Grants awarded
Who does The Cullen Foundation fund?
The Cullen Foundation has awarded $86 million across 151 grants to 84 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $150,000, with most between $100,000 and $500,000.
Total awarded
$86.1M
Typical grant
$150K
Grantees
84
Grants
151
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 | Support |
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$17.0M | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $14.1M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Houston Museum of Natural Science
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$5.6M | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| H Harris Health Strategic Fund | $5.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| U University of Houston System | $3.6M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Good Reason Houston INC
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$2.4M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$1.5M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Buffalo Bayou Partnership INC
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$1.5M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
Houston Habitat for Humanity INC
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$1.5M | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T Texas Children's Hospital | $1.2M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$1.1M | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$1.1M | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| S Spark | $1.1M | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Houston Food Bank
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$1.0M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Depelchin Children's Center
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$1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| N New Hope Housing INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Foundation for Jones Hall | $1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| K Kids' Meals INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Hermann Park Conservancy
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$1.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
Bridgeyear
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$950K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T Teach for America INC - Houston | $900K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Prounitas INC
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$850K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$750K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$750K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Houston Area Womens Center INC
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$750K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
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$725K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Houston Symphony Society
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$725K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| G Greater Houston Community Foundation | $700K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Beta Foundation DBA Beta Academy | $675K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$625K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
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$600K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Memorial Assistance Ministries INC
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| W Wonderland Educational Estate Association INC DBA Beatrice Mayes Institute | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Asia Society
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
My Connect Community
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Yellowstone Academy INC DBA Yellowstone Schools
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Menil Foundation INC
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$500K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| B Beta Foundation DBA Beta Academy | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Avenue Community Development Corporation
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Project Row Houses
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$300K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Da Camera Society of Texas
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$300K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Emancipation Park Conservancy
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$300K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
Galveston Bay Foundation INC
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$300K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Houston Public Media Foundation
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$300K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Center for African American Military History INC
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$250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| T Transform Houston Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Salvation Army - Houston Texas Area Command | $250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Target Hunger INC
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$250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$240K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Houston Arts Alliance
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$200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| S Small Places | $200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Chinquapin Preparatory School
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$200K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| C Children's Museum INC | $195K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Council on Recovery
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$160K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$160K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| L Lawndale Art Center | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Wesley Community Center INC | $150K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Making IT Better DBA Literacy Now | $125K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Lone Star Flight Museum
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$100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
Breakthrough Houston
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$100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
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$100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| S Society for the Performing Arts | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Evelyn's Park Conservancy
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$100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| J Just Community INC | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$80K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| R Rice University | $75K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Children's Museum of Houston | $60K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Houston Botanic Garden
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
The Workfaith Connection
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Wonderland Educational Estate DBA Beatrice Mayes Institute
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| S Society of St Vincent De Paul | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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