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Guill Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Houston, Texas · EIN 453999758

Guill Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Houston, Texas. In tax year 2024 it gave $3.9 million in 28 grants; the typical grant was $75,000 and the largest $1.5 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $2.1 million the year before.

11% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$2.3 million26$47.2 million
2023$2.1 million26$57.7 million
2024$3.9 million28$61.3 million

How to apply

ContactBen A Guill
3217 Montrose Blvd Ste 228, Houston, TX 77006
Phone or email(713) 304-5654
What to submitWritten submissions only

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Guill Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas27$3.8 million
New York1$75,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 28 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$1.5 million
Houston Children's Charity
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$220,000
Kids' Meals
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$200,000
Etoile Academy Inc
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$200,000
Texas A&m Foundation
College Station, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$200,000
Brookwood Community
Brookshire, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$150,000
Camp for All Foundation
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$125,000
Spark
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$120,000
Worktexas Training Center
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$100,000
Brenda and John H Duncan Rise School of Houston
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$100,000
Camp Aranzazu Inc
Rockport, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$85,000
Houston's Amazing Place
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$85,000
Neighborhood Schools Inc
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$80,000
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance Inc
Stafford, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$75,000
Hope and Healing Center & Institute
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$75,000
Project Sunshine Inc
New York, NY
Exempt purpose of organization$75,000
Teen and Family Services
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$75,000
Empowering Women Out of Prison
Lockhart, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$75,000
Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$75,000
Houston Revision
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$50,000
Sharpen Recovery
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$50,000
Archway Academy
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$50,000
Breakthrough Houston
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$50,000
Emerge Fellowship
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$50,000
Combined Arms
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$25,000
Families Empowered
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$25,000
Prounitas Inc
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$15,000
Remind
Houston, TX
Exempt purpose of organization$15,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Guill Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Guill Family Foundation Inc give?

$3.9 million in tax year 2024, across 28 grants, with a typical grant of $75,000.

Who runs Guill Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Ben A Guill (Director), Cynthia F Guill (Director) and James R Pierce (Director).

What does Guill Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly community development, youth programs and education.

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