Organization · EIN 74-1621647 · Houston, TX · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds Theatre Under the Stars?

23 private foundations reported paying Theatre Under the Stars $603,160 on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 23

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Brown Foundation
Houston, TX
$225,000 Operating Support Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The Humphreys Foundation
Liberty, TX
$175,000 2024 PRODUCTIONS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
The Carruth Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$37,500 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 01/2024
The Alkek and Williams Foundation
Houston, TX
$33,825 PROGRAM SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Vivian L Smith Foundation
Houston, TX
$25,000 SUPPORT 2022-2023 PRODUCTION SEASON & THE RIVER
Filed as “THEATRE UNDER THE STARS TUTS”
Same street 0.75 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
MD Anderson Foundation
Houston, TX
$25,000 To support the musical theatre academy productions Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Crc Family Charitable Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$16,500
3 grant lines
GENERAL SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
CFP Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$15,000 General Support Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John P McGovern Foundation
Houston, TX
$10,000 General support Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Macdonald-Peterson Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL FUND Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
Houston, TX
$8,000 TOWARDS SUPPORT OF THE RIVER'S SUMMER CAMP. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gordon a Cain Foundation
Houston, TX
$5,000 UNRESTRICTED Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Shell USA Company Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$4,818 MEF Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Terry and Yogi Sheth Foundation
Spring, TX · Preselected only
$3,100 OLSHAN SCHOLARSHIPS Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jack and Annis Bowen Foundation
Carmine, TX · Preselected only
$3,000 UNRESTRICTED Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr
Wellesley, MA · Preselected only
$1,500 EDUCATIONAL
Filed as “THEATER UNDER THE STARS”
Same address 0.94 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
The Zions Bancorporation Foundation
Salt Lake City, UT · Preselected only
$1,270 ENRICH LIVES THROUGH MUSICAL THEATRE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Adan a Rios Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$1,034 Youth Arts program, The River Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Hg Ash Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$1,000 YOUTH PROGRAMMING Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Amica Companies Foundation
Lincoln, RI · Preselected only
$700 GENERAL PURPOSE 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 Theatre Under the Stars

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Theatre Under the Stars, 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. Sterling-Turner Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $439K to them
  2. The Powell Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $609K to them
  3. Strake Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $154K to them
  4. The Cullen Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $6.5M to them
  5. The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $1.11M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Hamill Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $1.51M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Adler Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $88.6K to them
  8. The Sarofim Foundation Houston, TX
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $750K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston, TX
    11 shared funders · 65 funders in all
  2. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX
    11 shared funders · 99 funders in all
  3. The Houston Food Bank Houston, TX
    12 shared funders · 169 funders in all
  4. Alley Theatre Houston, TX
    9 shared funders · 37 funders in all
  5. Houston Grand Opera Association Houston, TX
    9 shared funders · 47 funders in all
  6. Houston Symphony Society Houston, TX
    9 shared funders · 40 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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