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The Elkins Foundation

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$61.2M
in grants paid
340
grants
234
recipients
2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

  • $1.5M

    Depelchin Children'S Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of transitioning region 6 to community based care

  • $1.0M

    Harris Health Strategic Fund · Bellaire, TX · 2024

    In support of investing in a healthier harris county

  • $1.0M

    St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the campaign for a new lower school

  • $765,000

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the new health sciences education building

  • $750,000

    University of Texas McCombs School · Austin, TX · 2024

    In support of the mulva hall facilities project

  • $750,000

    Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the allison institute

  • $750,000

    Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of expanding the texas children's pavilion for women

  • $750,000

    Friends of Pumpkin Park · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the opening doors to children's dreams campaign

  • $600,000

    River Oaks Baptist School · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the purchase of contiguous property to the school

  • $500,000

    Houston Zoo · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of a ct scanner

  • $500,000

    Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the power of yes

  • $500,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the food for better lives expansion campaign

  • $500,000

    Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of new business school building

  • $500,000

    The Monarch Community · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of metamorphosis: a campaign for monarch

  • $500,000

    Houston Audubon · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of building coastal resilience on bolivar peninsula

  • $500,000

    Foundation for Jones Hall · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of overture to the future: a campaign for jones hall

  • $500,000

    Houston Parks Board · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of great parks for houston

  • $400,000

    Houston Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the women's cardiac health & ambient stroke detection programs

  • $250,000

    Blood Cancer United · Rye Brook, NY · 2024

    In support of impact program at md anderson cancer center

  • $250,000

    Hobby Center Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of hobby center campus enhancements

  • $250,000

    Cristo Rey Jesuit Preperatory School · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of campus expansion & renovation of steam building

  • $200,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the center for conservation completion

  • $200,000

    University of St Thomas · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of expanding on-campus housing at ust

  • $200,000

    Connective · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of unlock my benefits tx expansion

  • $200,000

    Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the all in campaign

  • $150,000

    Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of capital needs

  • $150,000

    Star of Hope Mission · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of star of hope mission - workforce development

  • $150,000

    Search Homeless Services · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of driving hope: powering search's mission

  • $125,000

    Covenant House Texas · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the building for life capital campaign

  • $125,000

    Healthcare for the Homeless · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of chapter.

  • $125,000

    Camp Aranzazu · Rockport, TX · 2024

    In support of health center expansion to increase capacity

  • $100,000

    Rutherford B H Yates Museum · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of restore historic simms cottage as gift & tour hub

  • $100,000

    Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of robert wilson's production of handel's messiah

  • $100,000

    American Cancer Society · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the richard m. Schulze family foundation hope lodge

  • $100,000

    Houston Center for Musical Arts · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of houston center for musical arts capital phase i

  • $100,000

    Texas State Historical Association · Austin, TX · 2024

    In support of education program

  • $100,000

    Everybody'S Place of Galveston · Bacliff, TX · 2024

    In support of agape village

  • $100,000

    The Westview School · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the westview story - writing our next chapter

  • $100,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star · Dallas, TX · 2024

    In support of state-wide recruitment acceleration initiative

  • $100,000

    Springspirit · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of pitner campus turf replacement

  • $100,000

    Serenity Retreat for Healing and Spiritual Renewal · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of tlc tending land & community

  • $100,000

    Lee College Foundation · Baytown, TX · 2024

    In support of lee college expanded basic needs program

  • $100,000

    Spring Branch Community · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of securing the future of health capital campaign

  • $100,000

    Magnolia School · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of east wing renovation

  • $100,000

    True Light Christian Assembly · Rosharon, TX · 2024

    In support of true light christian assembly

  • $90,000

    Washington On the Brazos Historic · Washington, TX · 2024

    In support of the where texas became texas campaign

  • $90,000

    Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the tuts capital campaign

  • $65,300

    4th Wall Theatre Company · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of audience access and artistic ambition

  • $52,700

    Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of theater equipment renewal project

