Who funds Houston Food Bank?
Houston, Texas · EIN 74-2181456 · 501(c)(3)
250 private foundations paid Houston Food Bank 489 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $13.3M in all.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 250 on file.
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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.
- Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation · 2024 - Program/Project support$1,000,000
- Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation · 2023 - The food for better lives expansion campaign$1,000,000
- The Elkins Foundation · 2024 - In support of the food for better lives expansion campaign$500,000
- Realty Gift Fund · 2023 - General support$409,183
- The Freebird Foundation · 2025 - Capital campaign for new facility$400,000
- Dan L Duncan Family Foundation · 2024 - Social services$400,000
- The Sarofim Foundation · 2024 - General charitable purposes$400,000
- Dan L Duncan Family Foundation · 2023 - Social services$400,000
- Shell USA Company Foundation · 2023 - Mef$343,861
- The Elkins Foundation · 2023 - In support of the food for better lives expansion campaign$250,000
- The Elkins Foundation · 2022 - Support of the food for better lives expansion campaign$250,000
- Shell USA Company Foundation · 2024$237,697
- Shell USA Company Foundation · 2022 - Mef$222,649
- Tres Grace Family Foundation · 2024 - Hunger & Food Security$200,000
- Houston Endowment Inc · 2024 - Project Support for Phase Two of the Houston Food Bank's Civic Engagement Initiatives$195,000
- Leonard R Frankel Family Foundation · 2024 - Houston food bank support$150,000
- Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · 2024 - General donation$150,000
- Harvey R Houck Jr and Patricia W Houck Foundation Inc · 2024 - General support$150,000
- Harvey R Houck Jr and Patricia W Houck Foundation Inc · 2023 - General support$150,000
- The Smith Global Foundation · 2024 - Support programs and operations$140,000
- A R Tony and Maria J Sanchez Family Foundation · 2024 - Food security for disadvantaged populations$130,000
- Baroness Kandy Kaye Horn Foundation · 2023 - Exempt function$107,500
- Houston Endowment Inc · 2023 - Project support to develop plan to increase electoral participation among HFB partners$102,000
- The Freebird Foundation · 2025 - Towards houston food bank's general operations$100,000
- Kathy & Rick Walton Charitable Tr Foundation · 2025 - Provide food for better$100,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Museum of Fine Arts HoustonHouston, TX · 41 shared funders
- Texas Childrens HospitalHouston, TX · 44 shared funders
- North Texas Food BankPlano, TX · 36 shared funders
- Texas A&m FoundationCollege Sta, TX · 29 shared funders
- Central Texas Food Bank IncAustin, TX · 27 shared funders
- Movember FoundationSanta Monica, CA · 24 shared funders
- Heifer Project InternationalLittle Rock, AR · 23 shared funders
- University of Texas FoundationAustin, TX · 26 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | 84 | $1.8M |
| 2024 | 180 | 173 | $5.8M |
| 2023 | 202 | 167 | $4.9M |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | $786K |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 | $267K |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | $2,000 |
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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 74-2181456
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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