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Private foundation (trust)EIN 746053075Est. 1963-03

John P McGovern Foundation

Houston, TX 77098

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$138.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$23.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

244

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$97K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$10M

Typical

Deadlines

No submission deadline

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$37.1M

Total Expenses

$10.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$24.1M

Distributable Amount

$6.6M

Min. Investment Return

$6.7M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

244 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $20K to maximum $10M, 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

3 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $23.6M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

UT-Health Science Center Medical School
$10M
1 grant
University of Houston
$2.4M
8 grants
Hermann Park Conservancy
$2.0M
5 grants
Houston Zoo
$1.5M
1 grant
Children's Museum
$1M
1 grant
Houston Museum of Natural Science
$858K
4 grants
The Grand 1894 Opera House
$600K
2 grants
Salvation Army
$595K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
191
grants
$10–50K
199
grants
$50–250K
97
grants
$250K–1M
10
grants
$1–5M
2
grants
$5M+
1
grants

Geographic Focus

7 states

Texas
$34.6M
98% of total
Maryland
$460K
1% of total
North Carolina
$150K
0% of total
New York
$40K
0% of total
Wisconsin
$30K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$26K
0% of total
Minnesota
$2K
0% of total

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