support
$12,000
Baylor Medical Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Alzheimer's research
$12,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Institute for Fusion Studies
$12,000
University of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr · Dallas, TX · 2022
Alzheimer's research
$10,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$10,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$10,000
Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2024
Civil Society Support
$10,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$10,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$10,000
Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2023
Civil Society Support
$10,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$10,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$10,000
Houston'S Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$10,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General Support
$7,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$7,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$7,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$7,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$7,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$7,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$6,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$6,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$6,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$6,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$6,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$5,000
American Federation for Children Growth Fund · Columbia, MD · 2025
Education Support
$5,000
Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2025
Civil Society Support
$5,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2025
Conservation Support
$5,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
Salvation Army of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
Civil Society Support
$5,000
The Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
The Heartland Institute · Arlington Heights, IL · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
American Federation for Children Growth Fund · Columbia, MD · 2024
Education Support
$5,000
Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2024
Civil Society Support
$5,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2024
Conservation Support
$5,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
Salvation Army of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Civil Society Support
$5,000
The Heartland Institute · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
American Federation for Children Growth Fund · Columbia, MD · 2023
Education Support
$5,000
Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023
Civil Society Support
$5,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2023
Conservation Support
$5,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
Salvation Army of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Civil Society Support
$5,000
The Heartland Institute · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$5,000
American Federation for Children · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Judical Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Salvation Army of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Heartland Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$4,600
Houston Classical Charter School · Houston, TX · 2025
Education Support
$4,600
Trinity Classical School of Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
Education Support
$4,600
Houston Classical Charter School · Houston, TX · 2024
Education Support
$4,600
Trinity Classical School of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Education Support
$4,600
Houston Classical Charter School · Houston, TX · 2023
Education Support
$4,600
Trinity Classical School of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Education Support
$4,500
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$4,000
Academic Freedom Alliance · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Education Support
$4,000
American Transparency · Burr Ridge, IL · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Friedman Foundation (Ed Choice) · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Education Support
$4,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
The Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Academic Freedom Alliance · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Education Support
$4,000
American Transparency · Burr Ridge, IL · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Friedman Foundation (Ed Choice) · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Education Support
$4,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
The Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Academic Freedom Alliance · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Education Support
$4,000
Friedman Foundation (Ed Choice) · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Education Support
$4,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
The Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Public Policy Research Support
$4,000
Academic Freedom Alliance · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General Support
$4,000
Edchoice · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General support
$4,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$4,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$4,000
The Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$4,000
Turning Point USA · Lemont, IL · 2022
General support
$3,000
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2025
Public Policy Research Support
$3,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Fire) · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Education Support

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