The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $412,792

  Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  For Save Our Springs Alliance to protect the Edwards Aquifer

• $400,000

  Vision Galveston · Galveston, TX · 2024

  To support the implementation of Vision Galveston's initiatives, including PhilanthroVision, MORTAR Galveston 2025, and the 2025 Learning Journey

• $400,000

  Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

  To Advance a Resilient Water Future through the Water Table and Texas Wellspring

• $315,000

  US Water Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2024

  One Water, One Texas

• $300,000

  Texas Agricultural Land Trust · San Antonio, TX · 2024

  To Secure and Share Land Legacies and Advocate for Private Lands Through the Texas Land Policy Center

• $275,000

  Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

  Setting Durable Guardrails on Texas and the Gulf Coast's Path to a Cleaner Future

• $250,000

  National Wildlife Federation (Austin) · Austin, TX · 2024

  To advance sound and equitable water policy in Texas

• $212,000

  The University of Texas at Austin (Ei) · Austin, TX · 2024

  To convene experts toward developing a model for understanding the macroeconomic impacts of an orderly phase-down of unabated fossil fuels

• $210,000

  Hill Country Alliance · Austin, TX · 2024

  To build tools and networks for a more resilient Hill Country

• $200,000

  Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024

  Developing the Critical 'Connective Tissue' Infrastructure in Texas for Powering a new Energy Economy

• $175,000

  Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024

  To catalyze the net zero pathway for exploration & production companies

• $175,000

  Prairie View a&M University · Prairie View, TX · 2024

  To support the Prairie View A&M Algae Center of Excellence for Climate Resilient Food-Energy-Water Systems (PACE-FEWS)

• $160,000

  The Last Kilometer Corp · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  For the National Sustainability Society to continue The Pathway Towards Accreditation for Sustai...

• $157,000

  Hill Country Alliance · Austin, TX · 2024

  To launch the Conservation Accelerator Project for the Hill Country

• $150,000

  Texas Agriforestry Small Farmers and Ranchers · Nacogdoches, TX · 2024

  In keeping with our vision: "Assisting BIPOC small farmers, ranchers, and landowners in being successful"

• $150,000

  Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

  Protecting Texas' subsurface for clean energy uses-Improving understanding of how wells of the past could impact wells of the future

• $150,000

  Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  To Develop a Texas Carbon Management Roadmap

• $150,000

  Powerhouse Texas · Austin, TX · 2024

  Advancing Texas's Energy Future Through Science, Policy and Collaboration

• $150,000

  Ce Buyers Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To activate energy customers to drive resilient, reliable, affordable, and clean power for all Texans in 2025

• $150,000

  Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024

  Accelerating regional perspectives to enable deep power sector decarbonization through events and thought leadership

• $150,000

  Water Finance Exchange · Washington, DC · 2024

  To Support the Advancement of Sustainable Water Infrastructure and Healthy Communities in Texas

• $143,000

  Usher Syndrome Society · Needham, MA · 2024

  To support research funding; not intended for pupblicity campaigns

• $135,000

  The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  Supporting the Annual Summit of the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program and hosting the Ceres E&P Roundtable in Aspen

• $133,186

  Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  For the PACE-FEWS project

• $130,000

  Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

  Towards Sustainability: Modernizing Texas Groundwater Management

• $130,000

  Bayou City Waterkeeper · Houston, TX · 2024

  For the protection of water quality, wetlands, and water resources in the lower Galveston Bay watershed in Houston

• $129,292

  Nia Cultural Center · Galveston, TX · 2024

  Capacity building

• $125,000

  Wildwood School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For The Wildwood Outreach Center Fellowship Fund in the memory of Cynthia Woods Mitchell

• $125,000

  Houston Advanced Research Center · The Woodlands, TX · 2024

  To support HARC's leadership role in the extensive application activities to the USEPA for the C...

• $100,000

  Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  To advance an affordable and equitable clean energy transition in Texas

• $100,000

  West Street Recovery · Houston, TX · 2024

  To organize towards equitable water infrastructure in Northeast Houston

• $100,000

  Efi Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support the transition to a low-carbon energy future

• $100,000

  Texas Health and Environment Alliance · Houston, TX · 2024

  For the toxic superfund cleanup in upper Galveston Bay

• $100,000

  Houston Advanced Research Center · The Woodlands, TX · 2024

  To provide independent analysis on energy, air and water issues to people seeking scientific ans...

