Grants awarded
Who does The Elkins Foundation fund?
The Elkins Foundation has awarded $84 million across 519 grants to 295 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $75,000, with most between $30,000 and $200,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $100,000 versus $50,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$83.6M
Typical grant
$75K
Grantees
295
Grants
519
Years
2019–2024
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 | Support |
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$5.2M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T Texas Children's Hospital | $4.5M | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rice University | $3.4M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M MD Anderson Cancer Center | $3.2M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Houston Methodist Hospital | $3.2M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Salvation Army | $2.8M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Texas McCombs School | $2.5M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Depelchin Children's Center
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$2.4M | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| S St John's School | $2.1M | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Foundation for Jones Hall | $2.0M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$1.8M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Buffalo Bayou Partnership INC
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$1.5M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
The Houston Food Bank
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$1.2M | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| Y YMCA of Greater Houston | $1.2M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Episcopal High School | $1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| R River Oaks Baptist School | $1.0M | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Houston Museum of Natural Science
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$1.0M | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | TX | |
| H Harris Health Strategic Fund | $1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| U University of Texas Medical Branch | $1.0M | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Trustees of Princeton University
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$900K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | NJ | |
Houston Zoo INC
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$850K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T The Menil Collection | $800K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$750K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| C Camp for All | $750K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Covenant House Texas
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$750K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$700K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $700K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Houston Habitat for Humanity INC
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$600K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| U University of St Thomas | $600K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $560K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Buffalo Soldiers National Museum | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Monarch Community INC | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S St Luke's United Methodist Church | $500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Battleship Texas Foundation INC
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$500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$500K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
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$500K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Hermann Park Conservancy
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$500K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| A Annunciation Orthodox School | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Houston Parks Board
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $465K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Society of St Vincent De Paul | $450K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Texas-Hsc | $450K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Hobby Center Foundation
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$450K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$450K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | NH | |
| G Greater Houston Community Foundation | $425K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$400K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| U United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast | $400K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Houston | $350K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Star of Hope Mission | $350K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Washington on the Brazos Historic | $340K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$330K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| I Individual recipient | $302K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Joy School | $300K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Breakthrough Houston
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$300K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$300K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star | $300K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tuts | $300K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $275K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$268K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Halo House Foundation
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$250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | $250K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Cristo Rey Jesuit Preperatory School | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Houston Area Womens Center INC
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$250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| U Ut Health Science Center at Houston | $250K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Menil Foundation INC
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$250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
The Brookwood Community INC
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$250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Blood Cancer United INC
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$250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$250K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| S St Francis Episcopal School | $250K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | TX | |
Houston Botanic Garden
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$230K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| H Healthcare for the Homeless | $225K | 2 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T True Light Christian Assembly | $200K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Connective | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Casa Mateo
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$200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| C Camp Aranzazu Foundation | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| N Neuhaus Education Center | $200K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Girl Scouts of San Jacinto | $200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Joy School | $200K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Harris County Hospital District | $200K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$200K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Houston Christian University
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$200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $175K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
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$175K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Christian Community Service Center INC
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$160K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$155K | 2 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Missions of Yahweh INC
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$151K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$150K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX |
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