The Sarofim Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Houston, TX · EIN 37-2090276 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
The Sarofim Foundation is a private foundation based in Houston, TX (EIN 37-2090276). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $114.9M paid in 152 grants, with a median grant of $150K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $3.2B. Its latest 990-PF gives application information and does not say it gives only to preselected organizations.
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Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Application information on file: its latest 990-PF does not say it gives only to preselected organizations, and it gives some information about applying. See more foundations with application information.
- Contact
- Ryan Dolibois
- Phone
- (713) 654-4484
- Deadlines
- Required checklists and documentations must be submitted to the foundation within 60 days of the ini
- Application materials
- Upon receipt of a grant request, the Foundation requires the applicant to furnish the Foundation with specified information set forth in the Foundation's due diligence checklist, including, without limitation, information regarding the Applicant's formation as a nonprofit entity; tax-exempt and public charity status under Section 501(c)(3); governance, charitable activities, financials, and key personnel. If the grant request is approved by the Foundation's Trustees, the Foundation requires the Applicant to enter into a grant letter agreement with the Foundation outlining and confirming the Applicant's public charity status under Section 501(c)(3) and proposed use of the grant funds consistent with the Foundation's charitable mission.
- Restrictions
- The Foundation does not make grants to organizations that are not recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) and Sections 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), and 509(a)(3), including, without limitation, private foundations and private operating foundations described under Section 501(c)(3). In addition, the Foundation does not make grants to individuals, including, without limitation, grants to support scholarships programs organized for individual recipients.
Original filing text
- Contact
- RYAN DOLIBOIS
- Address
- PO BOX 52830 HOUSTON, TX, 770522830
- Phone
- 7136544484
- Deadlines
- REQUIRED CHECKLISTS AND DOCUMENTATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE FOUNDATION WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE INI
- Application materials
- Upon receipt of a grant request, the Foundation requires the applicant to furnish the Foundation with specified information set forth in the Foundation's due diligence checklist, including, without limitation, information regarding the Applicant's formation as a nonprofit entity; tax-exempt and public charity status under Section 501(c)(3); governance, charitable activities, financials, and key personnel. If the grant request is approved by the Foundation's Trustees, the Foundation requires the Applicant to enter into a grant letter agreement with the Foundation outlining and confirming the Applicant's public charity status under Section 501(c)(3) and proposed use of the grant funds consistent with the Foundation's charitable mission.
- Restrictions
- The Foundation does not make grants to organizations that are not recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) and Sections 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), and 509(a)(3), including, without limitation, private foundations and private operating foundations described under Section 501(c)(3). In addition, the Foundation does not make grants to individuals, including, without limitation, grants to support scholarships programs organized for individual recipients.
Reported organization name: THE SAROFIM FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Sarofim Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-sarofim-foundation-372090276
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of St Thomas | Houston, TX | General charitable purposes | Tax year 20242024 | $8M |
| St John's School | Houston, TX | General charitable purposes | Tax year 20242024 | $6M |
| Kinkaid School Inc | Houston, TX | General charitable purposes | Tax year 20242024 | $6M |
| Harris Health Strategic Fund | Bellaire, TX | General charitable purposes | Tax year 20242024 | $6M |
| Alley Theatre | Houston, TX | General charitable purposes | Tax year 20242024 | $5.2M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (152 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Sarofim Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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