• $86,792

  Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  For the cgmf daf #5331 - bgm 2024 fug

• $75,000

  Texas a&M Foundation (College Station) · College Station, TX · 2024

  TAMUGs Win-Win-Win: Leveraging Microalgae-Oyster Interactions for Coastal Protection project

• $75,000

  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Foundation · McAllen, TX · 2024

  To support the transformation of food systems through research, education, and community engagement

• $75,000

  National Wildlife Federation (Austin) · Austin, TX · 2024

  Advancing One Water in Houston

• $75,000

  Communities Unlimited · Fayetteville, AR · 2024

  To increase small community infrastructure capacity through regional project facilitation and infrastructure funding in the Texas Hill Country

• $75,000

  Fair Shot Texas · Austin, TX · 2024

  Texas Climate Jobs Project

• $73,970

  Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  Legacy 2024 Unused Funds

• $70,000

  Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute · Austin, TX · 2024

  Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) in the ERCOT Competitive Market through Virtual Power Plant ...

• $67,500

  Puente a La Salud Comunitaria · Houston, TX · 2024

  To contribute to food sovereignty and advance the health and well-being of rural communities in Mexico

• $65,000

  Ecorise Youth Innovations · Austin, TX · 2024

  Advancing K-12 Sustainability Programs with Data, Technology & Partnership in Texas

• $61,447

  U C Santa Cruz Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

  To support Professor Sarker's research in the Kapuscinski-Sarker lab in the collaboration entitled PACE-FEWS

• $60,000

  Texas a&M Foundation (College Station) · College Station, TX · 2024

  George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy (MIPEP)

• $60,000

  The University of Texas Law School Fdn · Austin, TX · 2024

  To Reduce Methane Emissions from Less-Capitalized Oil and Gas Operators in the Permian Basin

• $60,000

  Texas a&M University (College Station) · College Station, TX · 2024

  To support work by Professor Delbert Gatlin at Texas A&M College Station in the collaboration entitled PACE-FEWS

• $60,000

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To expand clean energy and increase grassroots participation in electricity decision-making in Texas

• $58,792

  Khelshala · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  To develop and manage lifetime sports programs

• $56,407

  Old Baldy Foundation · Bald Head Island, NC · 2024

  For the preservation of Old Baldy, NC oldest lighthouse

• $50,000

  Eden Village of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2024

  For building an infrastructure for Wilmington, NC by building a tiny home community for the chronically homeless

• $50,000

  Partnership for the Advancement & Immersion of Refugees · Houston, TX · 2024

  To provide support to refugee children

• $50,000

  The University of Texas at Austin (Esi) · Austin, TX · 2024

  To advance sustainability and environmental justice in higher education and the broader community

• $50,000

  Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  For the Careggi Foundation in the name of Michele Filidoro

• $50,000

  Nia Cultural Center · Galveston, TX · 2024

  To increase the organizational capacity of Nia Cultural Center to sustain and grow programming that serves the Galveston community

• $50,000

  Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

  Aspen National Water Strategy Initiataive

• $50,000

  Galveston Housing Plus · Galveston, TX · 2024

  To help the underserved and homeless population by providing transitional housing and social services

• $50,000

  Environment America Research and Policy · Denver, CO · 2024

  For advancing clean energy in Texas through research, public education and advocacy

• $50,000

  Solar United Neighbors · Washington, DC · 2024

  To scale rooftop solar and distributed energy resources in Texas

• $50,000

  Prounitas · Houston, TX · 2024

  To build the digital infrastructure for Galveston ISD Student Support Department over three years

• $50,000

  Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

  Methane Satelite Project

• $50,000

  Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  Protect and preserve the environment through the funding of grants to other organizations

• $50,000

  Buffalo Bayou Partnership · Houston, TX · 2024

  For 2024 public arts programming

• $50,000

  The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  2024 Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum

• $50,000

  Galveston'S Historic Downtown Cultural · Galveston, TX · 2024

  To bring together creativity, diversity and the rich heritage of Galveston's arts and cultural community through Galveston's Historic Downtown Cultural Arts District

• $50,000

  The Funders Network · South Miami, FL · 2024

  To advance Texas water goals through coordinating and aligning a national network of urban water funders

• $50,000

  Build Galveston · Galveston, TX · 2024

  To provide Build Galveston operational funding for the 2024 fiscal year

• $50,000

  R Street Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To Advance a Freer and Cleaner Texas Energy Economy

