Organization · EIN 74-1109654 · Houston, TX

Who funds Jewish Federation of Greater Houston?

38 private foundations reported paying Jewish Federation of Greater Houston $1.45M on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 38

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
Houston, TX
$250,000
2 grant lines
TOWARDS SUPPORT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVES. +1 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Nancy T Beren & Dr Larry S Jefferson Foundation
Wichita, KS · Preselected only
$183,295
2 grant lines
ISRAEL EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Shirley and David Toomim Family Foundation
Houston, TX
$145,000 Rashi/Kehillah/Leo Baeck Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sherry & Gerald Merfish Family Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$80,000 GENERAL FUNDS
Filed as “JEWISH FEDERATION-GREATER HOUSTON”
Same address 0.99 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Nathan J Klein Fund
Houston, TX
$75,700 TO ASSIST THE ORG. IN ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lj Bender Foundation
Pennington, NJ · Preselected only
$75,000 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Bezalel Foundation
Tulsa, OK
$60,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Rubenstein Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$60,000 Donation
Filed as “The Jewish Federation”
Same address 0.65 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 05/2024
Meyer and Ida Gordon Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$50,000 APRIL 2023 PLEDGE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sally & Bernard Fuchs Charitable Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$50,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Meyer and Ida Gordon Foundation 2
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$50,000 TO HELP THE ORGANIZATION IN FULFILLING THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS CREATED.
Filed as “JEWISH FEDERATION OF HOUSTON”
Same address 0.87 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Jake and Nina Kamin Foundation
Bellaire, TX
$50,000 ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mechia Foundation
Beaumont, TX · Preselected only
$30,100 CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Filed as “JEWISH FEDERATION OF HOUSTON”
Same address 0.87 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Brodsky Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$30,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Joel and Brenda Spira Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$30,000 GENERAL USE
Filed as “JEWISH FEDERATION OF HOUSTON”
Same address 0.87 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Stewart a & Marla B Feldman Family Fdtn
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,075 PHILANTHROPY - VAR Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Kinder Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,000 ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Jacobson Family Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$25,000 ISRAEL SOCIAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Arthur and Joan Weisberg Family Foundation
Huntington, WV · Preselected only
$21,000 FOR DONEE'S GENERAL PURPOSE
Filed as “HOUSTON JEWISH FEDERATION”
Same address 0.86 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
Shell USA Company Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$19,984
3 grant lines
MEF 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 Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, 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 11 of the 25 closest peers · $14M to them
  2. The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $47.7K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. John P McGovern Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $501K to them
  4. Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $98.9K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. Baird Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $31.2K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Vivian L Smith Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $310K to them
  7. Sonnie Schepps Robinson Foundation Bellaire, TX
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $102K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. The Powell Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $553K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Jewish Family Service Houston, TX
    14 shared funders · 27 funders in all
  2. Holocaust Museum Houston Houston, TX
    12 shared funders · 57 funders in all
  3. Seven Acres Jewish Senior CARE Services Houston, TX
    11 shared funders · 20 funders in all
  4. Houston Hillel Houston, TX
    8 shared funders · 12 funders in all
  5. Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston Houston, TX
    8 shared funders · 13 funders in all
  6. Anti-Defamation League New York, NY
    9 shared funders · 918 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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