Douglas B Marshall Jr Family
Official website for the Douglas B. Marshall Jr. Family Foundation (Houston, TX). The foundation supports education and research and the site contains mission text, recent grantees, and downloadable grant application and reporting forms.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
An established education or education‑research organization (university lab, research partner, or proven program in basic education) with measurable outcomes and capacity for M&E or government partnership.
Good Fit
- • Work clearly focused on education or education research.
- • Strong monitoring, evaluation, or research components (e.g., partnership with a research lab or J‑PAL style project).
- • Capacity to manage mid‑ to large‑sized awards (five‑ to six‑figure grants).
- • Willingness to follow reporting forms and application process provided on the foundation website.
- • Existing or potential institutional relationship (foundation has many repeat grantees).
Geography
Observed grants span multiple U.S. states and include international recipients (latest year grants reached seven states and included India/Pakistan), and the majority of dollars historically go to out‑of‑state partners rather than only to the Texas base.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 17 distinct grantees and across three years the foundation funded 17–21 recipients annually, including universities, research institutes, NGOs, and schools, indicating a broad mix of independent recipients even though a few large awards drive dollar concentration.
New Applicants
A public application process is documented on the website with email submission instructions, and the observed history includes new grantees each year (8 new in 2023; 4 new in 2024), so unfamiliar applicants have a clear route and have in fact entered the portfolio; selection still appears competitive and larger dollars tend to go to repeat partners.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
