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Houston Endowment Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$100M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
355
Grants FY2024
182
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$125,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000,000
Organizations funded a year
182 to 537
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
18
Total assets, FY2024
$2.5B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Houston Endowment Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving216$87M13%
FY2023182$102M21%
FY2022332$92M39%
FY2021296$72M28%
FY2020300$79M23%
FY2019318$65M26%
FY2018537$75Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$200MArts & Culture$78MPhilanthropy$51MPublic Benefit$45MHuman Services$33MCommunity Improvement$29MHousing & Shelter$28MEnvironment$27MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Good Reason Houston Inc$29,562,382771%
Houston Independent School District Foundation$19,654,200741%
William Marsh Rice University$15,593,53170%
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County$15,033,000341%
Houston in Action Network$11,748,000390%
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$11,118,00062%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$10,523,333645%
Equitable Facilities Fund Inc$10,100,00036%
United Way of Greater Houston$10,027,30075%
Harris County$9,055,0004n/a
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All grantees of Houston Endowment Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Good Reason Houston Inc$29,562,382771%
Houston Independent School District Foundation$19,654,200741%
William Marsh Rice University$15,593,53170%
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County$15,033,000341%
Houston in Action Network$11,748,000390%
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$11,118,00062%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$10,523,333645%
Equitable Facilities Fund Inc$10,100,00036%
United Way of Greater Houston$10,027,30075%
Harris County$9,055,0004n/a
Aldine Independent School District$7,598,5006n/a
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc$7,565,000384%
Blueprint$7,000,000325%
Houston Parks Board$6,838,200614%
Texas Southern University Foundatio$6,838,185543%
Houston Arts Alliance$6,765,70079%
Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab$6,600,200740%
Spark$6,275,400745%
Houston Zoo Inc$5,157,40055%
Harmony Public Schools$5,000,00031%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$4,700,00041%
Trees For Houston$4,525,000584%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston$4,200,20072%
IDEA Public Schools$4,000,00021%
KIPP Texas Inc$3,913,00041%
Search Homeless Services$3,905,0006n/a
Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc$3,761,000432%
Houston in Action$3,759,476452%
Project Row Houses$3,750,300733%
Children's Assessment Center Foundation$3,604,260420%
Hermann Park Conservancy$3,523,000535%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$3,299,2005n/a
EMERGE Fellowship$3,245,200521%
Discovery Green Conservancy$3,116,650522%
Rothko Chapel$3,108,100734%
BakerRipley$3,019,00070%
Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council$2,975,000522%
Link Houston$2,956,150498%
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$2,903,32074%
Alley Theatre$2,820,00046%
Collective Action for Youth$2,715,000370%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$2,680,00073%
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston$2,560,000718%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$2,550,400323%
Latinos for Education Inc$2,500,000714%
The Foundation for Jones Hall$2,500,000135%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$2,420,00051%
Texas Tribune Inc$2,362,00077%
Collaborative for Children$2,300,000710%
Stages$2,245,000710%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$2,180,00031%
The Election Center$2,165,000230%
Emancipation Park Conservancy$2,051,000548%
National Center for Grow Your Own$2,025,000340%
Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Inc$2,022,000482%
Combined Arms$1,980,000634%
City of Houston$1,931,4686n/a
Public Private Strategies Institute$1,912,000219%
Mid-America Arts Alliance$1,910,000318%
Brazosport Independent School District$1,900,0002n/a
Arts Connect Houston$1,800,000351%
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area$1,744,59671%
The Beacon of Downtown Houston$1,710,000618%
My Connect Community$1,693,500728%
Texas Immigration Law Council$1,675,000143%
Depelchin Children's Center$1,650,00053%
Houston Museum of African American Culture$1,649,700759%
National Partnership for New Americans$1,620,000217%
The Ensemble Theatre$1,611,818734%
Emgage Foundation Inc$1,610,000534%
Air Alliance Houston$1,601,000375%
