Grants paid by John R Eckel Jr Foundation
EIN 27-2818091 · Houston, TX · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20
John R Eckel Jr Foundation of Houston, TX (EIN 27-2818091) reported 104 grants paid totaling $7,867,311 to 30 recipients in tax years 2018–2024, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. It also reported $3,725,000 approved for future payment, which is listed separately and not included in the total. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$7,867,311
104 grants
Recipients
30
distinct organizations
Tax years
2018–2024
5 filings in the corpus
Approved for future payment
$3,725,000
3 commitments · not included in grants paid
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | $1,881,000 | $3,700,000 |
| 2020 | 12 | $1,764,111 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | $1,722,500 | — |
| 2023 | 24 | $1,295,000 | — |
| 2024 | 29 | $1,204,700 | — |
Top recipients
The 30 recipients receiving the most from John R Eckel Jr Foundation, by grants paid, out of 30 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston 74-1109655 | B | Houston, TX | 12 | $2,550,000 | 2024 |
| Menil Foundation Inc 74-6045327 | B | Houston, TX | 14 | $2,112,311 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art 13-1789318 | B | New York, NY | 9 | $825,000 | 2024 |
| Columbia University 82-2244803 | C | New York, NY | 1 | $500,000 | 2018 |
| Lawndale Art and Performance Center 76-0278775 | B | Houston, TX | 7 | $300,000 | 2024 |
| Orange Show Foundation 74-2195558 | C | Houston, TX | 6 | $215,000 | 2024 |
| Project Row Houses 76-0411778 | B | Houston, TX | 5 | $200,000 | 2024 |
| Genesys Works | U | Houston, TX | 3 | $180,000 | 2024 |
| New Group Inc 13-3613115 | B | New York, NY | 6 | $150,000 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston 74-1093771 | B | Houston, TX | 4 | $110,000 | 2024 |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation 58-2033460 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Buffalo Bayou Partnership 76-0183954 | B | Houston, TX | 3 | $80,000 | 2024 |
| Fotofest Inc 76-0105267 | B | Houston, TX | 3 | $75,000 | 2024 |
| University of Houston | U | Houston, TX | 3 | $70,000 | 2024 |
| Rothko Chapel 22-7229934 | B | Houston, TX | 1 | $50,000 | 2020 |
| Houston Botanic Garden 04-3695294 | B | Houston, TX | 2 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Artadia | U | Brooklyn, NY | 3 | $45,000 | 2024 |
| Gulf Coast-a Journal of Literature and Fine Arts 76-0369258 | B | Houston, TX | 3 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Prounitas Inc 47-1573396 | B | Houston, TX | 2 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Inc 22-1962163 | B | Florham Park, NJ | 3 | $30,000 | 2024 |
| William Marsh Rice University 74-1109620 | B | Houston, TX | 1 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council 33-1095299 | B | Galveston, TX | 3 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Hermann Park Conservancy 76-0327389 | B | Houston, TX | 1 | $20,000 | 2022 |
| Sculpture Month Houston Inc 86-3956328 | B | Houston, TX | 2 | $20,000 | 2023 |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc 95-4217197 | B | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $20,000 | 2022 |
| Mississippi Museum of Art Inc 64-6025771 | B | Jackson, MS | 1 | $15,000 | 2022 |
| Art Council Inc 91-1877238 | C | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $15,000 | 2020 |
| Astrodome Conservancy 81-3660137 | B | Houston, TX | 1 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Armand Hammer Museum | U | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $10,000 | 2018 |
| The John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation | U | Hempstead, TX | 1 | $5,000 | 2023 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 107 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $100,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Eckel Gallery Exhibition Program | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Orange Show Foundation Houston, TX | C | $100,000 | paid | Capital campaign | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Support for the Adam D. Weinberg Artists Fund | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $75,000 | paid | Support for Menil House grounds renovation | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $75,000 | paid | Ruth Asawa drawing acquisition | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Genesys Works Houston, TX | U | $60,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Annual design acquisitions and exhibitions | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Buffalo Bayou Partnership Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Supporting a new, site-specific media and sound installation by Rachel Rossin at the Houston | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Project Row Houses Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | University of Houston Houston, TX | U | $30,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support of Blaffer Art Museum | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Orange Show Foundation Houston, TX | C | $25,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | New Group Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Houston Botanic Garden Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | William Marsh Rice University Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support for Moody Center | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Support for acquisitions in the area of modern and contemporary art | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Fotofest Inc Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Support of FotoFest's Literacy Through Photography Learning Program | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | New Group Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $24,700 | paid | Jason Moran acquisition | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Prounitas Inc Houston, TX | B | $20,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Artadia Brooklyn, NY | U | $15,000 | paid | To support an Artadia 2024 award to a talented, emerging Houston artist | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Gulf Coast-a Journal of Literature and Fine Arts Houston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Inc Florham Park, NJ | B | $10,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council Galveston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | Support the publication of Duchamp in California: Walter Hopps Curates a Retrospective | 202523209349100712 |
| 2024 | Astrodome Conservancy Houston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | Unrestricted operating support | 202523209349100712 |
| 2023 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $500,000 | paid | Capital Campaign | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $100,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Eckel Gallery Exhibition Program | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Genesys Works Houston, TX | U | $60,000 | paid | General operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | To support "Ruth Asawa Through Line," a landmark exhibition co-organized with the Menil Collection | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Toward the Annual Fund | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Annual design acquisitions / exhibitions | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | To assist with the funding of a strip of adjacent property | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Project Row Houses Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston, TX | B | $30,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | University of Houston Houston, TX | U | $30,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Fotofest Inc Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Support of FotoFests Literacy Through Photography Learning Program | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Toward support of William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows exhibition | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Houston Botanic Garden Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | New Group Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Orange Show Foundation Houston, TX | C | $25,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Artadia Brooklyn, NY | U | $15,000 | paid | To support of an Artadia 2023 award to a talented, emerging Houston artist | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Inc Florham Park, NJ | B | $10,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council Galveston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | To support FeatherFest 2023 | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Sculpture Month Houston Inc Houston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | To support its 2023 exhibition Sleep of Reason / The "Fragmented Figure" | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Gulf Coast-a Journal of Literature and Fine Arts Houston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | Prounitas Inc Houston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | Operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2023 | The John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation Hempstead, TX | U | $5,000 | paid | General operating support | 202423529349100402 |
