Grants awarded
Who does The Gailo Trust fund?
The Gailo Trust has awarded $710,000 across 200 grants to 74 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $1,000, with most between $1,000 and $3,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $1,500 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$710K
Typical grant
$1K
Grantees
74
Grants
200
Years
2020–2025
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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$144K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| A Alley Theatre | $63K | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Sarah Lawrence College
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| H Harvard University | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The University of Texas at Austin | $44K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rocco | $41K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rice University | $29K | 12 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $25K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Menil Collection | $20K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Jung Center | $20K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St John's School | $17K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
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$15K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Institute of Noetic Sciences
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$14K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| P Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast INC | $14K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T The Watermill Center | $12K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sarah Lawrence College | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation | $10K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Leadership Forum | $9K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Center for Houston's Future | $8K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$8K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$7K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| D Dan's House of Hope | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dunhaung Foundation | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$6K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Menil Foundation INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
The Houston Food Bank
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| T The Philosophical Society of Texas | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Houston Holocaust Museum | $4K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mental Health Center of America | $3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Children at Risk | $3K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$2K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| E Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston | $2K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Nine Gates Programs INC
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$2K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Institute of Noetic Sciences | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Emerge | $2K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lamar University | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Holocaust Museum Houston | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Dorot INC
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$2K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| R Rotary Club of Houston | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A American Leadership Forum Houstongulf Coast Chapter | $2K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Houston | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S School Year Abroad | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| G Gulf Coast-A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Project Grad | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Teach for America - Houston | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Children's Defense Fund
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $800 | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| E Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houstn | $600 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Institute for Spirituality and Health | $500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| C Children's Museum Houston | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Missions of Yahweh INC
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$500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
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$500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Progressive Forum | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Institute for Spirituality and Health | $500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N Nine Gates Programs INC | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| T The University of Texas Health Science Center | $500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Hermann Park Conservancy
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$500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Dawn Mountain
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$300 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $300 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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