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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 76-0439576

The Carruth Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $742,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jan 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $742,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $11,839,012

  • Tax year 2023

    $689,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $11,965,690

  • Tax year 2022

    $612,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $12,285,420

  • Tax year 2021

    $557,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $12,607,562

  • Tax year 2020

    $915,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $11,514,959

  • Tax year 2019

    $680,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $12,087,358

  • Tax year 2018

    $650,008

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $12,103,009

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Buffalo Bayou PartnershipHouston, TX

    General support

    $200,000
  2. Houston SPCAHouston, TX

    General support

    $150,000
  3. The Parish Children's SchoolHouston, TX

    General support

    $100,000
  4. Saratoga Springs Preservation FDNSaratoga Springs, NY

    General support

    $85,000
  5. Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston, TX

    General support

    $50,000
  6. Houston Symphony SocietyHouston, TX

    General support

    $50,000
  7. The BeaconHouston, TX

    General support

    $25,000
  8. Storm Harbor Equestrian CenterSlippery Rock, PA

    General support

    $25,000
  9. St John SchoolHouston, TX

    General support

    $25,000
  10. Theatre Under the StarsHouston, TX

    General support

    $12,500
  11. Camp for AllHouston, TX

    General support

    $10,000
  12. The Will Erwin Headache Research FoundationHouston, TX

    General 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. Environment2 grants $210,00050% of the total
  2. Arts and culture3 grants $112,50027% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $100,00024% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas10 grants $632,500
  2. New York1 grant $85,000
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Brady F CarruthPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Alan SchubertTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Gentry LeeTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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