Lone Star Legal Aid$1,595,00033%
The Alliance Collaboration$1,567,0001n/a
Pro Bono Net Inc$1,500,000310%
United States Veterans Initiative$1,500,00061%
Texas Charter Schools Association$1,491,00056%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$1,471,49070%
Holocaust Museum Houston$1,464,50077%
Houston Health Foundation$1,407,770425%
Withmerci Foundation$1,385,400294%
The Holdsworth Center$1,355,00053%
Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation$1,350,00038%
Coastal Prairie Conservancy$1,345,000312%
Chinese Community Center Inc$1,310,00077%
The Beta Foundation$1,300,00027%
Avenue Community Development Corporation$1,275,00046%
Fort Bend County Women's Center Inc Sos/Shelter-Outreach-Solutions$1,275,000415%
Asia Society Texas Center$1,256,33375%
Wonderland Educational Estate Dba Beatrice Mayes Institute$1,250,000212%
Teach Plus Inc$1,250,00043%
Education Pioneers$1,220,00048%
TEACHorg Inc$1,210,00049%
Johns Hopkins University$1,200,00020%
Texas 2036$1,175,00066%
Dance Source Houston$1,170,000780%
Texas Cultural Trust Council$1,140,000421%
Fair Elections Center$1,120,000312%
Houston Advanced Research Center$1,105,00046%
Leadership Isd Inc$1,100,000331%
Teacher Prep Inspection-Us Inc$1,100,000212%
Lawndale Art & Performance Center$1,086,500744%
First3years$1,085,000428%
The Education Foundation of Harris Cnty$1,079,500553%
Casa Mateo$1,075,000156%
Legacy Community Health Services Inc$1,071,00021%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$1,065,00065%
ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc$1,050,200411%
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc$1,008,90065%
Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc$1,000,200221%
San Jacinto Community College Foundation Inc$1,000,000214%
Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc$980,000210%
National Wildlife Federation$975,35431%
Boat People Sos Inc$975,000723%
Texas Impact Education Fund$975,000260%
Alliance for Justice$975,00054%
Fotofest Inc$961,500622%
iEDUCATE$950,000244%
Houston Public Media Foundation$944,86044%
National Immigration Forum$940,00075%
Center for African American Militar History$925,000228%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc$925,00026%
Writers in the Schools$914,700711%
Galveston Historical Foundation$910,00074%
BikeHouston Inc$900,000474%
Environmental Integrity Project$895,000312%
San Francisco Study Center Inc$885,00033%
Emc Arts Inc$884,870354%
Disability Rights Texas$863,57022%
Main Street Theater Houston$854,000711%
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc$850,00066%
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc$846,00052%
Houston Area Women's Center$830,30043%
Performing Arts Houston$830,00074%
EQTX Equality Texas Foundation$826,000416%
Bonding Against Adversity Inc$825,000339%
The Orange Show Foundation$812,500717%
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science$785,00076%
Houston Public Library Foundation$780,000354%
The Center for the Arts$761,000317%
Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston$760,000256%
American Immigration Council$755,00024%
The Education Trust Inc$750,00013%
Dallas College Foundation Inc$740,00043%
West Street Recovery$735,000322%
United We Dream Network Inc$700,00072%
Child Advocates Inc$700,00035%
Justice For All Immigrants$695,000714%
Texas Association of Museums$684,500291%
Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc$682,50079%
Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana$675,0003n/a
Diverseworks Inc$657,500728%
Common Cause Education Fund$650,00033%
The Immunization Partnership$650,000418%
Tntp Inc$633,57850%
Inprint Inc$630,35079%
Glasstire$630,000748%
The Network of Behavioral Health Providers Inc$625,000494%
Texas Health and Environment Alliance Inc$615,000360%
Da Camera Society of Texas$608,20075%
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft$607,50078%
Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Inc$607,500449%
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra$607,50077%
Daya Inc$600,330514%
Instruction Partners$600,00022%
Art League of Houston$600,000713%
Healthy Gulf$600,000324%
Houston Coalition Against Hate$600,000292%
Teach for America Inc$579,20040%
Pure Justice$575,000248%
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc$573,00022%
Houston Housing Finance Corporation$565,0001n/a
Catastrophic Theatre Inc$563,000723%
Upwardly Global$550,00031%
Common Defense Education Fund Inc$550,000216%
Bayou Land Conservancy$550,000327%
The Houston Audubon Society$550,000319%
North Harris Montgomery Community College District$550,00016%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$550,00042%
Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project$535,000310%
Voteriders$525,00035%
Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Houston$525,000217%
