Funding search · EIN 741946756 · Houston, TX
Houston Arts Alliance
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 347
- grants reported
- $34.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $41,663
- 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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Top recipients
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- Museum of Fine Arts Houston3 grants · $2.7M
- Houston Ballet Foundation3 grants · $2.3M
- Houston Symphony Society3 grants · $2.3M
- Houston Grand Opera Association3 grants · $2.3M
- Menil Foundation3 grants · $1.9M
- Houston Zoo3 grants · $1.9M
- Childrens Museum3 grants · $1.6M
- Alley Theatre2 grants · $1.4M
- The Houston Museum of Natural Science2 grants · $1.4M
- Theatre Under the Stars2 grants · $1.2M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 347 grants.
- $1.0M
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $978,759
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $839,305
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $819,142
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $814,770
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $790,056
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $771,204
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $755,710
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $745,723
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $736,254
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $734,979
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $730,327
Houston Zoo · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $727,641
The Hobby Center Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $717,690
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $704,263
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $703,582
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $698,249
Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $690,870
The Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $675,413
The Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $664,920
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $630,081
Houston Zoo · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $629,849
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $626,034
Childrens Museum · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $610,992
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $608,772
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $604,815
Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $598,674
Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $595,698
Childrens Museum · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $537,743
Houston Zoo · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $423,416
Childrens Museum · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $137,500
Project Row Houses Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $135,000
Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $128,750
Art League of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $113,750
Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $111,250
American Festival for the Arts · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $110,000
Buffalo Soldier National Museum · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $108,750
Young Audiences Inc of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $108,562
Workshop Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $106,250
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $105,377
Young Audiences of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $105,000
Fotofest · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $102,500
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $101,420
Open Dance Project · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $101,250
Oca-Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $96,250
C G Jung Educational Center of Houston Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $96,250
The Catastrophic Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $91,180
Indo-American Association · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $90,000
Houston Museum of African American Culture · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $90,000
Inprint · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $88,750
Performing Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $86,250
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $86,250
Inprint · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $85,645
Apollo Chamber Players · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $85,000
Inprint · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $82,500
Center African American Military History (Dba Buffalo Soldiers National Mus · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $82,500
Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $82,500
Oca-Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $82,500
Project Row Houses · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $82,500
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $78,125
Shape Community Center · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $77,867
Houston Swing Dance Society · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $76,250
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $76,250
Fotofest · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $75,892
Diverse Works · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Art League of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Cg Jung Educational Center of Houston Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Houston Center for Photography · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Houston Youth Symphony · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Main Street Theater · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Mercury Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Performing Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Stages · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $75,000
The Ensemble Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $73,750
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $72,247
Apollo Chamber Players · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $71,268
Houston Latin American Philharmonic Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $71,250
4th Wall Theatre Company · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $71,250
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $71,071
Hits Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $70,593
Houston Freedmens Town Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $70,128
Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $68,125
Spacetakers Dba Fresh Arts · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $67,734
Diverse Works · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $67,500
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $65,000
Art Colony Association · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $64,969
Art Colony Association · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $64,944
Indo-American Association · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $63,750
Main Street Theater · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $63,077
Ars Lyrica Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
- $62,500
American Festival for the Arts · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $62,500
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $62,500
Diverse Works · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $62,500
Hits Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
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- The Big 12 Conference50 grants · $1.91B
- Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships297 grants · $972.3M
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