Humanities Texas
Austin, TX · EIN 75-1493438. Reported 95 grants totalling $972,088 to 84 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Humanities Texas, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A700) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 84 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 7% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $12,000; the smallest was $5,040 and the largest $25,052. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witte Museum | San Antonio, TX | $30,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute | Waco, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texas State University | San Marcos, TX | $25,052 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum | San Antonio, TX | $23,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | Houston, TX | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Braniff Airways Foundation | Dfw Airport, TX | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dallas Holocaust Museum | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Don Harrington Discovery Center Foundation Inc | Amarillo, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amarillo Symphony Inc | Amarillo, TX | $18,250 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bryan Educational Institute | Galveston, TX | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Western Art Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $16,088 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of El Paso | El Paso, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harrison County Historical Society | Marshall, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ranching Heritage Association | Lubbock, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Festival of Books Inc | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield | La Porte, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Folklife Resources | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Texas Public Broadcasting Association | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $14,960 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg, TX | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | Tonkawa, OK | $13,532 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Socorro Community Initiative | Socorro, TX | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Headwaters at the Comal | New Braunfels, TX | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grace Museum Inc | Abilene, TX | $12,550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Inc | Austin, TX | $12,235 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| El Paso Community College District | El Paso, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Panhandle-Plains Historical Society | Canyon, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teas A&m International University | Laredo, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native American Cultural Center | Austin, TX | $11,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity University | San Antonio, TX | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asia Society Texas Center | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chinati Foundation | Marfa, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Historical Society Hall of State Fair Park | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ellis County African American Hall of Fame Museum & Library Inc | Lancaster, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History | Corp Christi, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Heritage Museum of Montgomery County | Conroe, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Houston Freedmens Town Conservancy Inc | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute for Diversity and Civic Life | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maya Research Program | Tyler, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Printing History | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of South Texas History | Edinburg, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Remembering Black Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rosenberg Railroad Museum Inc | Rosenberg, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teatro De Artes De Juan Seguin Theatre of Arts Ofjuan Seguin | Seguin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Texas Book Festival | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Texas Maritime Museum Association Inc | Rockport, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Shakespeare Festival Foundation | Kilgore, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Webb County Heritage Foundation Inc | Laredo, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mcfaddin Ward House Inc | Beaumont, TX | $9,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Schreiner University | Kerrville, TX | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cultural Heritage Society of the Camino Real De Tierra Adentro | El Paso, TX | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Round Rock Isd | Round Rock, TX | $8,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Tech University System | Lubbock, TX | $8,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Archer County Museum & Arts Center Inc | Archer City, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Houston Climate Justice Museum | Houston, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inside Literature | Austin, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lake Jackson Historical Association | Lake Jackson, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oak Cliff Records & Library | Dallas, TX | $7,950 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Development Corporation of Freedmens Town | Houston, TX | $7,831 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Austin Public Library Friends Foundation | Austin, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Irving | Irving, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Latinos in Heritage Conservation | Tucson, AZ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kilgore College | Kilgore, TX | $7,080 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| No 1 British Flying Training School Museum Inc | Terrell, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas State Historical Association | Austin, TX | $6,850 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gregg County Historical Foundation | Longview, TX | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Tom Lea Institute | El Paso, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Audiences Inc of Houston | Houston, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Austin African American Book Festival | Pflugerville, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Bend History Association | Richmond, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Texas Historical Commission Inc | Austin, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston | Houston, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mexic-Arte | Austin, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sul Ross State University | Alpine, TX | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $5,420 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Transportation & Commerce | Galveston, TX | $5,040 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
9 of 84 (11%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 62 of 84 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 38 | $359,508 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $324,080 | $11,144 |
| 2024 | 29 | $288,500 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Humanities Texas's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 29 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1410 Rio Grande St, Austin, TX, 78701.
EIN 75-1493438 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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