Houston Botanic Garden
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2022–2025
Total received
$8.9M
Foundation funders
88
Grants recorded
200
Years covered
2022–2025
Who funds Houston Botanic Garden?
Houston Botanic Garden is funded by 88 grantmakers, led by Garver Black Hilyard Family Foundation ($2.1M), Melbern G & Susanne M Glasscock ($1.7M), The Brown Foundation Inc ($1.1M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $8.9M in grants to Houston Botanic Garden between 2022–2025.
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Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.6M (2025) to $2.7M (2022). In 2025 it made 26 grants totaling $1.6M.
What grants has Houston Botanic Garden received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Garver Black Hilyard Family Foundation | General Charitable Purposes | $519,400 |
| 2025 | The Susan Vaughan Foundation Inc | FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $200,000 |
| 2025 | Melbern G & Susanne M Glasscock | UNRESTRICTED | $200,000 |
| 2025 | The Brown Foundation Inc | Operating Support | $150,000 |
| 2025 | National Philanthropic Trust | ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS | $143,000 |
| 2025 | The Marie M and James H Galloway | GENERAL FUND | $100,000 |
| 2025 | The Powell Foundation | Conservation: Connecting People to Nature | $50,000 |
| 2025 | The Elkins Foundation | IN SUPPORT OF BIO-DIVERSIFICATION AND SUSTAINING ESSENTIAL ECOSYSTEMS | $50,000 |
| 2025 | Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund | GRANTS | $50,000 |
| 2025 | Houston Jewish Community Foundation | General Support | $28,500 |
| 2025 | Kinder Foundation | GENERAL FUND | $25,000 |
| 2025 | CenterPoint Energy Foundation Inc | GENERAL DONATION | $25,000 |
| 2025 | Vivian L Smith Foundation | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 |
| 2025 | River Oaks Garden Club | Program support | $12,200 |
| 2025 | Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation | GENERAL PURPOSE | $10,000 |
| 2025 | Garden Club of Houston | Iris garden | $10,000 |
| 2025 | Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation | General Support | $7,000 |
| 2025 | The Ralph H and Ruth J McCullough | UNRESTRICTED | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Gessner Family Foundation | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION | $5,000 |
| 2025 | MK2 Foundation | COMMUNITY BETTERMENT | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Vivian L Smith Foundation | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Taub Foundation | SUPPORT GARDEN CONSERVATION | $2,500 |
| 2025 | Greentree Fund | BENEFITING GARDEN & NATURAL WILDLIFE | $1,500 |
| 2025 | H Fort Flowers Foundation | UNRESTRICTED DONATION | $1,000 |
| 2025 | Aron S & Anaruth P Gordon Foundation | GENERAL PURPOSE | $500 |
| 2025 | Edith Fbondi Foundation | EDUCATION | $278 |
| 2024 | Garver Black Hilyard Family Foundation | General Charitable Purposes | $359,350 |
| 2024 | Melbern G & Susanne M Glasscock | UNRESTRICTED | $300,000 |
| 2024 | The Marie M and James H Galloway | GENERAL FUND | $200,000 |
| 2024 | The Brown Foundation Inc | Operating Support | $150,000 |
Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Houston Botanic Garden?
Houston Botanic Garden is funded by 88 grantmakers, led by Garver Black Hilyard Family Foundation ($2.1M), Melbern G & Susanne M Glasscock ($1.7M), The Brown Foundation Inc ($1.1M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $8.9M in grants to Houston Botanic Garden between 2022–2025.
Who is Houston Botanic Garden's largest funder?
Garver Black Hilyard Family Foundation is the largest recorded funder of Houston Botanic Garden, with $2.1M across 6 grants (2022–2025).
How much grant funding has Houston Botanic Garden received?
IRS 990 filings record $8.9M in grants to Houston Botanic Garden across 200 grants from 88 funders between 2022–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
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