A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 76-0278775Arts and culture

Who funds Lawndale Art and Performance Center?

14 private foundations gave Lawndale Art and Performance Center in Houston, TX $1.7 million across 58 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

58 grants

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

  1. Vivian L Smith FoundationHouston, TX 2025

    General operations

    $10,000
  2. Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800San Antonio, TX 2025

    Unrestricted grant

    $7,500
  3. Anne Lamkin Kinder Foundation IncHouston, TX 2025

    General support

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

    Project Support for Capacity Strengthening Activities

    $75,000
  5. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    Operating Support ($50,000) + Planning for Collaborative Arts Campus ($20,000)

    $70,000
  6. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2024

    General Operating Support

    $65,000
  7. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

    $50,000
  8. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2024

    Project Support for Lawndale Art Center to Codevelop a Plan With DiverseWorks to Create a Shared Arts Campus

    $50,000
  9. Vivian L Smith FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    General operations

    $10,000
  10. Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800San Antonio, TX 2024

    Unrestricted grant

    $5,000
  11. Anne Lamkin Kinder Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    General support

    $1,000
  12. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    250

    $250
  13. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2023

    General Operating Support

    $65,000
  14. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    To assist with the funding of a strip of adjacent property

    $50,000
  15. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  16. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Operating support

    $40,000
  17. Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    General support

    $10,000
  18. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    General Operating Support

    $10,000
  19. Vivian L Smith FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    General operations

    $10,000
  20. ESB3 FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  21. Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800San Antonio, TX 2023

    Unrestricted grant

    $5,000
  22. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Mef

    $150
  23. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2022

    Toward the purchase of the 4900 Main Street property

    $100,000
  24. ESB3 FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    4900 Main property acquisition and general support

    $55,000
  25. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    To assist with the funding of a strategic acquisition of adjacent property

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

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  27. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    General operations and artistic programming

    $40,000
  28. Vivian L Smith FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Funds to purchase 4900 main street.

    $25,000
  29. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2022

    Support for new HVAC system

    $20,000
  30. The Warburg Pincus FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $3,333
  31. Felvis FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    For the Annual Fund Drive

    $1,000
  32. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Mef

    $200
  33. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Acquisition of 4900 Main Street and Operating Support

    $250,000
  34. The Elkins FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    Support of the 4900 main street capital expansion

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

    General Operating Support

    $65,000
  36. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    To support 2021 general operations and programming

    $40,000
  37. Felvis FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

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

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  39. The John M O'Quinn FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    To support operations

    $5,000
  40. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2020

    Toward presenting and sustaining contemporary art and promoting the work of Houston and Texas-based artists

    $65,000
  41. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2020

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  42. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2020

    2020 General operations and programming

    $40,000
  43. Felvis FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

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

    General Operating Support

    $6,500
  45. Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich FoundationHouston, TX 2020

    General support

    $5,000
  46. Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800San Antonio, TX 2020

    Program services/expenses

    $5,000
  47. Anchorage Foundation of TexasHouston, TX 2020

    Exhibitions and programs support

    $2,000
  48. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2020

    MG

    $1,750
  49. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2019

    General support and the 2019 exhibition program

    $40,000
  50. Felvis FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  51. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2019

    MG

    $1,890
  52. John R Eckel Jr FoundationHouston, TX 2018

    General support and the 2018 exhibition program

    $30,000
  53. Felvis FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    Towards the first phase of the 4-year master plan and towards front and rear entrances projects

    $20,000
  54. Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich FoundationHouston, TX 2018

    General support

    $5,000
  55. Felvis FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  56. Felvis FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    Building and Exterior Renovation Fund

    $5,000
  57. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2018

    Matching Gifts Education/Other

    $1,650
  58. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2018

    Matching Gifts Education/Other

    $504

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Houston, TX and are not among Lawndale Art and Performance Center’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 874 grants Preselected only $128,941 to similar organizations
  2. Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationHouston, TX 123 grants Accepts applications $4,145,000 to similar organizations
  3. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 98 grants Preselected only $767,142 to similar organizations
  4. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 174 grants Accepts applications $733,900 to similar organizations
  5. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 101 grants Accepts applications $5,628,576 to similar organizations
  6. Strake FoundationHouston, TX 89 grants Accepts applications $676,100 to similar organizations
  7. Baker Hughes FoundationHouston, TX 49 grants Preselected only $42,569 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 76-0278775 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.