Funding search · EIN 760647361 · Houston, TX

The Cullen Foundation

Name: The Cullen Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

104
grants reported: $53.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $175,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

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Top recipients

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Baylor College of Medicine2 grants · $9.0M
Houston Museum of Natural Science4 grants · $5.5M
Harris Health Strategic Fund2 grants · $5.0M
University of Houston System3 grants · $3.1M
Good Reason Houston3 grants · $2.4M
Armand Bayou Nature Center1 grant · $1.5M
The Foundation for Jones Hall1 grant · $1.0M
Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy1 grant · $1.0M
Houston Food Bank1 grant · $1.0M
Kids' Meals1 grant · $1.0M

Giving over time

$17.9M

2022

$17.2M

2023

$17.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 104 grants.

$6.0M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Baylor College of Medicines Health Sciences Tower
$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
$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
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
HISD Supports for External Engagement
$1.0M
Harris Health Strategic Fund · Bellaire, TX · 2024
Investing in a Healthier Houston - A Campaign for Harris Health
$1.0M
Houston Habitat for Humanity · Houston, TX · 2024
Robins Landing Housing Development: Phase 1B
$1.0M
New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2023
NHH Berry and NHH Gray - Affordable Housing for the Generations
$1.0M
Spark · Houston, TX · 2023
SPARK Park Desert Phase 3
$1.0M
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Good Reason Houston's Phase II
$1.0M
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2022
Food for Better Lives Expansion Campaign
$1.0M
Kids' Meals · Houston, TX · 2022
Building Hope Capital Campaign
$1.0M
The Foundation for Jones Hall · Houston, TX · 2022
Overture to the Future
$1.0M
Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022
Discover Your Greenway: A Campaign for Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy
$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
$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
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
Rebuilding Together Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Hurricane Beryl Disaster Home Repair for Low-Income Families
$500,000
Teach for America Inc - Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Expanding the Houston Corps as Part of Strategic Plan
$500,000
Avenue Community Development Corporation · Houston, TX · 2023
Capital Improvements for Affordable Multi-Family Homes
$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
University of Houston System · Houston, TX · 2023
Energy Transition Institute
$500,000
Rothko Chapel · Houston, TX · 2022
Phase II of Rothko Chapel's Opening Spaces 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
Wonderland Educational Estate Association Inc Dba Beatrice Mayes Institute · Houston, TX · 2022
The WonderWorks Campaign
$450,000
Prounitas · Houston, TX · 2024
Building a Shared Student Support Infrastructure for Smaller Charter Schools in Houston
$400,000
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Houston ISD's Launch and Implementation of OurCo (Two-Way Parent Communication Technology)
$400,000
Prounitas · Houston, TX · 2023
Sustainability and Capacity-Building Campaign
$400,000
Teach for America Inc - Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Igniting the Potential of Houstons Next Generation of Education Leaders
$300,000
Galveston Bay Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Charting the Course for Galveston Bay
$300,000
Project Row Houses · Houston, TX · 2022
The Road to Eldorado - A Capital Campaign for the Eldorado Ballroom
$250,000
United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$250,000
Center for African American Military History · Houston, TX · 2023
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Ready & Forward Capital Campaign
$250,000
Covenant House · Houston, TX · 2023
Building for Life Campaign
$250,000
Target Hunger · Houston, TX · 2023
Rooting for the Future Capital Campaign
$250,000
United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
$250,000
Houston Hospice · Houston, TX · 2022
Marketing Initiative
$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
$200,000
Small Places · Houston, TX · 2023
The First of Many: A Campaign for Small Places
$200,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Fifth Ward Campus Expansion Campaign
$175,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$175,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · 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
$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
$150,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
$150,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
$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
Wesley Community Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Workforce and Adult Education Expansion
$150,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
$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
$125,000
Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$125,000
Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
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
$100,000
Friends of Pumpkin Park · Houston, TX · 2024
Opening the Doors to Children's Dreams - Capital Campaign
$100,000
Nature Discovery Center · Bellaire, TX · 2023
Enchanted Woods Nature Play Area
$80,000
Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Strengthening HMH Field Trips
$75,000
Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$75,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$75,000
Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$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
$75,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward a Houston Park Advocacy Initiative
$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
$70,000
Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$60,000
W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$60,000
Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
$60,000
Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
$60,000
W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Annual Giving Grant
$60,000
Children'S Museum · 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
$60,000
W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Annual Giving Grant
$50,000
Chinquapin Preparatory School · Houston, TX · 2024
Completion of campaign to purchase a new bus fleet
$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 · 2024
Annual Giving Grant
$40,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Annual Giving Grant

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