Funding search · EIN 766122587 · Houston, TX

The Alkek and Williams Foundation

Name: The Alkek and Williams Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

115
grants reported: $3.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,500
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Houston Ballet Foundation3 grants · $1.5M
Houston Grand Opera3 grants · $677,500
Houston Symphony Society1 grant · $290,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston1 grant · $167,000
Unicef USA3 grants · $160,500
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston2 grants · $123,000
Theatre Under the Stars3 grants · $117,650
Alley Theatre3 grants · $95,000
Greater Houston Women'S Chamber of Commerce2 grants · $57,000
Houston Children'S Charity3 grants · $54,600

Giving over time

$1.4M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 115 grants.

$500,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$500,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$500,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$312,500
Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$290,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$200,000
Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$167,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$165,000
Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$100,000
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$63,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$60,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$53,825
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$42,500
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$35,500
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$35,000
Greater Houston Women'S Chamber of Commerce · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$33,825
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$30,000
Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$30,000
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$27,500
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Performing Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Performing Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Houston Children'S Charity · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Teach (To Educate All Children) · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$24,600
Houston Children'S Charity · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$24,000
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$22,000
Greater Houston Women'S Chamber of Commerce · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Gaston Lenotre Scholarship · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$13,500
Gaston Lenotre Culinary Endowment and Scholarship · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Avenue 360 Health and Wellness · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Knowautism Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$7,500
Hobby Center Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$6,000
Memorial Hermann Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Charitable Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$6,000
Society for the Performing Arts · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$6,000
The Hobby Center Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$5,130
The Hobby Center Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Arthritis Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Houston Children'S Charity · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Knowautism Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$5,000
March of Dimes · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Arthritis Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Houston Revision · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Knowautism Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$5,000
University of Houston Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Crime Stoppers of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Houston Freedmen'S Town Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Ut Health · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$3,500
Hermann Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Nora'S Home · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Men of Distinction of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Houston Zoo · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$2,500
The Middle East Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Children at Risk · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Mission of Yahweh · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Pathways for Little Feet · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,500
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,500
Japan-America Society of Houston (Jash) · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,500
The Woman'S Fund · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,500
Men of Distinction of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,500
National Arab Orchestra · Sterling Heights, MI · 2023
Program support
$1,500
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Advocates of a Latino Museum and Visual Arts & Archives Complex in Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Cancare · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Charitable Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Life Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Mission of Yahweh · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,000
River Oaks Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Dress for Success Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
El Centro De Corazon · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Charitable Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
March of Dimes · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Memorial Hermann Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Mission of Yahweh · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
The Texas Heart Institute · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
The Woman'S Fund · Houston, TX · 2023
Program support
$1,000
El Centro De Corazon · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Houston Petset · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Legacy Community Health Services · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Men of Distinction of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Ptsd Foundation of America · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Raleigh Civic Symphony Association · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Program support

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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.