Funding search · EIN 746053075 · Houston, TX

John P McGovern Foundation

Name: John P McGovern Foundation grants, 2020–2024
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.

875
grants reported: $45.0M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

luncheon mcgovern scholarship dinner john award scholarships event

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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.

7 grants matching “kickstart” · $305,000

$75,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$90,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
$75,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$15,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$10,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support

Top recipients

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

Ut-Health Science Center Medical School1 grant · $10.0M
University of Houston8 grants · $2.4M
Hermann Park Conservancy5 grants · $2.0M
Houston Zoo1 grant · $1.5M
Children'S Museum1 grant · $1.0M
Houston Museum of Natural Science4 grants · $857,500
The Grand 1894 Opera House2 grants · $600,000
Salvation Army4 grants · $595,000
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science5 grants · $525,000
The Children'S Museum3 grants · $480,000

Giving over time

$7.0M

2020

$8.1M

2022

$6.3M

2023

$23.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 875 grants.

$10.0M
Ut-Health Science Center Medical School · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$2.0M
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Houston Zoo · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Hermann Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Program Support
$535,000
Salvation Army · Galveston, TX · 2022
Program and General Support
$500,000
Hermann Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Dr Jack Train Engine
$339,000
Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library · Houston, TX · 2022
Archivist and Preservation Program Support
$320,000
Hermann Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022
Art Zone/ Reforestation and Tree Care Prorgam
$300,000
The Grand 1894 Opera House · Galveston, TX · 2024
2025 Program Support
$300,000
The Grand 1894 Opera House · Galveston, TX · 2023
Performing Arts Season program support
$300,000
1894 Inc Dba the Grand 1894 Opera House · Galveston, TX · 2022
Program Support
$300,000
The Grand 1894 Opera House · Galveston, TX · 2020
Program support
$290,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$265,000
Houston Council On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$250,000
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$225,000
Houston Council On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse · Houston, TX · 2024
JPM Cntr. for Community Education, Aftercare, Relapse Prevention, and Recovery Support
$225,000
The Council On Recovery · Houston, TX · 2023
JPM Center for Community Education and other program support
$215,000
The Council On Recovery · Houston, TX · 2022
Program Support
$192,000
Covenant House - Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
Program and General Support
$190,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$190,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2022
Program and General Support
$187,500
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$175,000
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
$175,000
Uthsc - Cizik School of Nursing · Houston, TX · 2022
Patricia Starck Scholarship Fund
$160,000
Hermann Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Japanese Garden; Evening in the Park;Hats in the Park Luncheon; Ongoing Reforestation Program
$160,000
The Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$160,000
The Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2023
Free Family Nights support
$160,000
The Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2022
Program and General Support
$160,000
The Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$150,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024
Med. Student Scholarship Matching Fund for the JPMcGovern Scholars
$150,000
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science · Houston, TX · 2024
General Operating Support
$150,000
New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2024
NH Housing - Berry Unit; NH Berry Operational Support
$150,000
New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2024
Funds for New Hope Housing Ave C Housing; NHH Ave C Operational Support
$150,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
2023-24 John P. McGovern Scholars
$150,000
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$150,000
Sigma Xi the Scientific Research Society · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
John P. McGovern Lecture Endowment
$150,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Student Scholarships
$150,000
New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2022
New Savoy Building, Program Support
$150,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2020
Scholarships
$150,000
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$150,000
New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$150,000
Salvation Army · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$150,000
Uthsc-H School of Nursing · Houston, TX · 2020
Scholarships
$125,000
Institute for Behavior & Health · Rockville, MD · 2024
Program Support
$125,000
Institute for Behavior & Health · Rockville, MD · 2023
Annual program support
$125,000
Institute for Behavior & Health · Rockville, MD · 2022
Program Support
$125,000
Institute for Behavior & Health · Rockville, MD · 2020
Program support
$120,000
Houston Public Library Foundation · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$111,500
Houston Zoo · Houston, TX · 2022
Program and General Support
$110,000
Houston Public Library Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
John P. McGovern Spring & Summer Reading Program
$110,000
Houston Public Library Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Summer & Winter Reading programs
$105,000
The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Power of Literacy, Celebration of Reading
$105,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Special Collections or Update Research & Learning Centers
$100,000
Star of Hope Mission · Houston, TX · 2024
Challenge Grant Match met for 2024
$100,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2024
Center for Students in Addiction Recovery JPM Endowment/Scholarship & Fellowships
$100,000
The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
2025 Celebration of Reading
$100,000
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Miller Outdoor Theater · Houston, TX · 2023
2024 Performing Arts season support
$100,000
Star of Hope Mission · Houston, TX · 2023
Challege Grant met for 2023
$100,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2023
John P. McGovern Endowment Scholarship & Fellowship
$100,000
The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
2024 Celebration of Reading support
$100,000
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$100,000
Miller Outdoor Theater · Houston, TX · 2022
Capital Campaign Support
$100,000
Star of Hope Mission · Houston, TX · 2022
Program Support
$100,000
Texas Tech Univ System Inst Advancement · Lubbock, TX · 2022
Medical Humanities Certificate Program
$100,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2022
John P. McGovern Endowed Graduate Fellowship
$100,000
The Jesse Tree · Galveston, TX · 2022
Program Support
$100,000
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2022
Program Support
$100,000
Miller Outdoor Theater · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$100,000
Texas Tech Univ System Inst Advancement · Lubbock, TX · 2020
Program support
$100,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2020
Endowment
$100,000
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$96,000
Covenant House - Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$96,000
Covenant House - Texas · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$95,000
Nehemiah Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Program and General Support
$90,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$85,000
American Society of Addiction Medicine · Rockville, MD · 2024
Program support for Book Publication
$85,000
The Menil Collection · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
$80,000
Community Family Centers · Houston, TX · 2024
Parenting classes, recreation, after-school & summer camps, and the STEM student programs
$80,000
Community Family Centers · Houston, TX · 2023
J. P. McGovern Community and Sports Recreation Facility
$80,000
Community Family Centers · Houston, TX · 2022
Program Support
$80,000
Community Family Centers · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$75,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$75,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$75,000
The Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024
Symphony Ball; Music Matters! Educational and Community Engagement initiative
$75,000
The Nehemiah Neighborhood Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support (2024-2025)
$75,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
2024 Reimagining Libraries Master Plan Phase 1
$75,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$75,000
The Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2023
Educational & community engagement programs
$75,000
The Nehemiah Neighborhood Center · 2023
Program support
$75,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
2023 - 2024 Academic year support for the library and other program support
$75,000
The Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2022
Program and General Support
$75,000
Kickstart · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$75,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$75,000
The Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$75,000
The Nehemiah Neighborhood Center · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$75,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2020
Program support
$70,000
Presbyterian Children'S Homes & Services · Austin, TX · 2024
2024 John P. McGovern Social Worker/support; Houston Luncheon
$70,000
Presbyterian Children'S Homes & Services · Austin, TX · 2023
John P. McGovern Social Worker and 2023 Luncheon

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