Texas · Nonprofit
HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION
HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,536 to it, the largest being KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF HOUSTON ($10,536). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $155k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $0
What Houston Ear Research Foundation does
Mission
Provide services associated with cochlear implant testing and programming for profoundly deaf children and adults
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Provide services associated with cochlear programming for profoundly deaf children receiving an electronic inner ear prosthesis as well as other hearing-impaired and learning disabled children.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,536 to it, the largest being KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF HOUSTON ($10,536). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,536 in grants to HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF HOUSTON is the largest funder on record, with $10,536 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOUSTON EAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 1 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