Grants awarded
Who does Gordon a Cain Foundation fund?
Gordon a Cain Foundation has awarded $8.6 million across 225 grants to 70 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $15,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$8.6M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
70
Grants
225
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| N National Infantry Foundation | $2.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
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$1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Houston Museum of Natural Science
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$1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$680K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$325K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| S St Matthew's Parish School | $270K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Houston Botanic Garden
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$258K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$195K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$160K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| N National Rifle Assocation of America | $145K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U USO - Houston | $125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Project 8p | $125K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Heritage Education Society | $110K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Star of Hope | $80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Martin's Episcopal Church | $80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| U UCLA Children's Hospital | $75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$70K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Child Advocates INC | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N National Center for Public Policy Research | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
Texas Public Policy Foundation
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$60K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Bill of Rights Institute
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$60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
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$55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$55K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
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$55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T The Women's Home | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Houston Area Womens Center INC
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$50K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| F First Congregational Church | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation | $40K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hope Healing Center | $40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| S San Jacinto Museum of History | $36K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Grandfather Community Foundation INC | $35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Texans for Lawsuit Reform
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$30K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
American Heritage Education Foundation INC
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$30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
The Houston Food Bank
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$29K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$27K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| U UCLA Lab School | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Appalachian Regional Healthcare INC
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | KY | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Buffalo Bayou Partnership INC
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$25K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Theatre Under the Stars INC
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$20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| H Harmon Family Foundation | $20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Re-Mind | $20K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rotary Club of Houston | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Rice University | $10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Linville Volunteer Fire Department INC | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NH | |
| B Blowing Rock Museum | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Friends of the Children - Houston
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| P Prageru | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Battleship Texas Foundation INC
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| W Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Center for Hearing and Speech | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community in Schools | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| I Interfaith Ministries | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Philanthropy Roundtable INC
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$4K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
The Council on Recovery
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| U Ut MD Anderson Cancer Center | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Country | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Right from the Start | $500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
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$500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| B Bayou Bend Gardens Endowment | $200 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX |
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