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Foundations / Texas

Private foundations in Houston, Texas

963 private foundations are based in Houston. Together they paid $1.6 billion in grants in their latest year, and 215 of them accept applications. The largest is Laura and John Arnold Foundation, with $193 million.

The 50 largest of 963 foundations in Houston, by grants paid
FoundationGrants paidTypical grantAccepts applications
Laura and John Arnold Foundation$193 million$122,776No
The Sarofim Foundation$130 million$250,000Yes
Houston Endowment Inc$94.2 million$125,000Yes
The Brown Foundation Inc$84.3 million$50,000Yes
Kinder Foundation$67.1 million$94,658No
Dan L Duncan Foundation$39.5 million$50,000No
Stoller Foundation$34.1 million$36,250Yes
The Robert A Welch Foundation$31.0 million$105,000Yes
Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation$28.8 million$30,000No
Leducq Foundation$25.6 million$156,184No
The Terry Foundation$22.5 million$1.6 millionNo
The Hook Family Foundation$21.7 million$471,949No
The Powell Foundation$20.8 million$15,000Yes
Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc$18.3 million$15,000No
Jerold B Katz Foundation$18.0 million$580,000Yes
The Cullen Foundation$17.9 million$250,000Yes
The Elkins Foundation$17.3 million$100,000Yes
The William Stamps Farish Fund$16.7 million$50,000Yes
Shell USA Company Foundation$16.2 million$1,000No
The John M O'Quinn Foundation$15.0 million$50,000Yes
Hamill Foundation$14.9 million$150,000No
Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation$14.0 million$50,000Yes
Hildebrand Foundation$14.0 million$25,000Yes
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation$13.8 million$99,000No
Charles Jago Elder Charitable Trust$13.8 million$1.2 millionNo
Dovetail Impact Foundation (Fka David Weekley Family Foundation)$13.7 million$30,000No
The Fondren Foundation$13.0 million$13.0 millionYes
The Lanier Theological Library Foundation$10.9 million$17,500Yes
The Cockrell Foundation$10.8 million$20,000Yes
Will and Bailee Byler Foundation$10.5 million$5,000No
The Jay Pritzker Foundation$10.4 million$182,500No
John P McGovern Foundation$9.3 million$20,000Yes
Huffington Foundation$9.1 million$25,000No
The Notsew Orm Sands Foundation$9.0 million$1.0 millionYes
Annunziato Family Foundation$9.0 million$60,000No
Avvento Foundation$8.5 million$8,500No
Joseph & Terri Gugenheim Charitable Foundation$8.1 million$8.1 millionYes
The Sarofim Foundation$8.0 million$25,000Yes
The Carl A Davis and Lois E Davis Foundation$7.8 million$5,000No
Wayne Duddlesten Foundation$7.4 million$75,000No
BP Foundation Inc$7.2 million$100,000No
The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation$7.0 million$3.5 millionNo
Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc$6.9 million$100,000No
Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation$6.8 million$30,000Yes
The Whalley Foundation$6.6 million$32,500No
The Rydin Foundation$6.6 million$100,000No
George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation$6.4 million$3.2 millionYes
Christian Brothers Automotive Foundation$6.3 million$3.1 millionYes
MD Anderson Foundation$6.2 million$50,000Yes
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation$5.9 million$10,000Yes

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