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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 27-2818091

John R Eckel Jr Foundation

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 29 grants and $1.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,204,700

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $23,056,085

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,295,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $29,394,813

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,722,500

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $31,012,956

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,223,410

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $34,331,555

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,845,111

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $34,509,387

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,458,010

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $37,204,144

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,936,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $41,532,588

Grants paid in 2024

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Menil Foundation IncHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $100,000
  2. Orange Show FoundationHouston, TX

    Capital campaign

    $100,000
  3. Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, NY

    Support for the Adam D. Weinberg Artists Fund

    $100,000
  4. Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, NY

    Eckel Gallery Exhibition Program

    $100,000
  5. Menil Foundation IncHouston, TX

    Support for Menil House grounds renovation

    $75,000
  6. Menil Foundation IncHouston, TX

    Ruth Asawa drawing acquisition

    $75,000
  7. Genesys WorksKeller, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $60,000
  8. Buffalo Bayou PartnershipHouston, TX

    Supporting a new, site-specific media and sound installation by Rachel Rossin at the Houston

    $50,000
  9. Lawndale Art and Performance CenterHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $50,000
  10. The Museum of Fine Arts HoustonHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $50,000
  11. The Museum of Fine Arts HoustonHouston, TX

    Annual design acquisitions and exhibitions

    $50,000
  12. Contemporary Arts Museum HoustonHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $40,000
  13. Project Row HousesHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $40,000
  14. University of HoustonHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support of Blaffer Art Museum

    $30,000
  15. FotoFest IncHouston, TX

    Support of FotoFest's Literacy Through Photography Learning Program

    $25,000
  16. Houston Botanic GardenHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $25,000
  17. New Group IncNew York, NY

    Unrestricted operating support

    $25,000
  18. New Group IncNew York, NY

    Unrestricted operating support

    $25,000
  19. Orange Show FoundationHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $25,000
  20. The Museum of Fine Arts HoustonHouston, TX

    Support for acquisitions in the area of modern and contemporary art

    $25,000
  21. William Marsh Rice UniversityHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support for Moody Center

    $25,000
  22. Menil Foundation IncHouston, TX

    Jason Moran acquisition

    $24,700
  23. ProUnitas IncHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $20,000
  24. ArtadiaBrooklyn, NY

    To support an Artadia 2024 award to a talented, emerging Houston artist

    $15,000
  25. Astrodome ConservancyHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $10,000
  26. Galveston Island Nature Tourism CouncilGalveston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $10,000
  27. Gulf Coast-A Journal of Literature and Fine ArtsHouston, TX

    Unrestricted operating support

    $10,000
  28. Menil Foundation IncHouston, TX

    Support the publication of Duchamp in California: Walter Hopps Curates a Retrospective

    $10,000
  29. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey IncFlorham Park, NJ

    Unrestricted operating support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture20 grants $959,70083% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $85,0007% of the total
  3. Environment3 grants $85,0007% of the total
  4. Youth development1 grant $20,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas23 grants $929,700
  2. New York5 grants $265,000
  3. New Jersey1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Douglas L LawingPresident/Treasurer Hours 40Pay $150,000
  • Jeffrey A CaseyVP/Secretary Hours 1Pay $10,000
  • T Randolph HarrisDirector Hours 1Pay $10,000

The return

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