Who funds Museum of Fine Arts Houston?
Houston, Texas · EIN 74-1109655 · NTEE A510 · 501(c)(3)
138 private foundations paid Museum of Fine Arts Houston 310 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $23.3M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE A510) places it in arts & culture.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- Lilly Endowment Inc · 2024 - Religion & cultural inst initiative$2,500,000
- Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation · 2023 - Endowment for the museum director$1,200,000
- Kinder Foundation · 2024 - General fund$940,531
- The Brown Foundation Inc · 2024 - MFAH Operating Support ($900,000) and Ruth K Shartle Lecture Series ($29,500)$929,500
- The Brown Foundation Inc · 2023 - General Operating Support ($900,000); Shartle Lecture Series ($29,500)$929,500
- Jerold B Katz Foundation · 2024 - 2025 donation$900,000
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · 2024 - To support the development of latinx archives$750,000
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · 2023 - To support the development of latinx archives$750,000
- Mr and Mrs Raymond J Horowitz Foundation for the Arts Inc · 2023 - Promote the arts$700,000
- Jerold B Katz Foundation · 2023 - 2024 donation$700,000
- Pilara Family Foundation · 2024 - Art$641,043
- John R Eckel Jr Foundation · 2023 - Capital Campaign$500,000
- Gordon a Cain Foundation · 2024 - Unrestricted$450,000
- Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · 2023 - Towards support of the juaica art gallery endowment fund through the campus redevelopment campaign.$400,000
- Lannan Foundation · 2024 - Art donation$391,522
- The Sarofim Foundation · 2022 - $100,000 for 2022 grand gala ball; remainder general charitable purposes$311,258
- Laurie and Reed Morian Foundation · 2024 - Bayou bend garden party, campaign for the mfah campus, conservation center build-out, general contributions$295,000
- Jan and J Venn Leeds Foundation · 2025 - Restrickedannual gala indowment$250,000
- Kinder Foundation · 2024 - General fund and exhibitions$250,000
- Hamill Foundation · 2024 - Capital Campaign to build-out the Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation$250,000
- The Sarofim Foundation · 2024 - General charitable purposes$250,000
- Terra Foundation for American Art · 2023 - Art education$250,000
- Laurie and Reed Morian Foundation · 2023 - Islamic worlds gala, gala ball, bayou bend fashion show, campaign for the mfah campus$217,500
- Gordon a Cain Foundation · 2023 - Unrestricted$203,000
- Edward J Hudson Jr Foundation · 2025 - Annual fundraising$200,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Houston Food BankHouston, TX · 41 shared funders
- Texas Childrens HospitalHouston, TX · 33 shared funders
- Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX · 24 shared funders
- University of Texas FoundationAustin, TX · 15 shared funders
- Texas A&m FoundationCollege Sta, TX · 12 shared funders
- Childrens Cancer Research FundMinneapolis, MN · 10 shared funders
- The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country IncKerrville, TX · 10 shared funders
- Heifer Project InternationalLittle Rock, AR · 10 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | 37 | $1.7M |
| 2024 | 115 | 94 | $11.3M |
| 2023 | 135 | 99 | $9.4M |
| 2022 | 16 | 15 | $835K |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | $2,978 |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 74-1109655
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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