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

Grant recipient EIN 76-0499709Arts and culture

Who funds Opera in the Heights?

9 private foundations gave Opera in the Heights in Houston, TX $427,844 across 24 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

24 grants

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

  1. Soma International Foundation IncHouston, TX 2025

    Contribution to a 501(c)(3) in an effort to distribute funds/assets while in dissolution mode.

    $21,528
  2. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  3. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    250

    $250
  4. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  5. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Mef

    $2,500
  6. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Mef

    $200
  7. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2022

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  8. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Mef

    $1,000
  9. Houston SaengerbundHouston, TX 2022

    General support

    $1,000
  10. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  11. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2021

    MG

    $1,882
  12. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2020

    Operating Support

    $52,000
  13. The Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum FoundationCypress, TX 2020

    General operations

    $50,000
  14. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2020

    MG

    $5,819
  15. The Edith and Robert Zinn FoundationHouston, TX 2020

    Financial support-charitable

    $1,000
  16. IBM International FoundationArmonk, NY 2020

    Employee matching grant

    $50
  17. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $15
  18. The Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum FoundationCypress, TX 2019

    General operations

    $25,000
  19. The Humphreys FoundationLiberty, TX 2019

    Production of Amahi and The Nights Visitors

    $7,000
  20. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2019

    MG

    $6,500
  21. The Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum FoundationCypress, TX 2018

    General operations

    $30,000
  22. The Humphreys FoundationLiberty, TX 2018

    Production of Maria de Buenos Aires

    $10,000
  23. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2018

    Matching Gifts Education/Other

    $7,100
  24. The Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum FoundationCypress, TX 2017

    General operations

    $5,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

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

  1. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 433 grants Accepts applications $49,088,656 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. The Elkins FoundationHouston, TX 42 grants Accepts applications $5,093,000 to similar organizations
  7. Strake FoundationHouston, TX 89 grants Accepts applications $676,100 to similar organizations
  8. Baker Hughes FoundationHouston, TX 49 grants Preselected only $42,569 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 76-0499709 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.