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Joseph & Terri Gugenheim Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Houston, Texas · EIN 465290034

Joseph & Terri Gugenheim Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Houston, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $8.1 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $8.1 million and the largest $8.1 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $415,000 the year before.

100% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$230,0005$7.2 million
2024$415,0006$7.5 million
2025$8.1 million1$0

How to apply

ContactJoseph J Gugenheim
121 N Post Oak Lane 1702, Houston, TX 77024
Phone or email(713) 840-8636
What to submitNo prescribed form

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Rhode Island.

StateGrantsAmount
Rhode Island1$8.1 million

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Warwick, RI
Program support for donor advised fund$8.1 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Joseph & Terri Gugenheim Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Joseph & Terri Gugenheim Charitable Foundation give?

$8.1 million in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $8.1 million.

Who runs Joseph & Terri Gugenheim Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Joseph J Gugenheim (Director and President), Terri B Gugenheim (Director and Secretary), Robert C Daly (Director and Treasurer) and Estela P Contreras (Director).

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