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Funder Directory›HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC

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Private foundation (trust)EIN 746013920Est. 1938-03

HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC

Houston, TX 770077427

Accepts unsolicited proposals

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Total Assets

$2.6B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$99.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

355

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$281K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$5M

Typical

Deadlines

See supplemental information on page 18

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$3.0M

Research, evaluation, and media campaigns to increase naturalization rates of lawful permanent residents in Greater Houston.

Program 2

$2.1M

Research, evaluations, and media campaigns to increase electoral participation among registered voters in Greater Houston.

Program 3

$937K

Technical assistance and capacity building for grantees and initiatives, including data and evaluation capacity building for key partners.

Program 4

$761K

Research and evaluation relating to education portfolio, including an education strategic assessment and an evaluation of mutually beneficial partnerships to advance teacher preparation.

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$160.3M

Total Expenses

$122.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$120.1M

Distributable Amount

$120.2M

Min. Investment Return

$122.2M

Undistributed Income

$79.6M

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

355 grants

Min

Median

Max

$500$125K$5M

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

Giving Over Time

2 years

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

Coalition for the Homeless of HoustonHarris County

$10.5M

2 grants

Good Reason Houston Inc

$10.2M

2 grants

Greater Houston Community Foundation

$9.0M

3 grants

Houston in Action Network

$8.1M

9 grants

Houston Local Information Initiative Inc DBA Houston Landing

$5.1M

3 grants

William Marsh Rice University

$5.0M

2 grants

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC

$5M

1 grant

Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative

$4.4M

10 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K

grants

$10–50K

grants

$50–250K

296

grants

$250K–1M

131

grants

$1–5M

grants

$5M+

grants

Geographic Focus

19 states

Texas

$161.3M

81% of total

New York

$12.0M

6% of total

California

$8.3M

4% of total

District of Columbia

$6.1M

3% of total

Illinois

$2.8M

1% of total

Massachusetts

$2.7M

1% of total

Michigan

$2M

1% of total

Maryland

$1.9M

1% of total

Florida

$1.2M

1% of total

Virginia

$660K

0% of total

+9 more states

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