Funding search · EIN 431698425 · Houston, TX

John R Wright and Eloise Mountain Wright

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

131
grants reported
$3.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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4 grants matching “manuscripts · $60,000

  • $10,000

    Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2022

    General operating fund

Top recipients

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

  • Aldea3 grants · $240,000
  • Iowa State University Foundation6 grants · $240,000
  • Casa Juan Diego4 grants · $230,000
  • Houston Food Bank4 grants · $200,000
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee4 grants · $160,000
  • Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston3 grants · $150,000
  • Houston Area Women'S Center4 grants · $120,000
  • Coralville Community Food Pantry4 grants · $110,000
  • Planned Parenthood Houston4 grants · $110,000
  • Iowa State University3 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$890,000
2022
$800,000
2023
$765,000
2024
$760,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 131 grants.

  • $80,000

    Aldea · New York, NY · 2025

    Abpd program support - guatemala

  • $80,000

    Aldea · New York, NY · 2024

    Support for behrhorst foundation - guatemala

  • $80,000

    Aldea · New York, NY · 2023

    Support for behrhorst foundation - guatemala

  • $80,000

    Aldea Advancing Local Development Through Empowerment and Action · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $75,000

    Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2022

    Civil engineering endowed scholarship fund

  • $60,000

    Casa Juan Diego · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $60,000

    Casa Juan Diego · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $60,000

    Casa Juan Diego · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2025

    Meals on wheels program support

  • $50,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    Meals on wheels greater houston area

  • $50,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    Meals on wheels greater houston area

  • $50,000

    Casa Juan Diego · Houston, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston - Meals On Wheels · Houston, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Rsvp-Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Project · Houston, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $40,000

    Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2025

    Jrw-emw endowed engineering scholarship fund support

  • $40,000

    Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2025

    Jrw civil engineering endowed scholarship fund support

  • $40,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee · Maryville, TN · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $40,000

    Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2024

    Jrw civil engineering endowed scholarship

  • $40,000

    Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2024

    Jrw-emw endowed engineering scholarship

  • $40,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee · Maryville, TN · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $40,000

    Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2023

    Jrw-emw endowed engineering scholarship

  • $40,000

    Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2023

    Jrw civil engineering endowded scholarship

  • $40,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee · Maryville, TN · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $40,000

    Houston Area Women'S Center · Dallas, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $40,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee · Maryville, TN · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Coralville Community Food Pantry · Coralville, IA · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Kids' Meals · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Project · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Coralville Community Food Pantry · Coralville, IA · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Kids' Meals · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Project · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Blinknow Foundation · Mendham, NJ · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Coralville Community Food Pantry · Coralville, IA · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Houston Area Women'S Center · Dallas, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Project · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    Blinknow Foundation · Mendham, NJ · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    Houston Area Women'S Center · Dallas, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    Planned Parenthood Houston · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    Blinknow Foundation · Mendham, NJ · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    Houston Area Women'S Center · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    Planned Parenthood Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Community Foundation of Northern Illinois · Rockford, IL · 2025

    Liam foundation and endownment support

  • $20,000

    Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Rock Valley College Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2025

    Starlight theater support

  • $20,000

    Rockford Rescue Mission · Rockford, IL · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Special Pals Incorporated · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    The Montrose Center · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    The Perfect Neighbor · Westport, CT · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Vietnam Buddhist Center · Sugarland, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Rockford Rescue Mission · Rockford, IL · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Special Pals Incorporated · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    The Montrose Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Vietnamese Buddhist Center · Sugarland, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Kids' Meals · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Rockford Rescue Mission · Rockford, IL · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Special Pals Incorporated · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    The Montrose Center · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Vietnamese Buddhist Center · Sugarland, TX · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Blinknow Foundation · Mendham, NJ · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Coralville Community Food Pantry · Coralville, IA · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Covenant House Texas · Houston, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Daystar University · Bloomington, MN · 2022

    Support the nursing program

  • $20,000

    Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    Luvability Ministries · Niles, MI · 2022

    Support the 2023 summer camp

  • $20,000

    Rockford Rescue Mission · Rockford, IL · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $20,000

    The Montrose Center · Houston, TX · 2022

    Support the senior/shelter programs

  • $20,000

    Vietnamese Buddhist Center · Sugarland, TX · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $15,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $15,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $15,000

    Rock Valley College Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2024

    Starlight theater support

  • $15,000

    University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2024

    Band program support

  • $15,000

    Rock Valley College Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2023

    Starlight theater support

  • $15,000

    Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2022

    Family and consumer sciences undergraduate scholarship

  • $15,000

    Rock Valley College Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2022

    Support the rock valley college starlight theatre

  • $10,000

    First Church United · West Liberty, IA · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Galveston Bay Foundation · Kemah, TX · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Star of Hope · Houston, TX · 2025

    Women's program support

  • $10,000

    Vandercook College of Music Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Scholarship program support

  • $10,000

    West Branch Friends Church · West Branch, IA · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    First Church United · West Liberty, IA · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Galveston Bay Foundation · Kemah, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Star of Hope · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Vandercook College of Music Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Scholarships program support

  • $10,000

    West Branch Friends Church · West Branch, IA · 2024

    General operating fund

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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.