Funding search · EIN 760647361 · Houston, TX
The Cullen Foundation
Foundation website ↗Full IRS filings ↗
- $53.0M
- in grants paid
- 104
- grants
- 67
- recipients
- 2022–2024
- filing years
Recent grants
The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.
- $3.0M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024
Baylor College of Medicines Health Sciences Tower
- $2.5M
University of Houston System · Houston, TX · 2024
Centennial Project: Transforming Houston's Campus - Centennial Plaza Naming
- $1.5M
Armand Bayou Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Upper Armand Bayou Protection Project
- $1.0M
Depelchin Children'S Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward Transitioning Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Region 6 to Community Based Care
- $1.0M
Harris Health Strategic Fund · Bellaire, TX · 2024
Investing in a Healthier Houston - A Campaign for Harris Health
- $1.0M
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
HISD Supports for External Engagement
- $1.0M
Houston Habitat for Humanity · Houston, TX · 2024
Robins Landing Housing Development: Phase 1B
- $750,000
Bridgeyear · Houston, TX · 2024
BridgeYear 3-Year Growth and Innovation Fund
- $750,000
Emerge Fellowship · Houston, TX · 2024
Transition EMERGE HISD Program to the EMERGE Non-Profit
- $500,000
Rebuilding Together Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Hurricane Beryl Disaster Home Repair for Low-Income Families
- $500,000
Beta Foundation Dba Beta Academy · Houston, TX · 2024
Joy Campaign Phase II
- $500,000
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council · Houston, TX · 2024
CampHER: Empowering Girls in Nature -- Camp Agnes Arnold Improvements
- $500,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Houston Charter Seed Fund II - Start-up and Accelerator Grant Funding
- $500,000
My Connect Community · Houston, TX · 2024
Connect Community's Textile Lab & Entrepreneurship Center - Capital Campaign
- $500,000
Teach for America Inc - Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Expanding the Houston Corps as Part of Strategic Plan
- $450,000
Prounitas · Houston, TX · 2024
Building a Shared Student Support Infrastructure for Smaller Charter Schools in Houston
- $250,000
United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $175,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $175,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $175,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $175,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $125,000
Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $100,000
Friends of Pumpkin Park · Houston, TX · 2024
Opening the Doors to Children's Dreams - Capital Campaign
- $75,000
Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $75,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $75,000
Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $70,000
Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $60,000
W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $50,000
Chinquapin Preparatory School · Houston, TX · 2024
Completion of campaign to purchase a new bus fleet
- $40,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $40,000
Council On Recovery · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
- $5.0M
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023
Cullen Hall of Gems and Minerals Renovation
- $4.0M
Harris Health Strategic Fund · Bellaire, TX · 2023
Investing in a Healthier Houston - A Campaign for Harris Health
- $1.0M
Spark · Houston, TX · 2023
SPARK Park Desert Phase 3
- $1.0M
New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2023
NHH Berry and NHH Gray - Affordable Housing for the Generations
- $500,000
University of Houston System · Houston, TX · 2023
Energy Transition Institute
- $500,000
Houston Classical · Houston, TX · 2023
Fundraising Campaign for Phase 1 of Growth
- $500,000
Memorial Assistance Ministries · Houston, TX · 2023
Growing Our Impact...Together! Capital Campaign
- $500,000
Avenue Community Development Corporation · Houston, TX · 2023
Capital Improvements for Affordable Multi-Family Homes
- $400,000
Prounitas · Houston, TX · 2023
Sustainability and Capacity-Building Campaign
- $400,000
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Houston ISD's Launch and Implementation of OurCo (Two-Way Parent Communication Technology)
- $300,000
Galveston Bay Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Charting the Course for Galveston Bay
- $250,000
United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $250,000
Covenant House · Houston, TX · 2023
Building for Life Campaign
- $250,000
Center for African American Military History · Houston, TX · 2023
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Ready & Forward Capital Campaign
- $250,000
Target Hunger · Houston, TX · 2023
Rooting for the Future Capital Campaign
- $200,000
Small Places · Houston, TX · 2023
The First of Many: A Campaign for Small Places
- $150,000
Wesley Community Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Workforce and Adult Education Expansion
- $150,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $125,000
Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $100,000
Nature Discovery Center · Bellaire, TX · 2023
Enchanted Woods Nature Play Area
- $75,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward a Houston Park Advocacy Initiative
- $75,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $75,000
Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $60,000
Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $60,000
W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $60,000
Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $50,000
Dress for Success Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Dress for Success Houston Salesforce Database Upgrade
- $50,000
Society of St Vincent De Paul · Houston, TX · 2023
Underserved Communities Initiative
- $40,000
Council On Recovery · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $40,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
- $6.0M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Baylor College of Medicines Health Sciences Tower
- $1.0M
The Foundation for Jones Hall · Houston, TX · 2022
Overture to the Future
- $1.0M
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2022
Food for Better Lives Expansion Campaign
- $1.0M
Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022
Discover Your Greenway: A Campaign for Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy
- $1.0M
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Good Reason Houston's Phase II
- $1.0M
Kids' Meals · Houston, TX · 2022
Building Hope Capital Campaign
- $750,000
Harmony Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2022
Harmony Public Schools - Houston Capital Campaign
- $600,000
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2022
Support for the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
- $500,000
Wonderland Educational Estate Association Inc Dba Beatrice Mayes Institute · Houston, TX · 2022
The WonderWorks Campaign
- $500,000
The Beta Foundation Dba Beta Academy · Houston, TX · 2022
Joy Campaign Phase II
- $500,000
The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2022
Comprehensive Campaign
- $500,000
Rothko Chapel · Houston, TX · 2022
Phase II of Rothko Chapel's Opening Spaces Campaign
- $400,000
Teach for America Inc - Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Igniting the Potential of Houstons Next Generation of Education Leaders
- $300,000
Project Row Houses · Houston, TX · 2022
The Road to Eldorado - A Capital Campaign for the Eldorado Ballroom
- $250,000
Transform Houston Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Building a Community Center in Gulfton
- $250,000
United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $250,000
Houston Hospice · Houston, TX · 2022
Marketing Initiative
- $200,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Fifth Ward Campus Expansion Campaign
- $150,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Lawndale Art Center · Houston, TX · 2022
4900 Main Street Lot Acquisition
- $150,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $150,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $125,000
Making It Better Dba Literacy Now · Houston, TX · 2022
Literacy Now Reading Intervention Expansion
- $125,000
Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $110,000
University of Houston System · Houston, TX · 2022
Houston Housing Action Plan
- $80,000
Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Strengthening HMH Field Trips
- $75,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $75,000
Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
- $60,000
The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant - The 2022 Kinkaid Engineering, Math and Science Institute
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