Funding search · EIN 760537473 · Houston, TX

Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation

Name: Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

41
grants reported: $3.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

high school scholarship animal bauer concert development educational

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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.

Second Baptist Church2 grants · $1.3M
Memorial Hermann Foundation1 grant · $850,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center3 grants · $175,000
Agape Development Ministries2 grants · $150,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center3 grants · $90,000
Roxbury Latin School3 grants · $90,000
Houston Grand Opera Assoc3 grants · $75,000
Yes Prep Public Schools2 grants · $75,000
The Parish School2 grants · $60,000
Houston Spca3 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$970,000

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$850,000
Memorial Hermann Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$675,000
Second Baptist Church · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$625,000
Second Baptist Church · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$75,000
Agape Development Ministries · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$75,000
Agape Development Ministries · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$60,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Teacher salary support
$60,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Teacher salary support
$55,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Teacher salary support
$50,000
Ieducate USA · Bellaire, TX · 2023
Two classrooms - Alief ISD
$50,000
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$35,000
The Parish School · Houston, TX · 2023
Scholarship Assistance
$30,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Educational Programs
$30,000
Roxbury Latin School · West Roxbury, MA · 2024
Professional Development
$30,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Educational Programs
$30,000
Roxbury Latin School · West Roxbury, MA · 2023
Professional Development
$30,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Educational Programs
$30,000
Roxbury Latin School · West Roxbury, MA · 2022
Professional Development
$25,000
Houston Grand Opera Assoc · Houston, TX · 2024
Bauer Family High School Voice Studio
$25,000
The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2024
EMSI Program
$25,000
The Monarch School · Houston, TX · 2024
Scholarship Assistance 2024-2025
$25,000
Houston Grand Opera Assoc · Houston, TX · 2023
Bauer Family High School Voice Studio
$25,000
The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Fund, EMSI Program
$25,000
The Monarch School · Houston, TX · 2023
Scholarship Assistance 2023-2024
$25,000
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
Houston Grand Opera Assoc · Houston, TX · 2022
Bauer Family High School Voice Studio
$25,000
The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Fund, EMSI Program
$25,000
The Parish School · Houston, TX · 2022
Scholarship Assistance
$20,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2024
Shelter Medicine & Animal Partnership - Texas A&M
$20,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2023
Shelter Medicine & Animal Partnership - Texas A&M
$15,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024
Student Concert Series
$15,000
Yellowstone Academy · Houston, TX · 2024
Education support 2024-2025
$15,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2023
David Dewhurst Symphony Concert Series
$15,000
Yellowstone Academy · Houston, TX · 2023
Teaching Assistant support 2023-2024
$15,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2022
Shelter Medicine & Animal Partnership - Texas A&M
$15,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2022
David Dewhurst Symphony Concert Series
$15,000
Yellowstone Academy · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$10,000
Emerge Fellowship · Houston, TX · 2024
High School Fellowships, College Scholars Program
$10,000
Young Audiences Inc of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Art Program
$10,000
Emerge Fellowship · Houston, TX · 2023
High School Fellowships, College Scholars Program
$10,000
Young Audiences Inc of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$10,000
Young Audiences Inc of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support

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