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Private foundation (trust)EIN 760491186Est. 1996-12

ALBERT AND MARGARET ALKEK FOUNDATION

HOUSTON, TX 77002

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$304.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$14M

FY 2024

Grants Made

58

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$241K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$3K–$8.1M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$27.1M

Total Expenses

$16.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$14.3M

Distributable Amount

$14.8M

Min. Investment Return

$15.2M

Undistributed Income

$4.3M

Payout rate 97%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.97%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

58 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $3K through median $50K to maximum $8.1M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $14M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

203 grants

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$31.0M
20 grants
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
$4.0M
5 grants
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
$2.4M
2 grants
TMI - THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF TEXAS
$1.8M
6 grants
HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY
$1.2M
4 grants
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
$1.2M
1 grant
ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY
$800K
4 grants
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
$600K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

203 grants

<$10K
17
grants
$10–50K
98
grants
$50–250K
63
grants
$250K–1M
16
grants
$1–5M
6
grants
$5M+
3
grants

Geographic Focus

6 states

Texas
$50.5M
98% of total
Virginia
$300K
1% of total
Louisiana
$275K
1% of total
Colorado
$253K
0% of total
New York
$150K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$40K
0% of total

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