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Grant recipient EIN 76-0105267Arts and culture

Who funds Fotofest Inc?

14 private foundations gave Fotofest Inc in Houston, TX $2.2 million across 48 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 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

48 grants

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

  1. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2025

    Arts: Student Education Programs

    $50,000
  2. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2025

    Designated Grant: General operating and support

    $15,000
  3. The Susan Vaughan Foundation IncHouston, TX 2025

    To support fotofest biennial 2024

    $10,000
  4. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    Matching contribution (general operating support)

    $8,299
  5. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2025

    Designated Grant: General operating and support

    $5,000
  6. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    FotoFest Biennial 2026: Four Decades (working title)

    $250,000
  7. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2024

    Project Support for Capacity Strengthening Activities

    $75,000
  8. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Arts: Student Education Programs

    $50,000
  9. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Support of FotoFest's Literacy Through Photography Learning Program

    $25,000
  10. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Designated Grant: General operating and support

    $10,000
  11. The Susan Vaughan Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    For general operating support

    $10,000
  12. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Designated Grant: General operating and support

    $5,000
  13. Skyward Specialty Insurance FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    To support charitable mission of organization

    $1,000
  14. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2023

    Project Support for Planning and Presenting the International 2024 Biennial of Photography

    $225,000
  15. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Support of FotoFests Literacy Through Photography Learning Program

    $25,000
  16. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $11,657
  17. The Susan Vaughan Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    To support fotofest biennial 2024

    $10,000
  18. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Designated Grant: General operating and support

    $5,000
  19. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Designated Grant: General operating and support

    $5,000
  20. The Stanford & Joan Alexander FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Fine arts

    $3,000
  21. Skyward Specialty Insurance FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    To support charitable mission of organization

    $1,000
  22. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $46
  23. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2022

    FotoFest Biennial 2024

    $250,000
  24. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Arts: Educational programming and initiatives for children and youth

    $100,000
  25. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Support of FotoFest's Literacy Through Photography Learning Program in memory of Fred Baldwin

    $25,000
  26. WWW FoundationPasadena, CA 2022

    General operating support

    $10,000
  27. The Stanford & Joan Alexander FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Fine arts

    $3,000
  28. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $95
  29. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2021

    Project Support for Planning and Presenting the International 2022 Biennial of Photography

    $225,000
  30. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNew York, NY 2021

    Support for "if i had a hammer and "african cosmologies redux" exhibitions

    $80,000
  31. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Arts - Education and community engagement initiatives

    $30,000
  32. The Susan Vaughan Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Charitable

    $10,000
  33. WWW FoundationPasadena, CA 2021

    General operating support

    $10,000
  34. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Advancement Fund in Memory of Fred Baldwin

    $2,500
  35. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $833
  36. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $101
  37. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2020

    FotoFest Biennial of Photography and New Media Art 2022

    $200,000
  38. WWW FoundationPasadena, CA 2020

    General operating support

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

    General Operating Support

    $7,500
  40. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2020

    Directed Grant for General Operating Support

    $1,500
  41. Hitchcock Margaret M FDNPittsburgh, PA 2020

    General operating

    $1,000
  42. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $61
  43. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2019

    Toward planning and presenting the international 2020 Biennial of Photography

    $225,000
  44. WWW FoundationPasadena, CA 2019

    General operating support

    $15,000
  45. Robert Rauschenberg FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    Board discretionary grant in support of general operations

    $7,500
  46. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2018

    Toward presenting the international 2018 Biennial of Photography

    $200,000
  47. The Murthynayak Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2018

    Education

    $20,000
  48. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2018

    Directed grant

    $2,500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Houston, TX and are not among Fotofest Inc’s funders above.

  1. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 528 grants Preselected only $2,798,942 to similar organizations
  2. Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationHouston, TX 123 grants Accepts applications $4,145,000 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 174 grants Accepts applications $733,900 to similar organizations
  4. The Elkins FoundationHouston, TX 42 grants Accepts applications $5,093,000 to similar organizations
  5. Strake FoundationHouston, TX 89 grants Accepts applications $676,100 to similar organizations
  6. Baker Hughes FoundationHouston, TX 49 grants Preselected only $42,569 to similar organizations
  7. Vivian L Smith FoundationHouston, TX 101 grants Accepts applications $2,260,000 to similar organizations
  8. The Cullen FoundationHouston, TX 51 grants Accepts applications $12,285,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 76-0105267 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.