Prounitas Inc$522,200513%
Memorial Assistance Ministries$515,00051%
Miller Theatre Advisory Board Inc$510,00055%
Spacetaker$507,500336%
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center$500,70053%
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans$500,00012%
Central Houston Civic Improvement Inc$500,000219%
Edison Arts Foundation Inc$500,000138%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$500,00022%
Texas Association of Community Development Corp$500,000142%
Mi Familia Vota$500,000112%
Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy Inc$500,000272%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$500,00060%
Cities Forward Inc$500,00018%
Aurora Picture Show$489,500746%
Texas Center for Justice and Equity$488,000420%
Houston Community College Foundation$480,00016%
MATCH Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston$475,000215%
Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuge S$475,000242%
Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc$475,000212%
FuelEd Schools Inc$475,000313%
Bayou City Waterkeeper Inc$475,000469%
Dance of Asian America$471,000770%
Houston Center for Photography Inc$467,500518%
A Healthier Democracy Inc$467,00027%
Kind Inc$465,00060%
Children At Risk$454,00054%
Families Empowered$450,000414%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$450,00041%
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc$450,00042%
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund$450,00033%
Texas Higher Education Foundation$450,000210%
Healthy Futures of Texas$450,00045%
Nuestra Palabra Latino Writers Having Their Say$450,0001n/a
Church World Service Inc$445,00030%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$432,51510%
Texas Network of Youth Services Inc$425,000411%
Covenant House Texas$424,16753%
Houston Chamber Choir$424,000714%
Ars Lyrica Houston$410,000719%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$405,00032%
Hype Freedom School Inc$400,000236%
Houston Downtown Improvement Inc dba Houston Theater District$400,000265%
East End Improvement Corporation$400,000234%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$400,0003n/a
Connective$400,000116%
Midtown Redevelopment Authority$400,0002n/a
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights$400,00071%
Texas Community College Education Initiative$400,00059%
Houston Museum District Association$400,000274%
Echoing Green Inc$400,00021%
The Houston Food Bank$395,96570%
Texans for the Arts Foundation$385,000289%
Houston Revision$380,000511%
Urban Harvest Inc$380,000313%
CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County Inc$375,00046%
Hope Clinic Inc$355,0001n/a
Tejano Center for Community Concerns Inc$350,00011%
Naleo Educational Fund$350,00022%
Houston Maritime Museum$350,000134%
Texas Partnership for Out of School Time$350,000237%
League of Women Voters of Houston$345,340345%
We the Veterans Foundation$345,00019%
Philanthropy Southwest$330,47575%
Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition$330,000327%
Transgender Law Center$325,00031%
Community Family Centers Inc$325,00018%
Community Preschools Foundation$325,000217%
The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$325,00041%
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$315,00020%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$310,00071%
Houston Area Urban League Inc$305,00033%
Scenic Houston Inc$300,0003n/a
Community Music Center of Houston$300,000178%
Southern Apache Museum Inc$300,0001100%
Houston Symphony Society$300,00011%
Democracy Works Inc$300,00022%
Mi Familia En Accion$300,00014%
Young Invincibles$300,00032%
Center for Civic and Public Policy Improvement$300,00029%
Apollo Chamber Players$297,500717%
The Trust for Public Land$293,47110%
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc$280,00040%
Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc$280,00042%
Avda$275,20043%
Black Alliance for Just Immigration$275,00018%
Nameless Sound$273,000641%
Latino Learning Center Inc$260,000113%
Neighborhood Recovery Communit Development Corp$254,500210%
Emancipation Economic Development Council$251,500246%
Vietnamese Culture & Science Association$250,000174%
Fe y Justicia Worker Center$250,000139%
Independence Heights Redevelopment Council$250,0001n/a
Etoile Academy Inc$250,00018%
Partnership For The Advancement And Immersion Of Refugees$250,000132%
Houston Society for Change$250,0001n/a
Eight Million Stories Inc$250,000134%
Blue Triangle Multicultural$250,000185%
Menil Foundation Inc$250,00011%
Vn Teamwork$250,000118%
Arab American Cultural and Community Center$250,000143%
Thrive With Autism$250,00017%
East Harris County Empowerment Council$250,000110%
India House Inc$250,000225%
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$245,08573%
