Houston Endowment Inc.
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 74-6013920 · Headquarters: Houston, TX 77007-7427 · Website
NTEE code: T20 · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $753,530,865.00 (2018–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 1882 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($519,242,747.00); $234,288,118.00 across 1457 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $79,666,000.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County | Houston, TX | $10,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106189 |
| Good Reason Houston Inc. | Houston, TX | $10,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106189 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202523219349106932 |
| Buffalo Bayou Partnership | Houston, TX | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202243199349108489 |
| Buffalo Bayou Partnership | Houston, TX | $5,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202322009349100802 |
| William Marsh Rice University | Houston, TX | $4,506,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106189 |
| Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County | Houston, TX | $3,400,000.00 | FY2020 | 202322009349100802 |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | Houston, TX | $3,190,000.00 | FY2020 | 202322009349100802 |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | Houston, TX | $3,070,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033189349103908 |
| Blueprint | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202343199349108764 |
| United Way of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $3,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202523219349106932 |
| Idea Public Schools | Weslaco, TX | $3,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033189349103908 |
| Search Homeless Services | Houston, TX | $3,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106189 |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | $3,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033189349103908 |
| Yes Prep Public Schools Inc. | Houston, TX | $3,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202322009349100802 |
| Harmony Public Schools | Houston, TX | $3,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202523219349106932 |
| Equitable Facilities Fund Inc. | New York, NY | $3,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106189 |
| Yes Prep Public Schools Inc. | Houston, TX | $2,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106189 |
| Kipp Texas Inc. | Houston, TX | $2,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202243199349108489 |
| Rothko Chapel | Houston, TX | $2,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033189349103908 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $79,666,000.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $120,053,966.00 | qualifying_distributions | 355 | 239 | 116 | $37,639,593.00 |
| FY2023 | $121,839,855.00 | qualifying_distributions | 253 | 185 | 68 | $24,002,246.00 |
| FY2022 | $136,890,805.00 | qualifying_distributions | 509 | 288 | 221 | $50,230,592.00 |
| FY2021 | $100,031,974.00 | qualifying_distributions | 448 | 293 | 155 | $26,392,314.00 |
| FY2020 | $93,454,915.00 | qualifying_distributions | 546 | 362 | 184 | $23,436,920.00 |
| FY2019 | $96,127,558.00 | qualifying_distributions | 506 | 269 | 237 | $27,077,983.00 |
| FY2018 | $85,131,792.00 | qualifying_distributions | 722 | 246 | 476 | $45,508,470.00 |
| All years on file | $753,530,865.00 | 3339 | 1882 | 1457 | $234,288,118.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/ce6df2c3-1623-4fb3-b44b-3956af4d1129
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 74-6013920.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).