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 20212023. 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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  • 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

$16.4M
2021
$15.9M
2022
$23.7M
2023

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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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.