Funding search · EIN 200301511 · Houston, TX

Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr

Name: Melza M and Frank Theodore Barr grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

33
grants reported: $6.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “glaucoma” · $3.4M

$1.0M
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2025
Support research on glaucoma, Alzheimer and other neuro-degenerative diseases.
$1.0M
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2024
Support research on glaucoma and other neuro-degenerative diseases.
$800,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2023
Support research on glaucoma and other neuro-degenerative diseases.
$600,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2022
Support research on glaucoma and other neuro-degenerative diseases.

Grant history

All 33 reported grants, largest first.

$1.5M
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Support production of new ballet.
$1.0M
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2025
Support research on glaucoma, Alzheimer and other neuro-degenerative diseases.
$1.0M
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2024
Support research on glaucoma and other neuro-degenerative diseases.
$800,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2023
Support research on glaucoma and other neuro-degenerative diseases.
$600,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2022
Support research on glaucoma and other neuro-degenerative diseases.
$320,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Three Year Post-DOC Fellowship, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences.
$231,075
Crocker Art Museum · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Support for Crocker art collection.
$210,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Two Year Post-DOC Fellowship, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences.
$200,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Two Year Post-DOC Fellowship, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences.
$100,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support Conservation Center Completion Project
$100,000
Uc Davis Foundation · Davis, CA · 2024
Endowment UC Davis Eye Center
$100,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Support of Ballet operations
$50,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Endowment of Leadership Chair,Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences.
$25,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Support Armand Hammer Collection Exhibition.
$20,000
Raptor Trust · Millington, NJ · 2025
Support for education programs & care of injured wild birds.
$20,000
Sustainable Harvest Int'L · Washington, DC · 2025
Support of Central American agricultural programs.
$20,000
Wild Earth Allies · Chevy Chase, MD · 2025
Support for Prey Lang Forrest environmental project, Cambodia.
$20,000
AIDS Resource Foundation for Childr · Newark, NJ · 2024
Support of Children in Families Affected by HIV/AIDS.
$20,000
Raptor Trust · Millington, NJ · 2024
Support for education program & care of injured wild birds.
$20,000
Sustainable Harvest Int'L · Boston, MA · 2024
Support of Central American agricultural programs.
$20,000
Wild Earth Allies · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
Support for Prey Lang Forrest environmental project, Cambodia.
$20,000
AIDS Resource Foundation for Childr · Newark, NJ · 2023
Support of Children in Families Affected by HIV/AIDS.
$20,000
Raptor Trust · Millington, NJ · 2023
Support for education program & care of injured wild birds.
$20,000
Sustainable Harvest Int'L · Boston, MA · 2023
Support of Central American agricultural programs.
$20,000
Wild Earth Allies · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
Support for Prey Lang Forrest environmental project, Cambodia.
$20,000
AIDS Resource Foundation for Childr · Newark, NJ · 2022
Support of Children in Families Affected by HIV/AIDS.
$20,000
Raptor Trust · Millington, NJ · 2022
Support for education program & care of injured wild birds.
$20,000
Sustainable Harvest Int'L · Boston, MA · 2022
Support of Central American agricultural programs.
$20,000
Wild Earth Allies · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
Support for Prey Lang Forrest environmental project, Cambodia.
$10,000
Center for Amazon Community Ecology · Lemoyne, PA · 2025
Support for conservation in the Amazon region.
$10,000
People and Plants International · Bristol, VT · 2025
Support ecology of Nantu Forest Area, Indonesia.
$10,000
The Menil Collection · Houston, TX · 2023
Exhibit Support: Art of the Cameroon Grassfields.
$10,000
Sacha Runa Research Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2022
Support research & medical assistance to Canelos Quichua people of Ecuador.

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