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Private foundation (trust)EIN 766050185Est. 1989-12

The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation

Houston, TX 77024

Total Assets

$294.0M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$13.5M

FY 2023

Grants Made

95

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$142K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$1K–$1.1M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$17.0M

Total Expenses

$15.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$14.4M

Distributable Amount

$13.6M

Min. Investment Return

$13.8M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

95 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $50K to maximum $1.1M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $23.2M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

350 grants

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$5.9M
24 grants
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
$2.6M
3 grants
Houston Zoo - Centennial Campaign
$2.2M
2 grants
USC Educational Foundation - McNair Scholarship
$2.1M
6 grants
USC Educational Foundation - McNair Scholars
$1.5M
1 grant
UNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
$1.5M
3 grants
USC Educational Foundation - McNair Scholarship Fu
$1.4M
2 grants
UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON
$1.3M
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

350 grants

<$10K
105
grants
$10–50K
76
grants
$50–250K
108
grants
$250K–1M
55
grants
$1–5M
6
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

16 states

Texas
$36.2M
71% of total
South Carolina
$12.2M
24% of total
Michigan
$950K
2% of total
North Carolina
$602K
1% of total
California
$350K
1% of total
Delaware
$300K
1% of total
New York
$118K
0% of total
Nebraska
$66K
0% of total
Illinois
$50K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$50K
0% of total

+6 more states

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