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12 funders with a record of paying for “hisd”
Where the money went Houston Endowment Inc → Emerge Fellowship: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kinder Foundation → Hisd Foundation: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Cullen Foundation → Good Reason Houston Inc: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Mark Twain Parent Teacher Organization Inc → Hisd Mark Twain Elementary: $486K across 3 grants, latest 2024 William B Travis Foundation Inc → Hisd - Travis Elementary School: $238K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Good Reason Houston Inc → Hisd: $181K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Arts Connect Houston → Diversity in the Arts & Entertainment: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Capital Foundation → Blessings in A Backpack Inc: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Houston Texans Foundation → Houston Independent School District Foundation: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Spencer Foundation → Southern Methodist University: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Houston Junior Forum Inc → Blessing in A Backpack: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rotary Club of Lake Houston Foundation Inc → Hisd Special Kids Day: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Cullen Foundation → Emerge Fellowship: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Houston Endowment Inc → Arts Connect Houston: $700K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Kinder Foundation → Good Reason Houston: $650K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Good Reason Houston Inc → Hisd Foundation: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Gordon Education Initiatives for the Performing Arts: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Houston Junior Forum Inc → Angela House: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Houston Endowment Inc → Houston Independent School District Foundation: $420K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Alley Theatre: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Houston Endowment Inc → Houston Independent School District: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Houston Endowment Inc → Prounitas: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Arts Connect Houston → Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → The Ensemble Theatre: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Da Camera Society of Texas: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Community Artists Collective: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Express Children's Theatre: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Fotofest Inc: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Main Street Theater: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Art League Houston: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Houston Grand Opera: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Houston Center for Photography Inc: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Open Dance Project Inc: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Mercury Chamber Orch: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Foundation for Modern Music: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Prelude Music Founda: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → The Orange Show: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Segundo Barrio Childrens Chorus: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Writers in the Schools: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Fashion Museum of Texas: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → Katy Art Reach: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arts Connect Houston → American Festival for the Arts: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Houston Endowment Inc: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Houston Endowment Inc $2.5M Kinder Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Kinder Foundation $1.8M The Cullen Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Cullen Foundation $1.8M Mark Twain Parent Teacher Organization Inc: $486K on this topic. Open the funder. Mark Twain Parent Teacher Org… $486K Arts Connect Houston: $357K on this topic. Open the funder. Arts Connect Houston $357K Good Reason Houston Inc: $241K on this topic. Open the funder. Good Reason Houston Inc $241K William B Travis Foundation Inc: $238K on this topic. Open the funder. William B Travis Foundation I… $238K Texas Capital Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. Texas Capital Foundation $25K Houston Junior Forum Inc: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. Houston Junior Forum Inc $23K Houston Texans Foundation: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. Houston Texans Foundation $17K The Spencer Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. The Spencer Foundation $15K Rotary Club of Lake Houston Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Rotary Club of Lake Houston F… $10K Emerge Fellowship: received $2.0M on this topic Emerge Fellowship $2.0M Hisd Foundation: received $1.2M on this topic Hisd Foundation $1.2M Good Reason Houston Inc: received $1.0M on this topic Good Reason Houston Inc $1.0M Arts Connect Houston: received $700K on this topic Arts Connect Houston $700K Good Reason Houston: received $650K on this topic Good Reason Houston $650K Hisd Mark Twain Elementary: received $486K on this topic Hisd Mark Twain Elementary $486K Houston Independent School District Foundation: received $420K on this topic Houston Independent School Dist… $420K Hisd - Travis Elementary School: received $238K on this topic Hisd - Travis Elementary School $238K Hisd: received $181K on this topic Hisd $181K Hisd Foundation: received $60K on this topic Hisd Foundation $60K Houston Independent School District: received $55K on this topic Houston Independent School Dist… $55K Prounitas: received $50K on this topic Prounitas $50K Diversity in the Arts & Entertainment: received $32K on this topic Diversity in the Arts & Enterta… $32K Gordon Education Initiatives for the Performing Arts: received $25K on this topic Gordon Education Initiatives fo… $25K Blessings in A Backpack Inc: received $25K on this topic Blessings in A Backpack Inc $25K Alley Theatre: received $21K on this topic Alley Theatre $21K Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: received $21K on this topic Contemporary Arts Museum Houston $21K The Ensemble Theatre: received $20K on this topic The Ensemble Theatre $20K Da Camera Society of Texas: received $18K on this topic Da Camera Society of Texas $18K Community Artists Collective: received $18K on this topic Community Artists Collective $18K Express Children's Theatre: received $18K on this topic Express Children's Theatre $18K Houston Independent School District Foundation: received $17K on this topic Houston Independent School Dist… $17K Fotofest Inc: received $17K on this topic Fotofest Inc $17K Main Street Theater: received $16K on this topic Main Street Theater $16K Art League Houston: received $16K on this topic Art League Houston $16K Houston Grand Opera: received $16K on this topic Houston Grand Opera $16K Southern Methodist University: received $15K on this topic Southern Methodist University $15K Houston Center for Photography Inc: received $14K on this topic Houston Center for Photography… $14K Open Dance Project Inc: received $13K on this topic Open Dance Project Inc $13K Blessing in A Backpack: received $13K on this topic Blessing in A Backpack $13K Mercury Chamber Orch: received $11K on this topic Mercury Chamber Orch $11K Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts: received $11K on this topic Multicultural Education and Cou… $11K Hisd Special Kids Day: received $10K on this topic Hisd Special Kids Day $10K Angela House: received $10K on this topic Angela House $10K Foundation for Modern Music: received $10K on this topic Foundation for Modern Music $10K Prelude Music Founda: received $9K on this topic Prelude Music Founda $9K The Orange Show: received $9K on this topic The Orange Show $9K Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Inc: received $8K on this topic Houston Metropolitan Dance Cent… $8K Segundo Barrio Childrens Chorus: received $8K on this topic Segundo Barrio Childrens Chorus $8K Writers in the Schools: received $7K on this topic Writers in the Schools $7K Fashion Museum of Texas: received $7K on this topic Fashion Museum of Texas $7K Katy Art Reach: received $6K on this topic Katy Art Reach $6K American Festival for the Arts: received $6K on this topic American Festival for the Arts $6K 12 funders, 43 recipients, grants matching “hisd” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $32,200 to Diversity in the Arts & Entertainment — hisd arts eduction programs
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Largest: $1.0M to HISD FOUNDATION — students trip abroad - japan and washington dc
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Largest: $1.3M to EMERGE Fellowship — project support for transitioning program staff from hisd to emerge
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Largest: $176,278 to HISD MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY — training/ supplies
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Largest: $1.0M to Good Reason Houston Inc — hisd supports for external engagement
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Largest: $180,500 to HISD — district transformation
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Largest: $15,000 to BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — grant provides weekend food bags to 120 food insecure elementary children at any of our 13 program schools in hisd and sbisd each weekend of the 2024-2025 school year.
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Largest: $12,500 to Blessing in a Backpack — funding for food for hisd and sbisd food-insecure children
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Largest: $5,222 to HISD SPECIAL KIDS DAY — special needs youth
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Largest: $17,104 to HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION — the hisd foundation is a trusted partner, connecting the philanthropic resources of the 4th largest city in the nation with hisd stakeholders to ensure student success.
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Largest: $15,000 to Southern Methodist University — research communication: covid-19 amid hurricane recovery: a spatial-qualitative study of student homelessness in hisd
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Largest: $237,807 to HISD - Travis Elementary School — educational support
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