Funding search · EIN 760187329 · Houston, TX
Houston Jewish Community Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 696
- grants reported
- $56.0M
- total given
- 2021–2023
- filing years
- $14,175
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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
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- Jewish Federation of Greater Houston3 grants · $8.8M
- Houston Jewish Family Foundation4 grants · $5.5M
- Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center2 grants · $2.6M
- Alexander Jewish Family Service1 grant · $2.3M
- Jewish Federations of North America3 grants · $1.9M
- American Society for Technion3 grants · $1.8M
- Congregation Emanu El3 grants · $1.7M
- Congregation Beth Israel5 grants · $1.7M
- Jewish Family Service1 grant · $1.5M
- Emery-Weiner Center for Jewish Education1 grant · $1.3M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 696 grants.
- $5.0M
Houston Jewish Family Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $4.5M
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $2.4M
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $2.3M
Alexander Jewish Family Service · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $2.2M
Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $1.9M
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $1.5M
Jewish Family Service · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $1.3M
Emery-Weiner Center for Jewish Education · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $1.2M
Joan & Stanford Alexander Jewish Family Service · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $1.2M
American Society for Technion · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
- $1.1M
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $934,190
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $805,881
Congregation Emanu El · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $735,699
Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $684,562
Congregation Beth Yeshurun · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $575,244
Congregation Emanu El · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $572,930
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
General Support
- $479,762
Friends of Idf Texas Chapter · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
- $478,280
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
- $476,985
Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $456,500
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
- $431,032
Houston Jewish Family Foundation · Houston, TX · 2021
Charitable purposes - see Schedule O
- $414,248
Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $410,100
American Society for Technion · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
- $383,257
Congregation Beth Yeshurun · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $378,115
Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Ctr · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $377,600
Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $364,076
Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $345,016
Congregation Emanu El · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $319,182
Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $318,780
Goldberg Montessori School · Bellaire, TX · 2023
General Support
- $307,980
Hand in Hand-Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel · Portland, OR · 2022
General Support
- $307,630
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
- $287,360
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $282,175
United Orthodox Synagogues · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $278,132
Congregation Brith Shalom · Bellaire, TX · 2022
General Support
- $278,100
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
- $275,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
- $275,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
- $256,518
Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $234,300
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $210,900
American Society for Technion · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $209,364
Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $202,360
Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Edu in Israel · Portland, OR · 2021
General Support
- $201,432
Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $201,300
American Friends of Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
General Support
- $200,000
University of Virginia Health Fndn · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General Support
- $200,000
Austin Child Guidance Center · Austin, TX · 2022
General Support
- $198,529
Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $192,600
Shalom Austin · Austin, TX · 2021
General Support
- $191,608
Emery Weiner Center for Jewish Education · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $187,500
Respectability · Fredericksburg, VA · 2022
General Support
- $187,500
Respectability · Fredericksburg, VA · 2021
General Support
- $175,624
United Orthodox Synagogues · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $172,274
Robert M Beren Academy · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $169,778
Americans for Ben-Gurion University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
- $163,680
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
- $161,539
Robert M Beren Academy · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $157,203
Jewish Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
- $152,804
Congregation Beth Yeshurun · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $150,110
Friends of Idf Texas Chapter · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $149,680
Friends of Idf Texas Chapter · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $142,432
Houston Methodist Hospital Fndn · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $142,000
Trustees of Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2023
General Support
- $140,624
Hand in Hand-Center for Jewish-Arab Education-Israel · Portland, OR · 2023
General Support
- $132,021
Irvin M Shlenker School of Cong Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $129,658
Beth Yeshurun Day School · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $127,000
Tsu Institute for Entrepreneurship & Economic Revitalization · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $123,366
Camp Young Judaea · Bellaire, TX · 2022
General Support
- $121,100
Ajc - American Jewish Committee · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $120,000
Texas Hillel Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
General Support
- $119,486
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $115,484
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $113,500
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
- $108,700
Adl Anti-Defamation League · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $108,549
Houston Hillel · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $108,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $106,504
Mental Health America Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $105,180
Texas Hillel Foundation · Austin, TX · 2021
General Support
- $104,850
Americans for Ben-Gurion University · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
- $104,635
Congregation Brith Shalom · Bellaire, TX · 2023
General Support
- $104,500
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
General Support
- $102,800
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2021
General Support
- $101,000
Unique Places To Save · Sanford, NC · 2023
General Support
- $100,600
Texas Hillel Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
General Support
- $100,000
Planned Parenthood South Texas · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General Support
- $100,000
Camp Ramah - Wisconsin · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Support
- $99,500
Emery Weiner Center for Jewish Education · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $97,450
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $96,484
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $96,460
Adl Anti-Defamation League · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $93,500
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $93,314
Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism · Montvale, NJ · 2023
General Support
- $91,815
Jack Segal Academy of Beth Yeshurun · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $90,050
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2022
General Support
- $87,110
Jewish Community Assoc of Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
General Support
- $86,300
Houston Friendship Circle · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $81,765
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
- $80,600
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
General Support
- $80,000
Auschwitz Institute for Prevention of Genocide · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
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