Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Family and education - the rcf family economic security & education team supports over 200 schools and non-profit organizations predominantly in the area of early childhood education, parent education, family economic security, collective impact, college and career readiness, new school creation and school transformation. The majority of family economic security & education funding goes to the fort worth-dallas metropolitan area with a few grants going to national organizations.

Medical research - the rcf medical research team primarily supports the tau consortium. The mission of the tau consortium is to leverage the brightest minds in academia to understand the causes of a class of neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies. The program includes oversight and management of annual tau consortium giving which consists of over 100 grants in 2022. In 2022 the consortium held a summer gathering where researchers presented the findings of their research and collaborated on future work, and a drug discovery workshop. Also in 2022 rcf engaged a consultant to assist the team in understanding the landscape of primary tauopathy-specific disease biomarkers to guide future program contribution decisions.

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