| 2022 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $500,000 | paid | Capital Campaign | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $300,000 | paid | Capital and Endowment Campaign | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $100,000 | paid | Operating support for the Menil Collection | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Toward the Eckel Gallery Exhibition Program | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Genesys Works Houston, TX | U | $60,000 | paid | General operating support | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | To assist with the funding of a strategic acquisition of adjacent property | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Support of the 35th Anniversary Gala Cirque Surrealiste | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | Toward the 2022 Whitney Biennial | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Annual design acquisitions/exhibitions | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | To partially underwrite acquisition of Rick Lowe's Project Row Houses 2021 | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Funding for Kay Sage painting acquisition | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Toward the Annual Fund | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Project Row Houses Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | 2022 general operations | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | General operations and artistic programming | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Fotofest Inc Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Support of FotoFest's Literacy Through Photography Learning Program in memory of Fred Baldwin | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Orange Show Foundation Houston, TX | C | $25,000 | paid | Operating support | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | New Group Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | 2022 general operations | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $22,500 | paid | Funding for Dorothy Hood drawing acquisition | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston, TX | B | $20,000 | paid | Operating support | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Hermann Park Conservancy Houston, TX | B | $20,000 | paid | Multi-year grant payments 4 and 5 toward the Hermann Park Art Fund | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc Los Angeles, CA | B | $20,000 | paid | Support for the upcoming exhibitions, Drawing Down the Moon and Picasso Cut Papers | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Artadia Brooklyn, NY | U | $15,000 | paid | Support a 2022 award to an emerging Houston artist | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Mississippi Museum of Art Inc Jackson, MS | B | $15,000 | paid | The exhibition The End of My Beginning by Jamal Cyrus | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Gulf Coast-a Journal of Literature and Fine Arts Houston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | Operating support | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Sculpture Month Houston Inc Houston, TX | B | $10,000 | paid | Support Synaptic exhibition | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Inc Florham Park, NJ | B | $10,000 | paid | Operating support | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | University of Houston Houston, TX | U | $10,000 | paid | Blaffer Art Museum - support for the 'NEXT' exhibition program | 202323139349100927 |
| 2022 | Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council Galveston, TX | B | $5,000 | paid | To support FeatherFest 2022 | 202323139349100927 |
| 2020 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $700,000 | paid | Capital and Endowment Campaign / Operating support | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $600,000 | paid | Capital campaign / acquisition of modern and contemporary decorative arts / operating support | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | David Hammons public art project/ Exhibitions in the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gallery | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Menil Foundation Houston, TX | B | $79,111 | paid | Acquisition of 3 Stephen Mueller works & 'Untitled, No.13' by Roni Horn / Studio Menil Presents: Paint by Numbers | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Rothko Chapel Houston, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | Opening spaces capital campaign | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | 2020 General operations and programming | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Project Row Houses Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | General support | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | New Group Inc New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | General support | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Buffalo Bayou Partnership Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | approved, future | Sala installation | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Buffalo Bayou Partnership Houston, TX | B | $25,000 | paid | Sala installation | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston, TX | B | $20,000 | paid | General support | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Orange Show Foundation Houston, TX | B | $20,000 | paid | Operating support | 202123169349102342 |
| 2020 | Art Council Inc Brooklyn, NY | C | $15,000 | paid | Artadia -Emerging Houston artist award | 202123169349102342 |
| 2018 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $2,500,000 | approved, future | Capital campaign | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Menil Foundation Houston, TX | B | $1,200,000 | approved, future | Capital campaign | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, TX | B | $600,000 | paid | Annual fund, annual design acquisitions, and capital campaign | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Columbia University New York, NY | C | $500,000 | paid | John R Eckel, Jr Professorship of Financial Economics Fund | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Menil Foundation Inc Houston, TX | B | $426,000 | paid | Acquisition of artwork, capital campaign, and general support | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $125,000 | paid | Exhibition support | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Elton John AIDS Foundation New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | October 2018 Enduring Visionary Fundraiser | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Project Row Houses Houston, TX | B | $40,000 | paid | General support | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, TX | B | $30,000 | paid | General support and the 2018 exhibition program | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | New Group Inc New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | General support | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Orange Show Foundation Houston, TX | B | $20,000 | paid | Operating support for the Center for Visionary Art (Houston) | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Armand Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA | U | $10,000 | paid | Stones to Stains: The Drawings of Victor Hugo exhibit | 201941339349101964 |
| 2018 | Buffalo Bayou Partnership Houston, TX | B | $5,000 | paid | Spatial Chromointerferene at the Houston Cistern | 201941339349101964 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.2 | 202523209349100712 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.1 | 202423529349100402 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202323139349100927 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.0 | 202123169349102342 |
| 990PF | 2018 | 2018-12-31 | not stated | 2018v3.1 | 201941339349101964 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/272818091.json.
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