Organization · EIN 04-3695294 · Houston, TX · Environment

Who funds Houston Botanic Garden?

58 private foundations reported paying Houston Botanic Garden $2.12M on returns for tax year 2023.

58 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 58

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Garver Black Hilyard Family Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$414,400
2 grant lines
General Charitable Purposes +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Melbern G & Susanne M Glasscock Foundation
Houston, TX
$365,000
3 grant lines
UNRESTRICTED +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Brown Foundation
Houston, TX
$346,000
11 grant lines
Operating Support +5 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The John M O'Quinn Foundation
Houston, TX
$150,000
2 grant lines
TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Marie M and James H Galloway Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$100,000 GREENHOUSE PROJECT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Austin Blake Howell Foundation
Austin, TX
$100,000 TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Powell Foundation
Houston, TX
$50,000 Conservation: Community access to parks and urban greenspaces Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Hamill Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$50,000 To support general operating programs. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Vivian L Smith Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000
2 grant lines
GENERAL OPERATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Elkins Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW HORTICULTURE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 10/2024
Willard And Ruth Johnson Charitable Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$27,500 General Support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Centerpoint Energy Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,000 GENERAL DONATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Huffington Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,000 TO SUPPORT HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN'S CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Kinder Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,000 GENERAL FUND Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sterling-Turner Foundation
Houston, TX
$25,000 General support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Susan Vaughan Foundation
Houston, TX
$25,000 FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John R Eckel Jr Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,000 Operating support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Glassell Family Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,000 general purpose Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$20,000 TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE MISSION. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Houston Botanic Garden

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Houston Botanic Garden, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The Tapeats Fund Wilmington, DE
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $108K to them
  2. MD Anderson Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $633K to them
  3. Baker Hughes Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $114K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. The Cockrell Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $2.17M to them
  5. The Weingarten Schnitzer Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $136K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Marvy Finger Family Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $610K to them
  7. Tuckerman Foundation Great Neck, NY
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $30.4K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. J Squared Family Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $75K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX
    25 shared funders · 99 funders in all
  2. Hermann Park Conservancy Houston, TX
    19 shared funders · 49 funders in all
  3. Buffalo Bayou Partnership Houston, TX
    19 shared funders · 32 funders in all
  4. Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston, TX
    25 shared funders · 65 funders in all
  5. Memorial Park Conservancy Houston, TX
    15 shared funders · 47 funders in all
  6. Trees for Houston Houston, TX
    19 shared funders · 43 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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