Rapoport Family Foundation
Waco, TX · EIN 74-2872414. Reported 96 grants totalling $2,595,744 to 66 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Rapoport Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $14,630 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,750 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working America Education Fund | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Conference on Citizenship | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shalom Austin | Austin, TX | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Democracy Foundation | Austin, TX | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Change | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Civic Alternatives | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $70,902 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Redress Project | West Tisbury, MA | $67,911 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | $55,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harvard | Cambridge, MA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Election Innovation & Research | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Election Research & Innovation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Committee of Seventy | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Washington Community Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $43,167 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| After Innocence | Oakland, CA | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $37,850 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY | $37,298 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bluebonnet Data | Somerville, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| James W Foley Legacy Foundation | Portsmouth, NH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| March on Washington Film Festival | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $29,595 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $29,550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL | $28,827 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Nebraska Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | $25,614 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona Coalition for Change | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Election Integrity & Research | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colby College - Goldfarb Center | Waterville, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Documentary Educational Resources | Watertown, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| For Our Future Education Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lexington Observer Inc | Lexington, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Democratic Institute for International Affairs | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund | Columbus, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| SUNY Dept of Poli Sci | Albany, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Texas College of Liberal Arts | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Affairs Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Waco Family Medicine Foundation | Waco, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Florida State University Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $23,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $22,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Minnesota Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $18,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rutgers University | New Brunswick, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philapelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $14,630 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas A&m University | College Station, TX | $14,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| George Washington University | Washington, DC | $13,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lantos Foundation | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Campaign Legal Center | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onevirginia 2021 | Richmond, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Hillel at Texas A&m | College Station, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
24 of 66 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 26%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Shalom Austin
GENERAL OPERATUNG SUPPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF AUSTIN JEWISH ACADEMY - National Conference on Citizenship
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS LEARN, STUDENTS VOTE PROGRAM & CIVIC HEALTH INDEX RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - Northwestern University
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION SURVEY RESEARCH GRANT - Committee of Seventy
VOTER EDUCATION & AWARENESS CAMPAIGN EXPANSION - Greater Washington Community Foundation
GRANT - AMERICA REMEMBERS FUND - Neo Philanthropy
GRANT - STUDENTS LEARN, STUDENTS VOTE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 47 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | $425,000 | $50,000 |
| 2021 | 13 | $397,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $555,077 | $22,100 |
| 2023 | 29 | $642,458 | $24,000 |
| 2024 | 26 | $576,209 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
30% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Rapoport Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 5400 Bosque Suite 302 302, Waco, TX, 76710. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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