Texas Land Conservancy$245,000513%
Southern Methodist University$242,50050%
Center for Civic Design Inc$235,00026%
Educationsuperhighway$230,00013%
Resource & Crisis Center of Galveston County Texas$225,00042%
Texans Care For Children Inc$225,000211%
Council on Foundations Inc$215,00070%
Childbuilders$210,000229%
Musiqa$205,600545%
American Journalism Project Inc$205,00021%
Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas$202,50044%
The Center for Election Innovation & Research$200,00012%
United Way of Galveston Inc White$200,000114%
Rockport Art Association Inc$200,00014%
Flight-Path$200,000283%
More Perfect Union$200,00017%
Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia$200,00033%
Relay Graduate School of Education$200,00010%
Cambiar Education$200,00011%
Springboard Collaborative$200,00020%
Children's Defense Fund$200,0002n/a
Jolt Initiative$200,00017%
SD Foundation$200,00012%
Mdrc$200,00010%
An-Nisa Hope Center$200,000112%
Texas Land Trust Council$192,500335%
Lone Star Circle of Care$190,00010%
Texas Children's Hospital$185,00050%
The Aspen Institute Inc$185,00060%
United Against Human Trafficking$185,00039%
University of Florida$185,0002n/a
St John's School$183,50050%
Alliance for Multicultural Community Services$183,0001n/a
FUSE Corps$180,00013%
Shifa Healthcare & Community Services USA Inc$180,000316%
Bridges Across Texas Inc$175,000136%
Usahello$165,00028%
Amaanah Refugee Service$163,33326%
Discoveru$160,05027%
Project Curate$155,000221%
A D Players$155,0001n/a
Civic Heart Community Services$152,00022%
Greater Houston Preservation Alliance Inc$150,400217%
SHAPE Community Center$150,100223%
South Union Community Development Inc South Union CDC$150,000178%
Coalition of Community Organizations$150,000255%
Achieving Community Task Successfully$150,000138%
Unidosus$150,00050%
Human Rights First$150,00030%
Fort Bend County$150,0001n/a
Harris County Department of Education$150,0001n/a
Pilipino American Unity for Progress Inc$150,0001n/a
Monarch Family Services$150,00017%
Donorschooseorg$150,00020%
Communities for Better Health$150,000137%
American Indian Genocide Museum$150,0001n/a
Collegespring Inc$150,00013%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$150,00012%
Community Artists Collective$150,000144%
Culture of Health - Advancing Together$150,000134%
The Urban Enrichment Institute$150,000111%
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center$150,00012%
Measure Austin$150,000112%
Tamina Community Center$150,000148%
Living Hope Wheelchair Association$150,000121%
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice$150,00011%
District Charter Alliance$150,000143%
Northeast Houston Redevelopment Council$150,000168%
Casa of Galveston County$140,00046%
Momentum Education$135,500324%
Texas Conservation Alliance$130,0001n/a
Kids Hope USA$130,00025%
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest$130,0005n/a
Bear Be a Resource for Cps Kids$125,30932%
Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation$125,00014%
50can Inc$125,00020%
Texas Appleseed$125,00017%
San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association$125,00026%
Independent Sector$120,00070%
Baylor College of Medicine$120,00030%
Yellowstone Education Foundation$118,00013%
The Firestarter Group$116,000243%
Boy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council$111,50030%
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter$110,60047%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$107,70070%
Interfaith Carepartners Inc$105,00029%
Theatre Under the Stars Inc$102,56221%
The University of Texas Law School Foundation$102,50050%
Olive Branch-Muslim Family Services$101,667132%
Center for the Healing of Racism$100,000132%
Sunnyside Community Redevelopment$100,000173%
Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park$100,000165%
Convict Leasing and Labor Project$100,0001n/a
Mission Milby Community Development Corporation$100,000149%
Mercy Ships International$100,00010%
Asianpacific American Heritage Association$100,000158%
People Caring for the Community Inc$100,000138%
Houston Classical Inc$100,00015%
Caring for Pasadena Communities$100,0001n/a
Coolxdad Inc$100,0001n/a
Reve Preparatory Inc$100,00015%
Rupani Foundation$100,00014%
Rebuilding Together Houston$100,00031%
New Teacher Center$100,00010%
The Center for Urban Transformation Inc$100,000115%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$100,00010%
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc$100,00012%
Evident Change$100,00011%
Julia C Hester House Inc$100,000116%
Islamic Arts Society$100,000171%
Angel by Nature$100,000117%
Sankofar Research Institute$100,000135%
Harvest Community Development Corporation$100,0001100%
Literacy Volunteers of Fort Bend$85,000112%
Lone Star Flight Museum$82,80051%
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$82,00050%
