Texas · Nonprofit
ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER
ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER (Texas) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,558,720 to it, the largest being TING TSUNG & WEI FONG CHAO FOUNDATION ($8,528,000). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 87
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $71M
What Asia Society Texas Center does
Mission
Across the fields of performing arts, visual arts, education and outreach, business & policy, astc provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and create a shared future. Astc operates as a separate 501(c)(3) organization and has an affiliate relationship with asia society, a global network.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The performing art and culture department - through dance, food, film, literature, music, and theatre, astc's performing arts and culture programs celebrate the vibrancy of asian cultures through traditional and contemporary arts to engender curiosity, empathy, and a better understanding of our community and the world. Many of these annual offerings are presented in collaboration with some of houston's most prestigious and diverse cultural organizations like miller outdoor theatre, houston ballet, inprint, anjali center for performing arts, houston cinema arts festival, houston grand opera, and more.
$1,764,206 spentof which $58,750 as grants$810,863 earned by the program29% of program spendingThe business and policy department of asia society texas fosters a better understanding of our interconnected world through programming that elevates dialogue and ideas to combat bias and connects houstonians with global business and thought leaders, authors, scholars, diplomats, and policy experts. Our programs are primarily in-person at asia society texas. In fy24-25, we hosted 24 in-person programs and welcomed 3,010 guests. Key b&p programs included discussions on u.s. Foreign policy, including programs looking at both us-korean and us-turkish relations, the careers of dynamic female diplomats, global architecture, healthcare innovations, economic linkages between texas and japan, and diplomatic roundtables with the u.s. Ambassador to vietnam and taiwan's representative to the u.s. This year, we also incorporated a guided tasting of australian wine and a us-japan sister cities sake tasting event. The annual huffington award dinner honored cole chemical president and ceo and longtime houston community leader donna cole. Notable speakers included msnbc journalist ali velshi, world-renowned architect farshid moussavi, nbc news anchor vicky nguyen, new york times bestselling…
$1,272,085 spent$832,353 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe education department lies at the heart of the asia society's mission, focusing on a variety of audiences, including students, adults, families, and communities. Through a balanced programming schedule that includes school tours, art & architecture tours, family programs, language classes, and summer camps, education at the texas center sparks curiosity, builds cross-cultural empathy, and develops global competency. Additionally, the permanent education exhibit, explore asia, provides an interactive experience that immerses guests in asian culture. Our digital learning platform offers engaging web comics for students, comprehensive lesson guides for educators, and professional development opportunities.
$1,679,434 spentof which $2,000 as grants$778,355 earned by the program27% of program spendingThe exhibitions department at asia society texas shares the best visual arts from and about asia with the houston-area community. Through exhibitions and related programs in fy24-25, we featured the work of more than 35 contemporary artists through 5 exhibitions, both from the united states and asia. Our department's programming deepens appreciation for the arts in texas. In fy24-25, the organization also created more than 15 unique programs, including scholarly talks on the legacy of modern ink painter hung hsien, as well as programs about the asian diaspora. Featured artists included hung hsien, xin liu, james clar, and umico niwa.
$1,409,941 spentof which $108,250 as grants$318,940 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,125,666.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $58M to $66M (+13%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 3% · 2021 7% · 2022 5% · 2023 2% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Martyn E Goossen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $2.5M.
12 of 87 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $797k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Houston Arts Alliance). These are real filings, and they are not money ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 87 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 81% · 2019 67% · 2020 72% · 2021 30% · 2022 33% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
41% of ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
95% of ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER?
- ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER (Texas) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,558,720 to it, the largest being TING TSUNG & WEI FONG CHAO FOUNDATION ($8,528,000). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 87 organizations giving $18,558,720 in grants to ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER?
- TING TSUNG & WEI FONG CHAO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,528,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 87 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing