Funding search · EIN 237160400 · Houston, TX

Greater Houston Community Foundation

Name: Greater Houston Community Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

5,612
grants reported: $873.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,225
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

human services educational religion benefit public health arts

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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.

Where the money goes

Houston-area private and religious K-12 schools
Christian ministry, churches, and faith-based outreach
Houston health institutions: MD Anderson, Baylor, Texas Children's, Methodist
Human services safety net in greater Houston: food, shelter, family support
Texas land conservation and animal welfare
Houston arts institutions: museums, opera, ballet, Jones Hall

Typical grant

Median grant is $20,225, with the middle half between $10,000 and $60,250. The seven and eight figure checks go to donor-advised transfers, university foundations, and elite Houston private schools like St. John's and Kinkaid; the small ones spread across thousands of local nonprofits and churches. With 5,612 grants to 3,523 recipients over three years, most organizations show up more than once, so repeat giving is the norm.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“EDUCATIONAL”
“PUBLIC BENEFIT”
“HUMAN SERVICES”
“RELIGION”
“ENVIRONMENTAL”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to a Houston institution already funded here: MD Anderson, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's, Rice-area partners.
Ask in the $10,000 to $60,000 band for a first grant unless a named donor is already behind you.
For health work, mirror their funded mix: Alzheimer's, mental health, maternal and community health delivery.
Identify the individual donor-advised fundholder whose interests match; the Foundation itself is the conduit, not the decider.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation moving donor-advised funds, so 'the funder' is really hundreds of separate donors and giving follows their personal relationships, not a published strategy. Texas takes 3,090 of 3,523 recipients and Houston dominates within that, with a heavy tilt toward Christian and Jewish institutions and private schools.

4 grants matching “chefs” · $210,283

$136,483
Mercy Chefs · Portsmouth, VA · 2024
Human services
$30,000
Mercy Chefs · Portsmouth, VA · 2023
Human services
$8,800
10 Chefs · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Public benefit
$35,000
Mercy Chefs · Portsmouth, VA · 2022
Human services

Top recipients

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

Wood Next Philanthropies1 grant · $170.0M
National Christian Charitable Foundation3 grants · $46.1M
Texas a&M Foundation3 grants · $27.0M
Schwab Charitable Fund2 grants · $21.4M
Alaska Community Foundation3 grants · $16.7M
University of Pittsburgh1 grant · $14.4M
Methodist Hospital Foundation3 grants · $10.1M
Young Life3 grants · $9.7M
United Way of Greater Houston3 grants · $9.6M
Impact Investing Charitable Foundation2 grants · $9.1M

Giving over time

$437.4M

2022

$204.0M

2023

$232.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 5,612 grants.

$170.0M
Wood Next Philanthropies · Houston, TX · 2022
Public benefit
$20.0M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022
Public benefit
$19.9M
National Christian Charitable Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
Public benefit
$16.5M
Alaska Community Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Public benefit
$16.1M
National Christian Charitable Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2022
Public benefit
$14.4M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Educational
$10.0M
National Christian Charitable Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
Public benefit
$9.3M
Texas a&M Foundation · College Station, TX · 2023
Educational
$9.0M
Texas a&M Foundation · College Station, TX · 2024
Educational
$8.8M
National Christian Foundation Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Public benefit
$8.7M
Texas a&M Foundation · College Station, TX · 2022
Educational
$8.6M
Young Life · Houston, TX · 2023
Human services
$7.5M
Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Health
$7.1M
St Johns School · Houston, TX · 2024
Educational
$7.0M
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
Environmental
$6.7M
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · Purchase, NY · 2024
Public benefit
$6.0M
Young Life Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Human services
$6.0M
United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Public benefit
$5.5M
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Public benefit
$5.1M
Impact Investing Charitable Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Public benefit
$4.6M
Alpha USA · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
Religion
$4.1M
Impact Investing Charitable Foundation · Lexena, KS · 2024
Public benefit
$3.9M
Hughen Center · Port Arthur, TX · 2024
Human services
$3.3M
The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2024
Educational
$3.3M
The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Health
$3.2M
Brooklyn Org · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Public benefit
$3.2M
Carolina Creek Christian Camp · Riverside, TX · 2022
Religion
$3.0M
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorders Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Health
$3.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2022
Public benefit
$3.0M
Friends of Raising the Village Incorporated · Astoria, NY · 2024
Public benefit
$3.0M
Pulse Outreach · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Religion
$3.0M
Rupani Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Public benefit
$2.8M
Pulse Outreach · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Religion
$2.7M
The Irvin M Shlenker School of Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2024
Educational
$2.7M
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Educational
$2.6M
International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2024
International
$2.5M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
Public benefit
$2.5M
The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2023
Educational
$2.4M
Hope Media Group · Houston, TX · 2022
Religion
$2.3M
Beatrice Mayes Institute · Houston, TX · 2024
Educational
$2.2M
The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Health
$2.1M
Hope Media Group · Humble, TX · 2024
Public benefit
$2.0M
Hope Media Group · Humble, TX · 2023
Religion
$2.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Public benefit
$2.0M
The Beta Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Educational
$2.0M
The Foundation for Jones Hall · Houston, TX · 2024
Arts
$2.0M
Glorieta 2-0 · Glorieta, NM · 2023
Religion
$2.0M
Glorieta 2-0 · Glorieta, NM · 2022
Religion
$1.9M
United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Public benefit
$1.8M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Educational
$1.8M
Paragon Institute of Innovation · North Hollywood, CA · 2022
Public benefit
$1.8M
Texas Agricultural Land Trust · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Environmental
$1.7M
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorders Association · Houston, TX · 2023
Health
$1.7M
United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Public benefit
$1.7M
The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2022
Educational
$1.7M
Hill Country Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2024
Environmental
$1.6M
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022
Health
$1.6M
College of Biblical Studies - Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Educational
$1.6M
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Arts
$1.5M
Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Health
$1.5M
Alpha USA · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
Religion
$1.5M
Tejano Center for Community Concerns · Houston, TX · 2023
Human services
$1.5M
Pulse Outreach · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Religion
$1.5M
Jacaranda Health · Durham, NC · 2023
Health
$1.5M
American Cancer Society · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Health
$1.4M
Memorial Assistance Ministries · Houston, TX · 2023
Human services
$1.4M
Covenant House Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
Human services
$1.4M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Health
$1.4M
Reach Institute for School Leadership · Oakland, CA · 2022
Educational
$1.3M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023
Public benefit
$1.3M
Memorial Assistance Ministries · Houston, TX · 2024
Human services
$1.3M
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2023
Public benefit
$1.3M
The Emery-Weiner Center for Jewish Education · Houston, TX · 2024
Educational
$1.3M
Ymca of the Greater Houston Area · Houston, TX · 2023
Human services
$1.3M
Houston Classical · Houston, TX · 2022
Educational
$1.3M
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Educational
$1.3M
First Baptist Church of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Religion
$1.3M
The Salvation Army · Houston, TX · 2024
Human services
$1.3M
Fuller Theological Seminary · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Educational
$1.3M
Fuller Theological Seminary · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Educational
$1.3M
Fuller Theological Seminary · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Educational
$1.2M
Carolina Creek Christian Camp · Riverside, TX · 2023
Religion
$1.2M
Creative Minds Care · Studio City, CA · 2022
Arts
$1.2M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Public benefit
$1.2M
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Public benefit
$1.2M
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Educational
$1.2M
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
Health
$1.1M
The New York Womens Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Public benefit
$1.1M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Public benefit
$1.1M
Freedom Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
International
$1.1M
Gunnison Valley Health Foundation · Gunnison, CO · 2024
Health
$1.1M
Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Health
$1.1M
Star of Hope Mission · Houston, TX · 2022
Human services
$1.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Public benefit
$1.0M
Mental Health America of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Health
$1.0M
The Pine Lodge Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Public benefit
$1.0M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Educational
$1.0M
Parkway Fellowship · Richmond, TX · 2024
Religion
$1.0M
Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2023
Arts
$1.0M
Letourneau University · Longview, TX · 2024
Educational

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.