Wooden box pews in a sunlit church interior

Grant recipient EIN 22-7229934Religion

Who funds Rothko Chapel?

44 private foundations gave Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX $5.8 million across 116 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

116 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Prometheus Charitable TrustHouston, TX 2025

    General purpose

    $15,275
  2. The Cultural Heritage Preservation FundHouston, TX 2025

    General support

    $15,000
  3. Vergel FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    Charity

    $10,000
  4. J B Earthman III Family FoundationGalveston, TX 2025

    For operations

    $2,500
  5. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    Matching gift

    $1,500
  6. The Susman Foundation (formerly Susman Family Foundation)Houston, TX 2025

    General support

    $1,000
  7. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2024

    General Operating Support

    $75,000
  8. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2024

    Project Support for Capacity Strengthening Activities

    $75,000
  9. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $50,000
  10. The Henry Luce Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Support for repair and report on damages at the Rothko Chapel

    $50,000
  11. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  12. The Susan Vaughan Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    To support the opening spaces capital campaign

    $50,000
  13. Prometheus Charitable TrustHouston, TX 2024

    General purpose

    $25,000
  14. The Duncan Genesis FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Capital campaign for rothko chapel

    $25,000
  15. Marvy Finger Family FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Research, education, and preservation of the fine arts

    $25,000
  16. The Muriel Pollia FoundationFillmore, CA 2024

    General fund grand

    $25,000
  17. Jacob and Terese Hershey FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Toward an Earth Day convening of youth climate activists

    $20,450
  18. The Cultural Heritage Preservation FundHouston, TX 2024

    General support

    $15,000
  19. The Annenberg FoundationConshohocken, PA 2024

    General operating support

    $10,000
  20. The Stainman Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General

    $7,500
  21. Vergel FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Charity

    $5,000
  22. John P McGovern FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Annual Fund support

    $2,500
  23. The Gailo TrustHouston, TX 2024

    Chapel restoration fund

    $1,000
  24. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Matching gift

    $750
  25. Joseph H Thompson FundPasadena, CA 2024

    Art museum

    $500
  26. The Susman Foundation (formerly Susman Family Foundation)Houston, TX 2024

    General support

    $500
  27. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Matching contribution (general operating support)

    $375
  28. Transart FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Made to support creative production and research

    $250
  29. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    Opening Spaces Campaign ($200,000) and Operating Support ($50,000)

    $250,000
  30. The Elkins FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    In support of rothko chapel's opening spaces campaign: phase II

    $100,000
  31. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2023

    General Operating Support

    $75,000
  32. The Muriel Pollia FoundationFillmore, CA 2023

    General fund grand

    $25,000
  33. The Cultural Heritage Preservation FundHouston, TX 2023

    General support

    $15,000
  34. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    Operating Support ($3,000) and Capital Campaign ($10,000)

    $13,000
  35. The Susman Foundation (formerly Susman Family Foundation)Houston, TX 2023

    General support

    $10,000
  36. The Stainman Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General

    $5,000
  37. D3 FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  38. Melissa and John V Ceriale Family Foundation IncBoca Raton, FL 2023

    General charitable purposes

    $5,000
  39. Stoa Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    Preservation of culture

    $5,000
  40. Marek Family FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    To support spiritual growth and dialogue

    $3,000
  41. John P McGovern FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Program support

    $2,500
  42. The Gailo TrustHouston, TX 2023

    Evening of inspiration with carrie mae weems

    $2,500
  43. The Robert E Hansen Family FoundationSturgeon Bay, WI 2023

    Religious

    $1,000
  44. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Matching gift

    $750
  45. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $47
  46. The Cullen FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Phase II of Rothko Chapel's Opening Spaces Campaign

    $500,000
  47. The Elkins FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Support of rothko chapel's opening spaces campaign

    $100,000
  48. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2022

    General Operating Support

    $75,000
  49. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Core support for rothko chapels 2021 symposium: beyond the rhetoric: civil rights & our shared responsibility

    $50,000
  50. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2022

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  51. Jacob and Terese Hershey FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Toward reproductive rights programming within the 2023 Symposium

    $25,000
  52. The Cultural Heritage Preservation FundHouston, TX 2022

    General support

    $15,000
  53. The Muriel Pollia FoundationFillmore, CA 2022

    General fund grand

    $15,000
  54. The Stainman Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General

    $5,000
  55. Dudley T Dougherty Foundation IncIssaquah, WA 2022

    Rothko Chapel's Oscar Romero Award programming

    $5,000
  56. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2022

    Operating Support

    $3,000
  57. John P McGovern FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Annual Fund Support

    $2,500
  58. The Harry and Flora D Freund Memorial FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General funding support

    $1,500
  59. The Gailo TrustHouston, TX 2022

    Annual fund

    $1,000
  60. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Matching Gift

    $750
  61. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Mef

    $100
  62. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $67
  63. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    To support a planning process for programming, specifically cross-sector work related to art, spirituality, and social justice

