Grants awarded
Who does Cullen Foundation fund?
Cullen Foundation has awarded $17 million across 477 grants to 197 grantees between 2020 and 2022. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $5,000 and $40,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $22,950 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$16.8M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
197
Grants
477
Years
2020–2022
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 | Support |
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Tntp INC
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$1.5M | 11 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship INC
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$921K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School
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$868K | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Education Collaborative of Wny INC
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$721K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| R Research Foundation of State University of New York (ub) | $721K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$702K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
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$407K | 8 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$407K | 9 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| S Shea's Performing Arts Center | $350K | 4 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago | $326K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$320K | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $310K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Teach for America Buffalo | $306K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
West Buffalo Charter School
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$295K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| E Elmwood Village Charter School | $273K | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Research Foundation for State University of New York (ub) | $272K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Northeast Charter Schools Network INC
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$267K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Education Analytics INC
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$240K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | WI | |
| S Shaw Festival Foundation | $225K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $216K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$206K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
The Bison Children's Scholarship Fund INC
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$205K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$199K | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| C Canisius College | $195K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$179K | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Irish Classical Theatre Company | $174K | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$162K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| T The Springville Center for the Arts INC | $160K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$154K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| B Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology | $150K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Bestself Behavioral Health INC
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$140K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo INC
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$125K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| A Artpark & Company INC | $115K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Primary Hall Preparatory Charter School
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$114K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Kleinhans Music Hall Management INC
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$112K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $112K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University District Community Development Association INC | $108K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Tapestry Charter School
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$106K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Burchfield-Penney Art Center
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$105K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| D D'Youville College | $100K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Buffalo State College Foundation INC
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$98K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$96K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Valley Community Association INC
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$96K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$95K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$90K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$89K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| C Colored Musicans Club of Buffalo INC | $88K | 5 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$88K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| B Buffalo Creek Academy Charter School | $87K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Theatre of Youth Company INC
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$85K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| J Jericho Road Community Health Center | $85K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$84K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| H Hallwalls INC | $84K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Buffalo Commons Charter School
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$83K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Westminster Community Charter School
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$82K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$82K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| B Be-A-Friend Program INC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County Niagara | $82K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northtowns | $78K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Erie Regional Housing Development Corporation DBA the Belle Center | $78K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center INC
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$75K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $74K | 5 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
West Side Community Services INC
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$73K | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$70K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$68K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| E Epic - Every Person Influences Children | $64K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (albright-Knox) | $60K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Credo at Stanford University | $56K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Buffalo Chamber Players INC
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$54K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| M Musicalfare Theatre | $52K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper INC
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$52K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
716 Squash INC
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$51K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| A Arts at the Bakery | $50K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Police Athletic League of Buffalo INC
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$50K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| F Feedmore Wny INC | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$49K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| C Colored Musicians Club of Buffalo INC | $45K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$44K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$43K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Second Generation Theatre Company INC
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$41K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$40K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| T The Salvation Army | $40K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$40K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| B Buffalo City Mission | $40K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
King Center Charter School
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$39K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| H Horizons National | $38K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Teacher's Desk | $38K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$37K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| C Childcare Network of the Niagara Frontier INC | $37K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$36K | 4 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $36K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $36K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P People Who Care Project DBA Wise Young Builders | $35K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus INC
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$33K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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Global Concepts Charter School
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$32K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| P Parker Academy | $30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$28K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$26K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| T The Education Trust (new York) | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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