• $45,367

  Texas a&M Foundation (College Station) · College Station, TX · 2024

  For the microbial aquatic ecology algae polyculture program supervised by Dr. Daniel Roelke

• $45,017

  University of North Carolina Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2024

  UNCW Village of BHI/Southport Scholarship

• $45,000

  Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2024

  For Education-Texas Charter School

• $45,000

  William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024

  Carbon capture in Texas and emerging competition in the Middle East: Preserving Texas' national and global competitive advantage

• $45,000

  National Wildlife Federation (Austin) · Austin, TX · 2024

  To promote nature-based solutions and advance local coastal resilience efforts on Galveston Island

• $45,000

  Solar Sister · Great Falls, VA · 2024

  To eradicate energy poverty by empowering women with economic opportunity

• $40,000

  Galveston Bay Foundation · Kemah, TX · 2024

  To Build Capacity for Galveston Bay Foundation by hiring a Senior Major Gifts Officer

• $36,000

  Kickstart International · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To help millions of people out of poverty

• $35,000

  Advanced Energy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To Expand and Defend Advanced Energy Markets and Distributed Energy Resources in Texas

• $35,000

  Great Springs Project · Austin, TX · 2024

  To conserve open space over the Edwards Aquifer and the life-sustaining waters that run through it and one great Texas trail from the Alamo to the Capitol

• $35,000

  Texas a&M Foundation (College Station) · College Station, TX · 2024

  To benefit three student programs (Sea Camp, the Sea Life Facility, and the George P. Mitchell Society) at TAMU Galveston

• $35,000

  United Way of Galveston · Galveston, TX · 2024

  June 3-5, 2024 for Blink Consulting's Critically Rethinking Diversity training for United Way Galveston, Vision Galveston and GISD educators

• $35,000

  The South Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency As a Resource · Buda, TX · 2024

  To increase the understanding of energy efficiency utilization at the state and local levels

• $35,000

  Texas Solar Energy Society · Austin, TX · 2024

  To protect distributed solar energy consumers against discriminatory and unethical business practices

• $32,000

  Amigos De Las Americas · Houston, TX · 2024

  To expand sustainability education through the Classroom Community Impact Project: iLEAD Program

• $30,897

  Save Our Wild Salmon · Seattle, WA · 2024

  To restore wild salmon and steelhead to the rivers, streams and marine waters

• $30,000

  Pueblo Organizado En Defensa De La Tierra Y Sus Recursos (Poder) · Austin, TX · 2024

  For Community-Focused One Water in Austin

• $30,000

  First Baptist Church · Brackettville, TX · 2024

  To love and minister to the people of Kinney County through community outreach

• $30,000

  Womens Audio Mission · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  For the advancement of women and gender-expansive people in music/audio production and creative tecnology

• $30,000

  Go Austin Vamos Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

  To address flooding, water access, and neighborhood stability by building community leadership and strengthening water-based organizing networks

• $30,000

  Artist Boat · Galveston, TX · 2024

  To promote awareness and preservation of coastal margin and the marine environment

• $30,000

  Center for Austin Independent Journalism · Austin, TX · 2024

  Center for Austin Independent Journalism

• $30,000

  Truth Be Told · Austin, TX · 2024

  Provides transformational tools for incarcerated women behind and beyond bars

• $30,000

  Alimenta La Solidaridad · Skillman, NJ · 2024

  To mitigate child malnutrition in Venezuela

• $30,000

  American Leadership Forum Houstongulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2024

  To build capacity for galvenize civic fellows through a community of practice methodology

• $29,000

  Sea Shepherd Conservation Society · Alexandria, VA · 2024

  To protect and preserve marine life

• $26,000

  Whidbey Environmental Action Network · Langley, WA · 2024

  For the restoration and preservation of Whidbey Island and Pacific Northwest

• $25,000

  Big Bend Conservation Alliance · Alpine, TX · 2024

  To work to conserve the living heritage and unique natural and cultural resources of the greater Big Bend region of Texas

• $25,000

  Alliance for Sustainable Energy Llc · Lakewood, CO · 2024

  NREL PEDL collaboration Jan-Apr 2024

• $25,000

  Hispanics in Philanthropy · Oakland, CA · 2024

  For the HipGive Innovando la Tradicion campaign

• $25,000

  Carolina Abortion Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2024

  For the CLT Betsy Fleming donation