Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Galveston, Texas

42
foundations with a Galveston address
$150.1M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
10
say they accept unsolicited
$7,100
median grant

Grantlas lists 42 foundations that gave a Galveston, Texas address on their tax filing — 40 private foundations and 2 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $150.1 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 10 of them (24%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is a Galveston foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.

Top 25 of 42 foundations

Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first, then the ones whose filing doesn’t say.

Foundations in Galveston, Texas
The Moody FoundationAccepts$70,000$121.3M$1,500–$30MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Abe & Annie Seibel FoundationAccepts$2.6M$5.1M$2M–$3.4MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund IncAccepts$2,500$2.8M$156–$351,614No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Mary Cecile ChambersAccepts$237,599$508,500$1,000–$507,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ernest A Mantzel FoundationAccepts$528,000$508,000$508,000–$548,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Dr Leon Bromberg Charitable TrustAccepts$5,000$392,000$500–$50,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
David F & Sara K Weston FundAccepts$2,000$192,500$1,000–$50,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Jack and Katherine PearceAccepts$8,000$144,000$7,000–$13,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
George Ball Charity AssociationAccepts$7,500$35,500$1,500–$8,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Alice Taylor Gray FoundationAccepts$2,000$20,000$500–$6,000Down 30% over 3 yearsFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
United Way of Galveston Inc WhiteFederationNot stated$10,242Over $5k only$401,060$5,744–$249,300No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Galveston Island Oktoberfest IncPublic foundationNot stated$75,000Over $5k only$75,469One amountNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Moody Gardens IncInvitation only$2.4M$10.8M$104,525–$10.6MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Mary Moody Northen EndowmentInvitation only$16,000$4.4M$800–$2MUp 45% over 3 yearsFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Apollos Charitable FoundationInvitation only$50,000$890,000$10,000–$400,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Edward D & Sally M FutchInvitation only$112,500$672,000$100,000–$347,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Rita and Richard C Ashley FoundationInvitation only$6,700$276,200$200–$100,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The William Gammon Henry CharitableInvitation only$95,550$220,000$18,900–$100,100No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Grant Family FundInvitation only$2,000$160,500$1,000–$20,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Estate of Fred Wimhurst Jr TrustInvitation only$79,294$158,828$240–$79,294No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Letulle FoundationInvitation only$24,678$139,355$12,000–$80,488No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sasser Family Foundation IncInvitation only$2,500$135,833$1,000–$54,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Del Barto-Tramonte Foundation IncInvitation only$124,000$124,000—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Abe & Peggy J Levy FoundationInvitation only$125,000$115,000$115,000–$135,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Vandal & Winifred Mercer TexasIndividuals only$2,500$101,250$1,250–$2,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from each funder’s grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report. Community foundations and other charities list only grants over $5,000, so their figures run high.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.
  • 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.