Funding search · EIN 760380195 · Houston, TX

Melbern G & Susanne M Glasscock

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

101
grants reported
$6.3M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Houston Botanic Garden7 grants · $1.7M
  • Houston Museum of Natural Science6 grants · $935,000
  • Rice Univ Glasscock School of Continuing Studies4 grants · $505,000
  • The Methodist Hospital4 grants · $400,000
  • Girl Scouts San Jacinto Co7 grants · $400,000
  • Yes Prep Public Schools3 grants · $300,000
  • The Brookwood Community4 grants · $250,000
  • Camp for All5 grants · $200,000
  • Serjobs3 grants · $200,000
  • The Museum of Fine Arts Houston4 grants · $190,000

Giving over time

$1.5M
2022
$1.4M
2023
$1.7M
2024
$1.7M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 101 grants.

  • $700,000

    Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2022

    $200,000 unrestricted$400,000 grow houston's garden capital campaign$100,000 operating

  • $325,000

    Rice Univ Glasscock School of Continuing Studies · Houston, TX · 2025

    Center for education general gifts

  • $300,000

    Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $275,000

    Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2025

    Education campaign

  • $200,000

    Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    The Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Girl Scouts San Jacinto Co · Houston, TX · 2025

    Expansion of programs

  • $100,000

    The Brookwood Community · Brookshire, TX · 2025

    General operating

  • $100,000

    Camp for All · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Girl Scouts San Jacinto Co · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2024

    General opearating

  • $100,000

    Serjobs · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Brookwood Community · Brookshire, TX · 2024

    General operating

  • $100,000

    The Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2024

    Expansion of east end campuses and other mission-critical investments to serve 22,000 students by 2025

  • $100,000

    Girl Scouts San Jacinto Co · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2023

    General opearating

  • $100,000

    Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2023

    Expansion of east end campuses and other mission-critical investments to serve 22,000 students by 2024

  • $100,000

    Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2022

    $25,000 for 2022 annual fund$75,000 for education operating

  • $100,000

    Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    $15,000 annual fund$10,000 bayou bend annual fund$50,000 bayou bend collection & gardens

  • $65,000

    Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Rice Univ Glasscock School of Continuing Studies · Houston, TX · 2024

    Center for education general gifts

  • $60,000

    Rice Univ Glasscock School of Continuing Studies · Houston, TX · 2023

    Center for education general gifts

  • $60,000

    Rice Univ Glasscock School of Continuing Studies · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Fayette Community Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Communities in Schools of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Serjobs · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023

    Patient care assistant(pca) summer externship program

  • $50,000

    Communities in Schools of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Serjobs · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Fayette Community Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2024

    Unrestrcited

  • $40,000

    The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    $20,000 for museum annual fund drive;$15,000 for bayou bend annual fund drive

  • $30,000

    Fayette Community Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2023

    $10,000 fcf tech educ fund; $5,000 fcf leadership fund; $10,000 round top festival institute; $5,000 bugle boy fdtn

  • $25,000

    American Festival for the Arts (Afa) · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Camp for All · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Communities in Schools of Houston · Houston, TX · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Fayette Community Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2025

    Unrestrcited

  • $25,000

    Girl Scouts San Jacinto Co · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2025

    Community outreach programs

  • $25,000

    Lone Star Flight Museum · Houston, TX · 2025

    Stem education for k-12 students

  • $25,000

    Nehemiah Center · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Roco · Houston, TX · 2025

    2025 operating expenses

  • $25,000

    Wikimedia Endowment · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    American Festival for the Arts (Afa) · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Camp for All · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Girl Scouts San Jacinto Co · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024

    Community outreach programs

  • $25,000

    Lone Star Flight Museum · Houston, TX · 2024

    Stem education for k-12 students

  • $25,000

    Nehemiah Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Rice Univ Shepard School · Houston, TX · 2024

    Shepherd society

  • $25,000

    Roco · Houston, TX · 2024

    2024 operating expenses

  • $25,000

    Wikimedia Endowment · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    American Festival for the Arts (Afa) · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Camp for All · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Girl Scouts San Jacinto Co · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2023

    Community outreach programs

  • $25,000

    Lone Star Flight Museum · Houston, TX · 2023

    Stem education for k-12 students

  • $25,000

    Nehemiah Center · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Rice Univ Shepard School · Houston, TX · 2023

    Shepherd society

  • $25,000

    Roco · Houston, TX · 2023

    2023 operating expenses

  • $25,000

    The Brookwood Community · Brookshire, TX · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    American Festival for the Arts (Afa) · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Camp for All · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Girl Scouts San Jacinto Co · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Lone Star Flight Museum · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Nehemiah Center · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Rice Univ Shepard School · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Roco · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Brookwood Community · Brookshire, TX · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Connect Community · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Connect Community · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    San Jose Clinic · Houston, TX · 2024

    Patient care

  • $15,000

    Connect Community · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Fayette Community Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2022

    $10,000 for technical education scholarship fund$5,000 for general operations

  • $10,000

    Children'S Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Neuhaus Center (Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation) · Bellaire, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    San Jose Clinic · Houston, TX · 2023

    Patient care

  • $10,000

    Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023

    Sponsor a teacher program

  • $10,000

    Teach for America · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Bugle Boy Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    James Dick Foundation · Round Top, TX · 2022

    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.