NextOp Inc$80,10025%
Wye River Group on Healthcare$80,000121%
Houston Youth Symphony$80,00025%
The Kinkaid School Inc$76,02530%
Reach University$75,00010%
Move Texas Civic Fund$75,000113%
Adult Reading Center Inc$75,00029%
The Arc of Harris County$75,0001n/a
The Heritage Society$75,00018%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$69,62561%
Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas dba Every Body TX$65,00010%
The Funders Network Inc$65,00031%
Migration Policy Institute$63,00021%
Candid$60,86460%
Grantmakers in the Arts$60,60071%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$60,00060%
Georgetown University$56,17310%
Iconoclast Artists$55,000214%
The Methodist Hospital Foundation$51,66730%
Texas Evaluation Network TEN$51,0002n/a
Foster Care Advocacy Center$50,30025%
Houston Area Alliance of Black School Educators$50,200123%
Deans for Impact$50,00011%
Texas Christian University$50,00050%
Communities in Schools-Bay Area Inc$50,00012%
Commit2dallas$50,00010%
Urban Community Network$50,000112%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$50,00011%
Raindrop Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Aknew Approach Incorporated$50,000176%
Barrio Dogs Inc$50,000118%
Mufasas Pride Rites of Passage$50,0001n/a
Texas Agricultural Land Trust$50,00014%
Houston Area Association for Bilingual Education$50,0001n/a
Asians Against Domestic Abuse$50,000121%
Baby Cakes and Brunch$50,000114%
The Montrose Center$45,55430%
Texas Education Agency$45,0001n/a
Citizens Environmental Coalition Educational Fund$45,000126%
Open Dance Project Inc$45,00052%
Friends of Mhmra of Harris County$41,6671n/a
Ufcs$40,00016%
KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc$40,00010%
Star of Hope Mission$36,33450%
Memorial Hermann Foundation$35,00030%
Main Street Ministries Houston$35,00012%
Wonderworks$35,000214%
Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc$31,90071%
Center for Houston's Future Inc$30,00012%
Playworks Education Energized$30,00020%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$30,00060%
The George and Barbara Bush Foundation$30,00020%
Franchell Boswell Educational Foundation$30,000331%
Onegoal$30,00010%
Conrad O Johnson Music & Fine Arts Foundation$29,700519%
Children's Museum Inc$28,50020%
Jerusalem Peacebuilders Inc$27,50052%
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation$25,00010%
The Will Erwin Headache Research Foundation$25,00014%
Motorcycle Relief Project$22,50052%
Bo's Place$22,50050%
Bridgeyear$20,00011%
Empower Schools Inc$20,00010%
Breakfree Education$18,00011%
Youth Policy Institute of Iowa$17,00040%
Pflag Houston$16,6661n/a
Chicago Community Foundation$16,6661n/a
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc$16,36020%
Grantmakers in Health$16,00030%
Neighborhood Schools Inc$15,00022%
Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Area$15,00010%
The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia$15,00010%
Bridges to Life$15,00011%
Express Childrens Theatre Express Childrens Theatre$15,0001n/a
Amigos de las Americas$15,00010%
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$14,20040%
Neighbors In Action Inc$12,50021%
The Center for Pursuit$12,50030%
Nora's Gift Foundation Inc$12,33330%
The Rose$12,00040%
The Council on Recovery$11,83350%
Annunciation Orthodox School$10,2001n/a
Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools$10,16630%
Bellville Turnverein Pavilion Restoration Project$10,0001n/a
The East End Chamber of Commerce Foundation$10,000121%
Kids' Meals Inc$10,00020%
Katy Artreach$10,00016%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow$10,00010%
Change Happens CDC$10,00012%
Sky High for Kids Inc$10,00010%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$10,00010%
Tanglewood Foundation$10,000123%
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance$10,00040%
Lord of the Streets Episcopal Church$10,0002n/a
United Negro College Fund Inc$10,00010%
Texas Methodist Foundation$10,0001n/a
Texas Defender Service$10,00011%
Ibn Sina Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation$10,00010%
Greater Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation$10,00016%
New Hope Housing Inc$9,00040%
Houston A Challenge$8,00023%
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity$7,8932n/a
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement$7,50030%
Boule Foundation$7,50010%
The Village Learning Center Inc$6,35440%
Classical Arts Society of Houston$6,00037%
Indiana University Foundation$6,00010%
Friends for Life$5,51540%
Belong Bakery$5,40021%
Washington University$5,00010%
Vita Living Inc$5,00020%
Mission of Yahweh Inc$5,00010%
The Center for Evaluation Innovation Inc$5,00010%
Great Age Movement$5,0001n/a
Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center$5,00010%
