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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-3261957

Megara Foundation

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $92,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $92,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,808,225
  • Tax year 2024

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,900,948
  • Tax year 2023

    $86,400

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,856,666
  • Tax year 2022

    $104,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,956,842
  • Tax year 2021

    $104,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,540,140
  • Tax year 2020

    $97,830

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,639,018

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Entreprendre Pour AiderParis, France

    General support

    $50,000
  2. The Art Therapy ProjectNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  3. FuneycaPunta Cana, Dominican Republic

    General support

    $10,000
  4. Dance for PDBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  5. Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY

    The access program

    $7,000
  6. Vita LivingHouston, TX

    Art and music therapy programs

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $17,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $27,000
  2. Texas1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Francois LetaconnouxDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Molly K WurzerDIRECTOR,SECRETARY-TREAS. Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Denise M StonerDIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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