Funding search · EIN 742060976 · Houston, TX

The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts

Name: The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

123
grants reported: $11.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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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Alley Theatre3 grants · $2.6M
The Foundation for Jones Hall1 grant · $1.5M
Houston Ballet Foundation3 grants · $1.2M
Houston Symphony Society3 grants · $900,000
Houston Grand Opera Association3 grants · $650,000
Miller Theatre Advisory Board2 grants · $625,000
Stages4 grants · $350,000
Project Row House1 grant · $300,000
Da Camera Society of Texas4 grants · $275,000
Theatre Under the Stars3 grants · $250,000

Giving over time

$3.2M

2022

$3.9M

2023

$3.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 123 grants.

$1.7M
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward general operating support and future campaign.
$1.5M
The Foundation for Jones Hall · Houston, TX · 2023
Overture to the Future: A Campaign for Jones Hall
$700,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$600,000
Miller Theatre Advisory Board · Houston, TX · 2023
To support Capital Campaign to renovate, modernize and update Theater
$600,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$400,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season and The Little Mermaid
$300,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2024
To support the production of The Sound of Music and HGO-HPB Collaboration on Public Performances
$300,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward general operating support and to support Music Directors
$300,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operating support and to support Music Directors
$300,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$300,000
Project Row House · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$250,000
Rothko Chapel · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$200,000
Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operating support and future campaign.
$200,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$200,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2022
Production support
$150,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2023
To support the production of Puccini's Tosca in Spring 2023
$150,000
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2022
Production support
$100,000
Stages · Houston, TX · 2024
To support the 2024-2025 season and underwrite The Ripple, the Wave that carried me home
$100,000
Stages · Houston, TX · 2023
To uderwrite Othello: The Remix
$80,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support: "A Midsummer Nights Dream", Opera Discovery Project, New Operas, Live Composers
$75,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$75,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$75,000
Stages · Houston, TX · 2023
To support the 2021 Challenge Grant
$75,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$75,000
Stages · Houston, TX · 2022
Production support
$50,000
Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Supporting the Rising Jazz concert series; DaCamera at the Eldorado
$50,000
Main Street Theater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$50,000
Mercury Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$50,000
The Hobby Center Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
To support education and accessibility programs including the ExxonMobil Discovery Series
$50,000
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$50,000
Young Audiences of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
To support performances for Houston's underserved youth
$50,000
Main Street Theater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$50,000
Mercury Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$50,000
Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operatings support and to support the 2023 TUTS at Miller Oudoor Theatre Production
$40,000
4th Wall Theatre Company · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$40,000
Catastrophic Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$40,000
Ensemble Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
Support production of "The Tap Dance Kid"
$40,000
Ishida Dance Company · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$40,000
University of Houston School of Theater and Dance · Houston, TX · 2023
Houston Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, and other events
$40,000
Main Street Theater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$40,000
Mercury Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$35,000
Hits Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$35,000
Ensemble Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
Production support
$35,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Houston Shakespeare Festival
$30,000
Houston Chamber Choir · Houston, TX · 2024
To support the position of the Founder and Artistic Director, Robert Simpson
$30,000
Performing Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$30,000
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$30,000
4th Wall Theatre Company · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$30,000
Catastrophic Theatre · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$30,000
Performing Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$30,000
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$27,500
Bach Society · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Miller Theatre Advisory Board · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$25,000
Music in Context · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$25,000
Open Dance Project · Houston, TX · 2024
To support the Production of the 10th Anniversary Immersive Access Initiative
$25,000
Hits Theatre · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$25,000
Houston Chamber Choir · Houston, TX · 2023
To support the position of the Founder and Artistic Director, Robert Simpson
$25,000
University of Houston Moores School of Music · Houston, TX · 2023
To support Opera Discovery Project and recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic
$25,000
Catastrophic Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Hits Theatre · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Houston Chamber Choir · Houston, TX · 2022
Production support
$25,000
Music in Context · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Opera Discovery Project
$22,500
4th Wall Theatre Company · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$20,000
American Festival for the Arts · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward underwriting collaborations
$20,000
Apollo Chamber Players · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$20,000
Ars Lyrica Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$20,000
Diverse Works · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$20,000
Multicultural Education & Counseling Through the Arts · Houston, TX · 2024
To support the Performing Arts Series
$20,000
Musiqa · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$20,000
American Festival for the Arts · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward underwriting collaborations
$20,000
Ars Lyrica Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$20,000
Diverse Works · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$20,000
Multicultural Education & Counseling Through the Arts · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$20,000
Open Dance Project · Houston, TX · 2023
To support Red Landscape
$20,000
William March Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$20,000
Young Audiences of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
To support performances for Houston's underserved youth
$20,000
Multicultural Education & Counseling Through the Arts · Houston, TX · 2022
Program support
$20,000
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$20,000
Society for the Performing Arts · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$20,000
William March Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
Production support
$20,000
Young Audiences of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
Chamber Music Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$15,000
Dance Source Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$15,000
Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$15,000
Houston Children'S Chorus · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$15,000
Houston Youth Symphony · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$15,000
Nameless Sound · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for the 2024-2025 season
$15,000
Apollo Chamber Players · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$15,000
Chamber Music Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$15,000
Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$15,000
Houston Youth Symphony · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$15,000
Musiqa · Houston, TX · 2023
Support for the 2023-2024 season
$15,000
American Festival for the Arts · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
Apollo Chamber Players · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
Ars Lyrica Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
Diverseworks · Houston, TX · 2022
Performing arts project
$15,000
Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
Houston Youth Symphony · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
Musiqa · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.