    $350,000
  64. MD Anderson FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Opening Spaces Campaign

    $100,000
  65. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2021

    General Operating Support

    $75,000
  66. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  67. The Muriel Pollia FoundationFillmore, CA 2021

    General fund grand

    $25,000
  68. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Capital Campaign

    $20,000
  69. The Cultural Heritage Preservation FundHouston, TX 2021

    General support

    $15,000
  70. Jacob and Terese Hershey FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Toward incorporating climate justice dialogue within the 2021 Symposium

    $15,000
  71. Jacob and Terese Hershey FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Toward a contribution in memory of former Board member Sissy Farenthold

    $10,000
  72. Marek Family FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    To support religious faith

    $10,000
  73. Hobby Family FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Open spaces campaign

    $10,000
  74. Dudley T Dougherty Foundation IncIssaquah, WA 2021

    General support

    $10,000
  75. The Susman Foundation (formerly Susman Family Foundation)Houston, TX 2021

    To help support a church be a spiritually centered place that inspires hope, new possibilities for living, and engagement in the issues of the day through the convergence of art, spirituality, and human rights

    $5,000
  76. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Operating Support

    $3,000
  77. John P McGovern FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Program Support

    $2,500
  78. Adler FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    General operations

    $2,000
  79. The Gailo TrustHouston, TX 2021

    50th anniversary gala

    $1,000
  80. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Matching Gift

    $750
  81. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2021

    Matching Gift for General Operating Support

    $600
  82. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Volunteer Program

    $500
  83. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    MG

    $175
  84. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $28
  85. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2020

    Project Support toward structural intervention of Rothko Chapel

    $500,000
  86. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2020

    General Operating Support

    $75,000
  87. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2020

    Opening spaces capital campaign

    $50,000
  88. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2020

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  89. The Muriel Pollia FoundationFillmore, CA 2020

    General fund grand

    $50,000
  90. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2020

    Operating Support and Opening Spaces Capital Campaign

    $25,000
  91. Jacob and Terese Hershey FoundationHouston, TX 2020

    2020 Climate Justice Programming Series

    $25,000
  92. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Core support for 2020 Frances Tarlton 'Sissy' Farenthold Endowed Lecture featuring Charles Blow

    $15,000
  93. The Cultural Heritage Preservation FundHouston, TX 2020

    General support

    $15,000
  94. Anchorage Foundation of TexasHouston, TX 2020

    General support

    $10,000
  95. Dudley T Dougherty Foundation IncIssaquah, WA 2020

    General support

    $10,000
  96. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2020

    General Operating Support

    $7,500
  97. The Stainman Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    General

    $5,000
  98. Vergel FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General support

    $5,000
  99. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $1,000
  100. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Matching Gift

    $750
  101. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $26
  102. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2019

    Toward expansion of the facility

    $2,000,000
  103. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2019

    Toward presenting and strengthening connections between arts, culture and human rights

    $75,000
  104. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2019

    Opening spaces capital campaign

    $50,000
  105. The Gailo TrustHouston, TX 2019

    Annual fund

    $11,000
  106. The Stainman Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2019

    General

    $5,000
  107. Mechia FoundationBeaumont, TX 2019

    Continuing operations

    $5,000
  108. Smart Family Foundation of IllinoisChicago, IL 2019

    Cultural, historical & other educational

    $5,000
  109. The Muriel Pollia FoundationFillmore, CA 2019

    General fund grand

    $5,000
  110. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    Matching Gifts

    $750
  111. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2018

    Toward presenting and strengthening connections between arts, culture and human rights

    $75,000
  112. The Rosenblatt Charitable TrustNew York, NY 2018

    General purpose

    $50,000
  113. Dudley T Dougherty Foundation IncIssaquah, WA 2018

    2019 Spring Symposium

    $10,000
  114. The Stainman Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2018

    General

    $5,000
  115. Select Equity Group FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    Matching Gifts

    $750
  116. The Donna and Marvin Schwartz FoundationNew York, NY 2017

    Charitable contribution to public charity

    $20,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other religion organizations in Houston, TX and are not among Rothko Chapel’s funders above.

  1. Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationHouston, TX 32 grants Accepts applications $493,000 to similar organizations
  2. Stoller FoundationHouston, TX 26 grants Accepts applications $1,088,911 to similar organizations
  3. Strake FoundationHouston, TX 23 grants Accepts applications $348,500 to similar organizations
  4. Oldham Little Church FoundationHouston, TX 10 grants Accepts applications $145,500 to similar organizations
  5. Albemarle FoundationCharlotte, NC 29 grants Accepts applications $45,950 to similar organizations
  6. The Zev and Susan Munk Family FoundationHouston, TX 20 grants Preselected only $206,110 to similar organizations
  7. Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust CompanyHouston, TX 17 grants Accepts applications $164,000 to similar organizations
  8. Texas Instruments FoundationDallas, TX 15 grants Accepts applications $9,340 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 22-7229934 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.