Univ of South Carolina Educational Foundation
COLUMBIA, SC
$1.1MTax year 2023
Grant purpose
McNair Scholars (FY24-Fall awards + $280k admin + $147,500 enrichment).
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The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 76-6050185 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68 | $13.8M |
| 2023 | 95 | $13.5M |
Where The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Univ of South Carolina Educational Foundation
COLUMBIA, SC
$1MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
McNair Scholars (Fall 2024 scholarships+$279,999.99 admin+$130,391.88 enrich)
Baylor College of Medicine
HOUSTON, TX
$950KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
McNair Scholar (Q. Zhao)
Baylor College of Medicine
HOUSTON, TX
$750KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
McNair Scholar (Q. Zhao)
Houston Zoo Inc
HOUSTON, TX
$718.6KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Keeping Our World Wild Centennial Capital Campaign.
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (163 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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