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ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON
ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,857,383 to it, the largest being HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC ($760,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston does
Mission
Our mission is to introduce universal values of truth, nonviolence, love and service to every child in and around houston metropolitan area through study of leaders of peace such as mahatma gandhi, dr. Martin luther king, jr. And others.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The entity is in the process of building the eternal gandhi multimedia museum. The exhibits at the museum are a gift to mgl from birla family of india. Houston will be the first and only city in the united states to host it as a permanent exhibit. The houston museum will be a phenomenal educational resource and civic asset for the community, especially for children, and will present gandhian values in a fun and game-centric manner. The museum will present the historical events of gandhis life as well as spectrum of information technology, inspired by gandhian thought.
$113,797 spent87% of program spending1000 lights for peace is celebrated each year on sunday following birthday of mahatma gandhi, october 2nd, as culmination of mahatma gandhi week. Activities during mahatma gandhi week have included the airing of a force more powerful by kuht, ch 8 (public tv), the painting and dedication of the gandhi mural by hcc students in dupree park featuring several nobel peace prize winners, a traveling exhibit titled gandhi darshan, glimpses of gandhi, (displayed at area libraries, schools and churches), field trips for children, storytelling sessions by professional storytellers from houston storytellers guild, a city wide poster, multimedia, essay and speech contest for middle and high school students and numerous other activities.
$16,748 spent13% of program spendingFor the past 5 years unity of houston has been hosting this event to commemorate the passing away of this "great soul-mahatma" on a saturday, following death anniversary on january 30th. Unity of houston along with mgl pay tribute to mahatma gandhi. Many other organizations such as arya samaj greater houston, interfaith ministry of greater houston, chinmaya mission, barahamakumaris and other have participated in the program.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,545.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $3.8M to $8.2M (+116%).
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: 2022 35% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $48k → $674k.
10 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 99% · 2019 75% · 2020 76% · 2021 89% · 2022 61% · 2023 39% — 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
25% of ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
61% of ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.1M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON
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
7% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON?
- ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,857,383 to it, the largest being HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC ($760,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $2,857,383 in grants to ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON?
- HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $760,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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