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Grant recipient EIN 85-1623399Arts and culture

Who funds Arts Connect Houston?

7 private foundations gave Arts Connect Houston in Houston, TX $2.7 million across 15 grants, in tax years 2020 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2020 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

15 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

    $350,000
  2. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2024

    General Operating Support

    $225,000
  3. Fidelity FoundationBoston, MA 2024

    Technology & equipment

    $100,000
  4. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2024

    Arts: Student Education Programs

    $100,000
  5. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2024

    Project Support for Capacity Strengthening Activities

    $75,000
  6. Meow Wolf Philanthropic FoundationSanta Fe, NM 2024

    General support of exempt mission and programs

    $1,000
  7. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Matching gift

    $309
  8. Fidelity FoundationBoston, MA 2023

    Technology & equipment

    $100,000
  9. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Arts: Educational programming and initiatives for children and youth

    $75,000
  10. The Brown Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    Operating Support

    $30,000
  11. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2023

    Program/operating support

    $21
  12. The Powell FoundationHouston, TX 2022

    Arts: Educational programming and initiatives for children and youth

    $150,000
  13. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2021

    Toward expanding and sustaining Arts Connect Houston, a systems change effort that ensures equity of arts education access in HISD

    $400,000
  14. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2020

    Toward expanding and sustaining Arts Connect Houston, a systems change effort that ensures equity of arts education access in HISD

    $700,000
  15. Houston Endowment IncHouston, TX 2020

    General Operating Support

    $400,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

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

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 874 grants Preselected only $128,941 to similar organizations
  2. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 528 grants Preselected only $2,798,942 to similar organizations
  3. Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationHouston, TX 123 grants Accepts applications $4,145,000 to similar organizations
  4. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 98 grants Preselected only $767,142 to similar organizations
  5. The Elkins FoundationHouston, TX 42 grants Accepts applications $5,093,000 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. Vivian L Smith FoundationHouston, TX 101 grants Accepts applications $2,260,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 85-1623399 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.