  • $50,000

    Neuhaus Education Center · Bellaire, TX · 2024

    In support of necsis phase 3 adult literacy technology expansion

  • $50,000

    Periwinkle Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of purchase of a cargo van

  • $50,000

    Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of alley theatre's big freight elevator

  • $50,000

    Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of bio-diversification and sustaining essential ecosystems

  • $50,000

    Houston Health Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of see to succeed mobile unit

  • $50,000

    The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of creating empowering spaces for woman's recovery

  • $50,000

    Momentum Education · Bellaire, TX · 2024

    In support of pathway to a living wage

  • $50,000

    University of Houston Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of uhd art's improvement

  • $50,000

    First Tee of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of f. M. Law park capital campaign

  • $50,000

    The Arbor School · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of the arbor school renovation and expansion

  • $40,000

    Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of outdoor flight complex expansion

  • $35,000

    Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024

    In support of chenier plain ecosystem restoration plan + outreach

  • $32,000

    The Mission of Yahweh · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of mercy house residential renovation 16 units

  • $30,000

    Bridgeyear · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of career test drive: transportation capacity request

  • $30,000

    Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of wetland boardwalk bird blind and bird drip

  • $30,000

    Urban Harvest · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of matching funds for the lmpp grant

  • $26,000

    Mission Centers of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of walk-in freezer for compassion center

  • $25,000

    Friends of the Children-Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of pathways to potential: harris county expansion

  • $25,000

    Meadows Mental Health Policy · Dallas, TX · 2024

    In support of brain builders - harris county public library

  • $25,000

    Family Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of comfort & care: a community cooling center

  • $25,000

    Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of spanish speaking programs

  • $20,000

    Volunteers of America Texas · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of yale street empowerment center

  • $20,000

    Gulf Coast Bird Observatory · Lake Jackson, TX · 2024

    In support of field vehicle replacement

  • $15,000

    Space Center Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of girls stem pathway

  • $15,000

    Vita Living · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of vita living disaster preparedness

  • $15,000

    Lord of the Streets Episcopal Church · Houston, TX · 2024

    In support of lots' day center 1st floor renovation project

  • $10,822

    Yes To Youth - Montgomery County · The Woodlands, TX · 2024

    In support of commercial washers & dryers for bridgeway shelter

  • $1.0M

    Friends of Pumpkin Park · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the opening doors to children's dreams campaign

  • $1.0M

    St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the campaign for a new lower school

  • $765,000

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the new health sciences education building

  • $760,000

    The Salvation Army · Dallas, TX · 2023

    In support of the near northside campus capital improvements

  • $750,000

    Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of expanding the texas children's pavilion for women

  • $500,000

    Buffalo Bayou Partnership · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the buffalo bayou east project

  • $500,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the center for conservation completion

  • $500,000

    Annunciation Orthodox School · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the light the way capital campaign

  • $400,000

    Houston Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the women's cardiac health & ambient stroke detection programs

  • $375,000

    University of Texas McCombs School · Austin, TX · 2023

    In support of the mulva hall facilities project

  • $375,000

    Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the allison institute

  • $275,000

    Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the new engineering and science building

  • $250,000

    University of Texas Medical Branch · Galveston, TX · 2023

    In support of scholarships i n public and population health

  • $250,000

    Tuts · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the tuts capital campaign

  • $250,000

    The Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the menil house restoration

  • $250,000

    Halo House Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the halo house capital expansion

  • $250,000

    Washington and Lee University · Lexington, VA · 2023

    In support of the williams school enhancement and expansion project

  • $250,000

    Washington On the Brazos Historic · Washington, TX · 2023

    In support of the where texas became texas campaign

  • $250,000

    Camp for All · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the blazing new trails capital campaign

  • $250,000

    River Oaks Baptist School · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the purchase of contiguous property to the school

  • $250,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the food for better lives expansion campaign

  • $250,000

    Ymca of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the m.d. Anderson family ymca capital campaign 2023

  • $250,000

    Communities in Schools - Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of the capacity campaign strategic program expansion

  • $250,000

    Foundation for Jones Hall · Houston, TX · 2023

    In support of overture to the future: a campaign for jones hall

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.