The Becker Family Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Houston, TX EIN: 76-0560995

The Becker Family Foundation is a public charity, based in Houston, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025.

The Becker Family Foundation at a glance

Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who The Becker Family Foundation funds

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

States

Cities

HoustonSugar Land

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K9 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

In 2019 it made 9 grants totaling $445K.

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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
2023—$1,400$353———
2022$353$104,000$121,600———
2021$18,603$1$63,152———
2020$80,652$55,396$52,015———
2019$81,556$134,376$455,061$445,0009$33,574

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Becker Family Foundation is led by Sunni Markowitz, President since 2024 (on filings since 2019); none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Sunni Markowitz

    President

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stanley C Weinstein

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen M Kaufman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gary Becker

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Benjamin D Rosenberg

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Roberta Herman-Dietrich

    Assistant Secretary

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: Allen J Becker dec (2023) — President
  • Former: Allen J Becker (2019–2022) — President
  • Former: Pamela Kutner (2019–2020) — Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Roberta Herman Dietrich (2019–2020) — Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Ben Rosenberg (2019) — Treasurer

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.

Frequently asked questions about The Becker Family Foundation

Where does The Becker Family Foundation operate?

The Becker Family Foundation has awarded grants in Texas.

What is The Becker Family Foundation's EIN?

The Becker Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 76-0560995. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 13, 2026)

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