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Project Row Houses

Public charity · Grantmaker Houston, TX EIN: 76-0411778 Website

Project Row Houses empowers people and enriches communities through engagement, art, and direct action.

Project Row Houses at a glance

Total assets
$14,939,889
+1.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$2,708,129
+19.1% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$146,870
-30.4% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$3,620,847
-8.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

How to apply to Project Row Houses

Who Project Row Houses funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Houston

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K1 grant2019 0 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2024) to $66K (2019). In 2024 it reported $2K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Row House Community Development Corporation Houston, TXCommunity development$9,424
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$14,939,889$2,708,129$3,620,847——$146,870
2024$14,727,182$2,274,083$3,946,592$2,251Total only$211,056
2023$16,337,828$3,430,998$4,081,481$9,4241$51,585
2022$17,608,817$8,758,861$2,643,852$15,0001$14,214
2021$10,675,760$9,147,034$1,545,685$15,0001$8
2020$3,017,952$1,954,244$1,771,932——$1,713
2019$2,759,353$1,289,934$1,878,259$65,5281$-12,237

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Project Row Houses

Based on IRS filings

Project Row Houses is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Houston, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $14.9M in total assets. Net investment income was $147K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Project Row Houses is led by Danielle Burns Wilson, Executive Director since 2024 (on filings since 2023); 4 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Danielle Burns Wilson

    Executive Director

    Director of Public Art → Executive Director, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $101K (2023) → $137K (2025)

  • Phillip Pyle II

    President

    Director → Vice President, 2023

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth C Viera-Bland

    Neighborhood Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2024) → $117K (2025)

  • Tawana M Anderson

    Development Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $125K (2024) → $108K (2025)

  • Travis Gordon

    Finance Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $54K (2025)

  • Anita Webber Smith

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bert Brown III

    Member

    President → Director, 2024

    Director → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gregory Michael Carter

    Member

    Director → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jackson Smith

    Member

    Director → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Emily Rahbar-Daniels

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Mouton Wallace

    Member

    Director → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mallory Smith

    Member

    Director → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patra Brannon-Isaac

    Member

    Director → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vernique R Hutchinson

    Member

    Director → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christian Taylor

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lalla V Morris

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Cervenka

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Omar C Reid

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Raquel Egbuonu

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Raquel Seymone Phillips-Lester

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (34)
  • Former: Eureka N Gilkey (2019–2024) — Executive Director to
  • Former: Terri Hamm (2021–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Aarti Garehgrat (2019–2023) — Assistant Treasurer
  • Former: Deepak A Doshi (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Devaron Yates (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Emily Daniels (2021–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Leamon Greene (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Shelley Adams (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: CHastings Johnson (2023) — Director
  • Former: Amber Doss (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Andrew Speckhard (2019–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Elwyn C Lee JD (2019–2022) — President
  • Former: Nina Oaks (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Theola Petteway (2019–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Asmara Tekle (2020–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Lynn Henson (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Rasheca Barrow (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Andrew Schirrmeister (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: J Clark Martin (2021–2022) — Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Jan Derrick Griesenbeck (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kaneem Smith (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Linda Hunsaker (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Nancy Atlas (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ray Shackleford (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: C Hastings Johnson (2022) — Director
  • Former: Hasty Johnson (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Bert Bertonaschi (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Bert Samples (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Edwin Harrison (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Emily Todd (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: James V Derrick Jr. (2019–2020) — Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Janet Derrick Griesenbeck (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Nory Angel (2020) — Director
  • Former: Regina Agu (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Danielle Burns Wilson — Executive Director: $137KDanielle Burns WilsonExecutive Director$137KElizabeth C Viera-Bland — Neighborhood Director: $117KElizabeth C Viera-BlandNeighborhood Director$117KTawana M Anderson — Development Director: $108KTawana M AndersonDevelopment Director$108KTravis Gordon — Finance Director: $54KTravis GordonFinance Director$54K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $137K, to Danielle Burns Wilson (Executive Director). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Project Row Houses

How large is Project Row Houses?

Project Row Houses reported $14.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.7M.

What is Project Row Houses?

Project Row Houses is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Houston, TX. It holds $14.9M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Project Row Houses operate?

Project Row Houses has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Project Row Houses's EIN?

Project Row Houses's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 76-0411778. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 15, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 27, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 3, 2024)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 8, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 10, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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