Texas · Private foundation
John R Eckel Jr Foundation
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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations John R Eckel Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 20 | $1.2M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $1.3M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.7M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $1.2M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.8M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $1.5M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $1.4M | 8% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $4,942,460 | 8 | 1% |
| Menil Foundation Inc | $3,469,771 | 8 | 4% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $1,175,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lawndale Art & Performance Center | $410,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Project Row Houses | $330,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The Orange Show Foundation | $275,000 | 8 | 4% |
| The New Group Inc | $225,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | $150,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc | $107,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($570k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John R Eckel Jr Foundation 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: The Brown Foundation Inc · Houston Endowment Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston Arts Alliance · John P McGovern Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Oshman Foundation · Anchorage Foundation of Texas · The Wortham Foundation Inc · The Susan Vaughan Foundation Inc · The Cullen Foundation
How this is measured
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About John R Eckel Jr Foundation
- How much does John R Eckel Jr Foundation give?
- John R Eckel Jr Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $1,204,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does John R Eckel Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (84%), Education (8%), Employment (3%).
- Who are John R Eckel Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($4.9M), Menil Foundation Inc ($3.5M), Whitney Museum of American Art ($1.2M).
- Does John R Eckel Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John R Eckel Jr Foundation 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 John R Eckel Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Brown Foundation Inc, Houston Endowment Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation.
- Where is John R Eckel Jr Foundation based?
- John R Eckel Jr Foundation is based in TX.
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