Organization · EIN 46-5037878 · Houston, TX · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Who funds Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation?

25 private foundations reported paying Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation $366,836 on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 25

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
John P McGovern Foundation
Houston, TX
$105,000
2 grant lines
2024 Celebration of Reading support +1 more
Filed as “The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation”
Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Andrew Delaney Foundation
Austin, TX · Preselected only
$50,000 BOOK DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS - OPERATIONS, MY HOME LIBRARY
Filed as “BARBARA BUSH LITERACY HOUSTON FOUNDATION”
Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Centerpoint Energy Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$46,000 GENERAL DONATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Sarofim Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The Postl Family Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$22,800 VARIOUS DATESCHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
ESB3 Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$15,000 General support
Filed as “Barbara Bush Foundation for Literacy”
Same street 0.88 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jack H & William M Light Charitable Trust
San Antonio, TX · Preselected only
$15,000 unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Nancy and Clive Runnells Foundation
Houston, TX
$15,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mechia Foundation
Beaumont, TX · Preselected only
$9,750 CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Filed as “BUSH LITERACY FOUNDATION”
Same address 0.72 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Shell USA Company Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$7,541 MEF Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Alkek and Williams Foundation
Houston, TX
$6,500 PROGRAM SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ann and John Bookout Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$5,125 EXEMPT FUNCTION
Filed as “Barbara Bush Foundation Of Family Literacy”
Same street 0.83 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
Houston, TX
$5,000 TOWARDS SUPPORT OF A CELEBRATION OF READING 2023: FAITH, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Daniel & Julie Hartung Charitable Foundation
Fitchburg, WI · Preselected only
$5,000 CHARITABLE OPERATIONS Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Coneway Family Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$5,000 Charitable Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Dunham Charitable Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$5,000 Charitable Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
Tilman and Paige Fertitta Family Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The SMD Foundation
Lake Charles, LA · Preselected only
$5,000 General Needs Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Frennea Family Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$3,000 My Home Library program Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Gelb Family Foundation
Houston, TX
$2,000 Gifts were made togeneral operating fundof this organization
Filed as “Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation”
Same address 0.89 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024

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 Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, 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 Brown Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $31.7M to them
  2. Vivian L Smith Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $432K to them
  3. The Powell Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $814K to them
  4. Sterling-Turner Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $369K to them
  5. MD Anderson Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $1.91M to them
  6. The Zions Bancorporation Foundation Salt Lake City, UT
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $135K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. The Elkins Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $3.77M to them
  8. Strake Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $135K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX
    11 shared funders · 99 funders in all
  2. The Houston Food Bank Houston, TX
    9 shared funders · 169 funders in all
  3. Memorial Hermann Foundation Houston, TX
    7 shared funders · 40 funders in all
  4. United Way of Greater Houston Houston, TX
    6 shared funders · 42 funders in all
  5. Communities in Schools of Houston Houston, TX
    8 shared funders · 25 funders in all
  6. Houston Botanic Garden Houston, TX
    8 shared funders · 58 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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