Funding search · EIN 208483925 · Houston, TX

The Mary H Cain Foundation

Name: The Mary H 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.

58
grants reported: $6.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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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scholarship

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Tirr Foundation3 grants · $1.4M
Houston Methodist Hospital3 grants · $1.1M
St Martin'S Episcopal Church3 grants · $1.1M
Texas Innocence Network3 grants · $410,000
Avery County Schools Education Fund2 grants · $300,000
Health Services District of Kershaw County1 grant · $230,000
Sheldon Independent School District3 grants · $205,000
Tlr Foundation3 grants · $200,000
Amon Carter Museum of American Art2 grants · $200,000
The Goodness Web Foundation3 grants · $175,000

Giving over time

$1.4M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$3.5M

2024

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$850,000
Houston Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$850,000
Tirr Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$450,000
St Martin'S Episcopal Church · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$300,000
St Martin'S Episcopal Church · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$300,000
Tirr Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$300,000
St Martin'S Episcopal Church · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$300,000
Tirr Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$230,000
Health Services District of Kershaw County · Camden, SC · 2024
Unrestricted
$210,000
Texas Innocence Network · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$150,000
Avery County Schools Education Fund · Linville, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$150,000
Avery County Schools Education Fund · Linville, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
$150,000
Houston Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$150,000
Houston Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$150,000
Linville Foundation · Linville, NC · 2022
Scholarship fund
$125,000
Surry Community College Foundation · Dobson, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Amon Carter Museum of American Art · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Tlr Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Amon Carter Museum of American Art · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Texas Innocence Network · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Texas Innocence Network · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$95,000
Sheldon Independent School District · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
The Goodness Web Foundation · Wayland, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
The National Steeplechase Museum · Camden, SC · 2022
Unrestricted
$60,000
Humble Isd Athletics · Humble, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$55,000
Splendora Isd · Splendora, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$55,000
Sheldon Independent School District · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$55,000
Piedmont Land Conservancy · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Unrestricted
$55,000
Sheldon Independent School District · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Neuhaus Education Center · Bellaire, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
The Goodness Web Foundation · Wayland, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Tlr Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
The Goodness Web Foundation · Wayland, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Tlr Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$38,000
Humble Isd · Humble, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$36,000
Humble Isd · Humble, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Institute for the Public Trust · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Splendora Isd · Splendora, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Piedmont Land Conservancy · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Institute for the Public Trust · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Neuhaus Education Center · Bellaire, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Neuhaus Education Center · Bellaire, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$19,000
Atascocita High School · Humble, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Piedmont Land Conservancy · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Splendora Isd · Splendora, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Willis Isd Speech Department · Willis, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Institute for the Public Trust · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,500
Atascocita High School · Humble, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Forrest General Healthcare Foundation · Hattiesburg, MS · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Humble Isd Education Foundation · Humble, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Forrest General Healthcare Foundation · Hattiesburg, MS · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Forrest General Healthcare Foundation · Hattiesburg, MS · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,500
Atascocita Middle School · Humble, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,500
Atascocita Middle School · Humble, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,500
Atascocita High School · Humble, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Atascocita Middle School · Humble, TX · 2024
Unrestricted

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