Funding search · EIN 311505617 · Houston, TX

Grits Foundation

Name: Grits Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

62
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “bray” · $20,000

$10,000
Cohen Bray House Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Cohen Bray House Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Cohen Bray House Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2022
To fund charitable activities

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Texas Children'S Hospital4 grants · $455,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $395,000
Teach for America4 grants · $45,000
The Rise School4 grants · $40,000
Neuhaus Education Center4 grants · $40,000
Communities in School4 grants · $40,000
Urban Harvest4 grants · $40,000
Medical Bridges4 grants · $30,000
Houston Museum of Natural Sciences4 grants · $20,000
Archaeological Institute of America4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$250,000

2022

$290,000

2023

$330,000

2024

$370,000

2025

Grant history

All 62 reported grants, largest first.

$165,000
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$115,000
Planned Parenthood · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$115,000
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$100,000
Planned Parenthood · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$100,000
Planned Parenthood · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$100,000
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$80,000
Planned Parenthood · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$75,000
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$15,000
Teach for America · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Cohen Bray House Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Communities in School · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Medical Bridges · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Neuhaus Education Center · Bellaire, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
The Rise School · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Urban Harvest · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Communities in School · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Medical Bridges · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Neuhaus Education Center · Bellaire, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Teach for America · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
The Rise School · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Urban Harvest · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Communities in School · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Neuhaus Education Center · Bellaire, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Teach for America · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
The Rise School · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Urban Harvest · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Communities in School · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Neuhaus Education Center · Bellaire, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Teach for America · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
The Rise School · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$10,000
Urban Harvest · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Archaeological Institute of America · Boston, MA · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Casa De Esperanza · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Houston Museum of Natural Sciences · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Spca of Solano County · Vacaville, CA · 2025
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Archaeological Institute of America · Boston, MA · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Casa De Esperanza · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Cohen Bray House Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Houston Museum of Natural Sciences · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Spca of Solano County · Vacaville, CA · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Archaeological Institute of America · Boston, MA · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Casa De Esperanza · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Houston Museum of Natural Sciences · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Kipp Texas Public Schools · Austin, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Medical Bridges · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Spca of Solano County · Vacaville, CA · 2023
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Archaeological Institute of America · Boston, MA · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Casa De Esperanza · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Cohen Bray House Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Glenwood Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Houston Museum of Natural Sciences · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Medical Bridges · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2022
To fund charitable activities
$5,000
Spca of Solano County · Vacaville, CA · 2022
To fund charitable activities

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

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The Big 12 Conference50 grants · $1.91B
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Similar grant size

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.