Education Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc$5,00010%
Presbyterian School$5,0001n/a
Knowautism Foundation$5,00012%
Contina Impact$5,00020%
Houston Bar Foundation$5,00010%
Thrive School Network$5,00013%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Baldwin Wallace University$5,00010%
Wues Parent Teacher Organization Inc$4,26621%
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc$4,00040%
Caritas of Austin$4,00020%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$4,00020%
Vanderbilt University$3,60050%
Seven Lakes High School Athletic Booster Club$3,50021%
Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Center$3,48420%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$3,40020%
T H Rogers School Parent Teacher Organization$3,10050%
The Periwinkle Foundation$3,03940%
More in Common Inc$3,00010%
St Marks Episcopal School$2,7402n/a
The Howard University$2,68030%
Chinquapin Preparatory School$2,5001n/a
The Brookwood Community Inc$2,25010%
Energy Institute High School PTO$2,00013%
Spina Bifida Association of America$2,00010%
Hispanic Scholarship Fund$2,00010%
Faith in Sobriety Development Corporation$2,00014%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,00010%
Houston International Dance Coalition$2,00011%
The Junior League of Houston Inc$2,00020%
South East Hou Community Dev Corp$2,0001n/a
Friends of West University Parks Fund$1,92011%
Adult and Teen Challenge of Texas$1,20010%
National Veterans Wellness and Healing Center in Angel Fire Inc$1,15020%
Memorial Park Conservancy Inc$1,10820%
Houston Marathon Foundation$1,04020%
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc$1,03210%
Justice Forward$1,00011%
Nia Cultural Center$1,00010%
Chauncy Glover Project$1,0001n/a
Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Letting Everyone Achieve Dreams$1,00010%
St Stephen's Episcopal School$1,00010%
The Dunhuang Foundation Inc$1,00010%
K-9 Angels Rescue$1,00020%
River Oaks Elementary School PTO$90030%
National Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund$85010%
Holland Hall$8002n/a
Houston Civic Symphony Orchestra Inc$8001n/a
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$72010%
Organization for Autism Research$70010%
Doctors for Change$65011%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$55010%
Houston Boychoir Inc$55020%
Williams Syndrome Association Inc$50010%
American Indian College Fund$50010%
Mississippi Center for Justice$50010%
Avondale House Inc$50010%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$45520%
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc$40020%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$40010%
18th Ward$40010%
Jackson Choir Booster Club$3502n/a
Duke University$30010%
Running Start$3001n/a
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids$30010%
American Educational Research Association$27210%
Alliance Financial Ministries Inc$2602n/a
Cynthia Ann Parker Parent-Teacher Organi$22020%
The Release Recovery Foundation Inc$21310%
Yellowstone Forever$20610%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$20010%
Whyy Inc$20010%
Friends of Assam & Seven Sisters$20013%
East Chambers Isd Education Foundation$20010%
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society$20010%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$20010%
Dogtopia Foundation$20010%
University of Richmond$20010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$20010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$20010%
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society$20010%
Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Educaiton$2001n/a
Peace Corps$2001n/a
Philadelphia Stories Inc$20010%
American Festival for the Arts$2001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$15010%
Cullinan Park Conservancy$15010%
Children's Hospital Corporation$12010%
Pillars Fund$11010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$10210%
The She Is a Ceo Foundation$1001n/a
Generation Serve$10010%
National Rosacea Society$10010%
The 19th News$10010%
Fshd Society$10010%
Childhelp Inc$8710%
Americans for the Arts Inc$7510%
American Cancer Society Inc$7010%
Girls on the Run Greater Houston$5010%
Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 349 recipients with no EIN on record ($69M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Houston Endowment Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 109 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGood Reason Houston Inc: $29,562,382 over 7y, 71% of budgetHouston Independent School District Foundation: $19,654,200 over 7y, 41% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $15,593,531 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County: $15,033,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetHouston in Action Network: $11,748,000 over 3y, 90% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $11,118,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $10,523,333 over 6y, 45% of budgetEquitable Facilities Fund Inc: $10,100,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $10,027,300 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetHouston Local Information Initiative Inc: $7,565,000 over 3y, 84% of budgetBlueprint: $7,000,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $6,838,200 over 6y, 14% of budgetTexas Southern University Foundatio: $6,838,185 over 5y, 43% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance: $6,765,700 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetHouston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab: $6,600,200 over 7y, 40% of budgetSpark: $6,275,400 over 7y, 45% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $5,157,400 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetHarmony Public Schools: $5,000,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLocal Initiatives Support Corporation: $4,700,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTrees For Houston: $4,525,000 over 5y, 84% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston: $4,200,200 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $4,000,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $3,913,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMental Health America of Greater Houston Inc: $3,761,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetHouston in Action: $3,759,476 over 4y, 52% of budgetProject Row Houses: $3,750,300 over 7y, 33% of budgetChildren's Assessment Center Foundation: $3,604,260 over 4y, 20% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $3,523,000 over 5y, 35% of budgetEMERGE Fellowship: $3,245,200 over 5y, 21% of budgetDiscovery Green Conservancy: $3,116,650 over 5y, 22% of budgetRothko Chapel: $3,108,100 over 7y, 34% of budgetBakerRipley: $3,019,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHarris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council: $2,975,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetLink Houston: $2,956,150 over 4y, 98% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $2,903,320 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetAlley Theatre: $2,820,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetCollective Action for Youth: $2,715,000 over 3y, 70% of budgetImmigrant Legal Resource Center: $2,680,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetContemporary Arts Museum Houston: $2,560,000 over 7y, 18% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $2,550,400 over 3y, 23% of budgetLatinos for Education Inc: $2,500,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetThe Foundation for Jones Hall: $2,500,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $2,420,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTexas Tribune Inc: $2,362,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetCollaborative for Children: $2,300,000 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetStages: $2,245,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetTexas Tech Foundation Inc: $2,180,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Election Center: $2,165,000 over 2y, 30% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Brown Foundation IncTX182.2× affinity133 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Brown Foundation Inc · The Powell Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Houston Arts Alliance · United Way of Greater Houston · The Elkins Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Strake Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Vivian L Smith Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Houston Endowment Inc

How much does Houston Endowment Inc give?
Houston Endowment Inc reported 355 grants totaling $99,578,383 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 182 and 537 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Houston Endowment Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (13%), Philanthropy (8%).
Who are Houston Endowment Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Good Reason Houston Inc ($30M), Houston Independent School District Foundation ($20M), William Marsh Rice University ($16M).
Does Houston Endowment Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Houston Endowment Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Houston Endowment Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Brown Foundation Inc, The Powell Foundation, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
Where is Houston Endowment Inc based?
Houston Endowment Inc is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 980 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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