Funding search · EIN 237065248 · Houston, TX

The Sarofim Foundation

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

87
grants reported
$13.5M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. 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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Top recipients

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  • Various Charities Made By Transferee Foundation1 grant · $7.8M
  • Knowledge Arts Foundation Dba Teach1 grant · $1.1M
  • Episcopal High School2 grants · $1.0M
  • The Museum of Fine Arts Houston3 grants · $448,444
  • United Way of Greater Houston1 grant · $375,000
  • Awty International School1 grant · $200,000
  • Houston Grand Opera2 grants · $200,000
  • Alley Theatre1 grant · $175,000
  • Houston Food Bank2 grants · $175,000
  • Contemporary Arts Museum Houston2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$1.9M
2021
$3.6M
2022
$8.0M
2023

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

  • $7.8M

    Various Charities Made By Transferee Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    Gifts made by transferee foundation - the sarofim foundation (fein: 37-2090276) in satisfaction of 2022 undistributed income requirement - details available upon request

  • $1.1M

    Knowledge Arts Foundation Dba Teach · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $810,000

    Episcopal High School · Bellaire, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $375,000

    United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $311,258

    The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    $100,000 for 2022 grand gala ball; remainder general charitable purposes

  • $225,000

    Episcopal High School · Bellaire, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes (2022 gala) 1st payment on $1 million pledge/visual performing arts center

  • $200,000

    Awty International School · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $175,000

    Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    The Menil Collection · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Houston Ballet · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $112,186

    The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Thrive With Autism · The Woodlands, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes (8/1/21-7/31/22 season)

  • $77,000

    Star of Hope Mission · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $75,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $75,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $50,000

    Bellville Hospital Foundation · Bellville, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $50,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $50,000

    Star of Hope Mission · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $50,000

    Texas Children'S Hospital & Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $50,000

    The Beacon Formerly Houston Compass · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $50,000

    University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center · Austin, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $40,000

    Bellville Hospital Foundation · Bellville, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $35,000

    Society of St Vincent De Paul · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $30,000

    Barbara Bush Houston Literacy · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $30,000

    The Beacon Formerly Houston Compass · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Texas Children'S Hospital & Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Christus Foundation for Healthcare · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Emerge Fellowship · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Harris County Hospital District Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    St George'S School · Newport, RI · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Stages Repertory Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    The Chinati Foundation · Marfa, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    University of St Thomas · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Yes Prep · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    Ymca of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    American Cancer Society · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes (2022 cattle baron ball)

  • $25,000

    Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2021

    Program supported by 2022 gala

  • $25,000

    Houston Ballet · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes (2022 nutcracker market)

  • $25,000

    Society of St Vincent De Paul · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    St Michael the Archangel Catholic Church · Houston, TX · 2021

    Roof replacement fund

  • $25,000

    Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes (champion's luncheon)

  • $25,000

    The Chinati Foundation · Marfa, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $25,000

    The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2021

    Glassell school of art - program supported by 2022 benefit and auction

  • $25,000

    Ymca of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $20,000

    Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $20,000

    Susan Smith Blackburn Prize · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    Children'S Museum of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    Depelchin Children'S Center · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    Lighthouse of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    Ut Health · Austin, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    Whitney Museum of American Art · New York City, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    Children'S Museum of Houston · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Texas Heart Institute · Houston, TX · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Angus Foundation · St Joseph, MO · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Boys & Girls Country of Houston · Hockley, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Cristo Rey Jesuit · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    First Steps Montessori School · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Glasstire · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Jamey Rootes Leadership Scholarship Fund · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Junior League of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Texas Heart Institute · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $7,500

    Rienzi · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Hobby Center Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Boys & Girls Country of Houston · Hockley, TX · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Austin County Fair Association · Bellville, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Jamaica Beach Volunteer Fire Dept · Galveston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Orange Show Center for Visionary Arts · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Special Olympics Texas · San Antonio, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    St Thomas High School · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2021

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,625

    Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Houston Bar Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    Bluebonnet Society · Bellville, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.