Texas · Private foundation
Houston Saengerbund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $7k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Houston Saengerbund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $26k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $22k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $16k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $40k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Grand Opera Association Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| First Evangelical Lutheran Church | $21,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ars Lyrica Houston | $12,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Houston Brass Quintet Inc | $12,350 | 5 | n/a |
| American Association of Teachers of Germaninc | $8,775 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston Choral Society | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Beethoven Maennerchor Inc | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Magnolia City Brass Band | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| River Oaks Chamber Orchestra | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Grand Opera Association Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| First Evangelical Lutheran Church | $21,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ars Lyrica Houston | $12,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Houston Brass Quintet Inc | $12,350 | 5 | n/a |
| American Association of Teachers of Germaninc | $8,775 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston Choral Society | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Beethoven Maennerchor Inc | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Magnolia City Brass Band | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| River Oaks Chamber Orchestra | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Chamber Choir | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bach Society Houston | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas German Society | $1,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Bellville Turnverein Pavilion Restoration Project | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Houston Early Music Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopera | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Opera in the Heights | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Song Initiative | $600 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Houston Saengerbund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Houston Arts Alliance · The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts · Shell USA Company Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Rinehart Family Foundation · Alice Taylor Gray Foundation Acct #G02992 · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Houston Saengerbund
- How much does Houston Saengerbund give?
- Houston Saengerbund reported 4 grants totaling $6,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Houston Saengerbund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (72%), Religion (14%), Education (10%).
- Who are Houston Saengerbund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ($23k), First Evangelical Lutheran Church ($22k), Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc ($15k).
- Does Houston Saengerbund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Houston Saengerbund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Houston Saengerbund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Houston Arts Alliance, The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, Shell USA Company Foundation.
- Where is Houston Saengerbund based?
- Houston Saengerbund is based in TX.
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