Funding search · EIN 208483773 · Houston, TX

Gordon a Cain Foundation

Name: Gordon a Cain 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.

141
grants reported: $6.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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

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.

Top recipients

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

National Infantry Foundation3 grants · $2.3M
Museum of Fine Arts Houston3 grants · $789,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science3 grants · $711,000
Alley Theatre2 grants · $590,000
St Matthew'S Parish School3 grants · $245,000
Media Research Center3 grants · $225,000
Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research3 grants · $130,000
American Heritage Education Society3 grants · $110,000
Project 8p3 grants · $110,000
Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas3 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$2.5M

2023

$2.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 141 grants.

$1.1M
National Infantry Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1.1M
National Infantry Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$475,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$450,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$305,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$285,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$203,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$201,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$180,000
St Matthew'S Parish School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$136,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Media Research Center · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
National Infantry Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$78,000
Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$75,000
Media Research Center · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research · Dallas, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Media Research Center · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$45,000
American Heritage Education Society · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$45,000
Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$45,000
Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research · Dallas, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$45,000
St Matthew'S Parish School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
American Heritage Education Society · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
Project 8p · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Grandfather Community Foundation · Linville, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
National Rifle Assocation of America · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Project 8p · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
National Rifle Assocation of America · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$35,000
Project 8p · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$35,000
Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research · Dallas, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
UCLA Lab School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Uso - Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Uso - Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
American Heritage Education Society · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
National Rifle Assocation of America · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Uso - Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Holocaust Museum of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Menninger Clinic · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Star of Hope · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
UCLA Children'S Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Star of Hope · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
UCLA Children'S Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
St Matthew'S Parish School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$16,000
San Jacinto Museum of History · La Porte, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Child Advocates · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Citizens Against Government Waste · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
National Center for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
National Legal and Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Texans for Lawsuit Reform · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Child Advocates · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Citizens Against Government Waste · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Holocaust Museum of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Houston Area Women'S Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
National Center for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
National Legal and Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Texans for Lawsuit Reform · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
The Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Child Advocates · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Citizens Against Government Waste · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Houston Area Women'S Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
National Center for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Star of Hope · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
UCLA Children'S Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Camp Allen · Navasota, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Discovery Green · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Hope and Healing Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Inevitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Linville Volunteer Fire Department · Linville, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Battleship Texas Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Discovery Green · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Friends of the Children Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Menninger Clinic · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
San Jacinto Museum of History · La Porte, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Buffalo Bayou Partnership · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Discovery Green · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Holocaust Museum of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Hope and Healing Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
National Legal and Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,000
Sight Into Sound · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Sight Into Sound · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,000
Crime Stoppers of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted

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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.