Private foundation · Houston, TX
Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation
Typical grant size
$1K – $5K – $10K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
68
Repeat grantees
35
funded 2+ years
Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF
DeadlinesNONE
ContactSTEVEN A OWSLEY · 7132089884
MaterialsLETTER - NO MORE THAN TWO PAGES AND NO ENCLOSURES
RestrictionsTEXAS ONLY
Leadership · from 2024 990-PF
Sophia Garrett
TRUSTEE
David T Owsley
TRUSTEE
Steven a Owsley
TRUSTEE
Alvin M Owsley Jr
TRUSTEE
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.
Payout rate · TY 2024
8.8%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
283
Total grants awarded
$4.4M
Total amount
$15K
Average grant
$451K
Largest grant
Giving by year
2024
$581K
45 grants
2023
$594K
53 grants
2022
$464K
31 grants
2021
$553K
35 grants
2020
$474K
31 grants
2019
$586K
35 grants
2018
$389K
29 grants
2017
$293K
23 grants
2013
$451K
1 grants
Top recipients
7 grants · TX · ✓ Exact match
$1.1M
Various Grants Paid
1 grant · TX
$451K
8 grants · TX · ✓ Exact match
$365K
8 grants · TX · ✓ Exact match
$352K
Stages Repertory Theatre
7 grants · TX
$320K
8 grants · TX · ✓ Exact match
$235K
7 grants · TX · ✓ Exact match
$188K
Camp Allen
5 grants · TX
$105K
2 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$100K
6 grants · TX · ✓ Exact match
$99K
Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.
Recent grants · most recent filings first
Houston Ballet
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$100K
Stages
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$88K
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$75K
St John's School
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$61K
Georgetown University
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
DC · TY 2024
$40K
Houston Cinema Arts Society
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$26K
Christ Church Cathedral
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$22K
Pepperdine University
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
CA · TY 2024
$18K
Leland Township Public Library
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
MI · TY 2024
$13K
Friends of River Oaks Theatre
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$11K
Md Anderson
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$10K
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$10K
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$10K
Hermann Park Conservancy
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$10K
Orange Show Ctr for Visionary Arts
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$9K
Texas Cultural Trust
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$9K
Rienzi Garden Endowment
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$8K
Camp Allen
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$5K
Lone Star Flight Museum
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$5K
Garden Club of Houston
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$5K
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$5K
Rowdy
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$5K
Galveston Bay Foundation
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$5K
Crime Stoppers of Houston
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$5K
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$3K
Houston Area Parkinson's Society
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$3K
Houston Hospice
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$3K
Asia Society Texas
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$3K
The John Fairey Garden Conservation Fdn
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$3K
The Beacon
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$3K
Life Houston
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$2K
Eddie Burke Sr Memorial Invitational
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$2K
Communities in Schools of Houston
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$2K
Houston Museum of Natural Science
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$1K
Kiwanis Foundation of Houston
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$1K
The Menil Collection
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$1K
Spca
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$1K
Wild & Free Foundation
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
PA · TY 2024
$1K
Suffield Academy
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
CT · TY 2024
$500
Holly Hall Retirement Community
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$500
St Anne's Catholic Church
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$250
Center for Houston's Future
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$250
Ehop
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
MA · TY 2024
$250
Every Mother Counts
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
NY · TY 2024
$250
Alzheimer's Association
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2024
$250
Dallas Museum of Art
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2023
$170K
Houston Ballet
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2023
$74K
Georgetown University
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
DC · TY 2023
$60K
St John's School
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2023
$50K
Stages Repertory Theatre
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
TX · TY 2023
$27K
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.