Grants awarded
Who does The Rao Foundation fund?
The Rao Foundation has awarded $5.0 million across 76 grants to 44 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $12,726, with most between $5,000 and $35,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $17,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$5.0M
Typical grant
$13K
Grantees
44
Grants
76
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| U University of Texas Austin | $1.1M | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County | $1.0M | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$637K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| R Rocky Mountain Institute | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$314K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$205K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $185K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Climate Central INC
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$126K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| I Individual recipient | $80K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$41K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| U University of Texas at Au | $39K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $38K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| K Kera - Kxt 917 | $38K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N North Texas Broadcasting INC | $35K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N North Texas Public Broadcasting (kera) | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Odyssey Charter School | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $23K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Christian Community Action | $22K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Nature Conservancy
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$21K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| M Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| N National Audubon Society | $12K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Cornell Lab of Ornitholgy | $12K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U UNICEF | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C California Community Fund | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cornell University | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bluerood Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Cornell Lab of Ornithology | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$6K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| C Communities in Schools of North Texas | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Way of Denton | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hindi's Libraries INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lewisville Education Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| H Hopekids | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Ranch Hand Rescue | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Hopekids INC
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MD | |
| S Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Propublica | $518 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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