Texas · Nonprofit
HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC
HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being McNeill Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $160M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $2.4B
What Houston Endowment Inc does
Programs
Research, evaluation, and media campaigns to increase naturalization rates of lawful permanent residents in Greater Houston.
$2,962,125 spentResearch, evaluations, and media campaigns to increase electoral participation among registered voters in Greater Houston.
$2,099,750 spentTechnical assistance and capacity building for grantees and initiatives, including data and evaluation capacity building for key partners.
$937,359 spentResearch and evaluation relating to education portfolio, including an education strategic assessment and an evaluation of mutually beneficial partnerships to advance teacher preparation.
$761,372 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $1.4B to $2.7B (+91%).
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 ENDOWMENT INC’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 ENDOWMENT INC'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.
Against its field
HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC is better cushioned than half of the 153 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 153 philanthropy nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Organizations like HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC
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.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC?
- HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being McNeill Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC.
- Who is the largest funder of HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC?
- McNeill Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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