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John R Eckel Jr Foundation: 29 grants to organizations, $1.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
John R Eckel Jr Foundation, a private foundation in Houston, TX, paid 29 grants to organizations totaling $1,204,700 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 16, 2025. The largest was $100,000 to Menil Foundation Inc in Houston, TX for unrestricted operating support.
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- EIN
- 272818091
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- Assets
- $25,300,742
- Grants paid
- $1,204,700
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 16, 2025, IRS object ID 202523209349100712. It reported $1,204,700 in grants paid; 29 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menil Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Orange Show Foundation | Houston, TX | Capital campaign | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | Support for the Adam D. Weinberg Artists Fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | Eckel Gallery Exhibition Program | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Menil Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | Support for Menil House grounds renovation | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Menil Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | Ruth Asawa drawing acquisition | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Genesys Works | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Buffalo Bayou Partnership | Houston, TX | Supporting a new, site-specific media and sound installation by Rachel Rossin at the Houston | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lawndale Art and Performance Center | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | Annual design acquisitions and exhibitions | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Row Houses | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support of Blaffer Art Museum | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fotofest Inc | Houston, TX | Support of FotoFest's Literacy Through Photography Learning Program | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Botanic Garden | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Group Inc | New York, NY | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Group Inc | New York, NY | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Orange Show Foundation | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | Support for acquisitions in the area of modern and contemporary art | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| William Marsh Rice University | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support for Moody Center | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Menil Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | Jason Moran acquisition | Arts, culture and humanities | $24,700 | apps.irs.gov |
| Prounitas Inc | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Youth development | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Artadia | Brooklyn, NY | To support an Artadia 2024 award to a talented, emerging Houston artist | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Astrodome Conservancy | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council | Galveston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gulf Coast-A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts | Houston, TX | Unrestricted operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Menil Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | Support the publication of Duchamp in California: Walter Hopps Curates a Retrospective | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Inc | Florham Park, NJ | Unrestricted operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $959,700 |
| Environment | $85,000 |
| Education | $25,000 |
| Youth development | $20,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Texas | $929,700 |
| New York | $265,000 |
| New Jersey | $10,000 |
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Updated November 16, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.