Funding search · EIN 760647361 · Houston, TX

The Cullen Foundation

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$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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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.