Funding search · EIN 237065248 · Houston, TX

The Sarofim Foundation

Name: The Sarofim Foundation grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

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 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

gala ball arts auction available baron benefit cattle

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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.

1 grant matching “glassell” · $25,000

$25,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2021
Glassell school of art - program supported by 2022 benefit and auction

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

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.