Private Foundation

John R Eckel Jr Foundation

John R Eckel Jr Foundation, of Houston, TX, is a Private Foundation tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $-4.5M in revenue, $1.8M in expenses, $23.1M in total assets. IRS filings disclose 133 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $12.3M.

EIN: 272818091 Houston, TX Latest filing: 2024

Total Revenue$-4.5M

Total Expenses$1.8M

Total Assets$23.1M

Grants Given133

Grant Total$12.3M

Filing Years2019–2024

Sample Grants Given

Whitney Museum of American Art

New York, NY · 2024

Eckel Gallery Exhibition Program

$100,000

Orange Show Foundation

Houston, TX · 2024

Capital campaign

$100,000

Whitney Museum of American Art

New York, NY · 2024

Support for the Adam D. Weinberg Artists Fund

$100,000

Menil Foundation Inc

Houston, TX · 2024

Unrestricted operating support

$100,000

Menil Foundation Inc

Houston, TX · 2024

Support for Menil House grounds renovation

$75,000

Showing up to 5 of 133 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

President/Treasurer Douglas L Lawing

VP/Secretary Jeffrey A Casey

Director T Randolph Harris

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Top Grant Purposes

Underwriting for 2017 dinner, capital campaign, and acquisition of art

$1,153,500 1 grant

Capital Campaign

$1,000,000 2 grants

Menil Collection's acquisition of artwork (Ellsworth Kelly, Menil Curve 2015,30th Anniversary Ball, and general support

$750,000 1 grant

Capital and Endowment Campaign / Operating support

$700,000 1 grant

Annual fund, annual design acquisitions, exhibition of Ragnar Kjartansson's video installation, capital campaign and 2019 Grand Gala Ball

$628,960 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2024	$-4.5M	$1.8M	$23.1M
2023	$445K	$2.1M	$29.4M
2022	$-985K	$2.3M	$31.0M
2020	$-394K	$2.3M	$34.5M
2019	$-6.0M	$1.8M	$37.2M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue moved from $-6.0M to $-4.5M, with total assets most recently reported at $23.1M.

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Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CA, MS, NJ, NY, TX.

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