Grants awarded
Who does Trellis Foundation fund?
Trellis Foundation has awarded $40 million across 237 grants to 134 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $100,000, with most between $80,000 and $200,000.
Total awarded
$40.1M
Typical grant
$100K
Grantees
134
Grants
237
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 | Follow |
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| T The Aspen Institute | $3.2M | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
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$1.9M | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$1.6M | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| Y Young Invincibles | $1.5M | 12 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.4M | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T Texas Community College Education Initiative | $1.0M | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| E E2e Partners | $947K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | — |
Communities Foundation of Texas INC
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$915K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
The Aspen Institute INC
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$802K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| T Texas Higher Education Foundation | $710K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
| E Every Texan | $703K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
| T Texas 2036 | $700K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MN | — |
| U University of Texas at San Antonio | $700K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Scholarship America | $652K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | OR | — |
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$610K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| C College Possible | $608K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | — |
Lone Star Justice Alliance
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$600K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| C Collegiate Edu-Nation | $525K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | LA | — |
Waco Foundation
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$508K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T The Dallas Foundation | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MD | — |
| A Amarillo College | $445K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| V Vida | $438K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Lee College Foundation INC
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$434K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| A Austin Community College District | $429K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$425K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| U University of Texas at Austin Charles a Dana Center | $408K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Texas Tribune INC | $401K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
| T Texas A&m University - Central Texas | $400K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
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$398K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| U University of Houston-Downtown | $398K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Waco Foundation | $374K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Excelencia in Education INC
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$372K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| U University of Texas at El Paso (ut-Ep) | $356K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$350K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Project Arriba Advanced Retraining and Redev INC
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$349K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$347K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
San Antonio Education Fund
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$346K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| N New York University | $334K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Texas Tribune INC
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$330K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Education Trust INC
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$326K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| L Lamar State College Port Arthur | $319K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Education Service Center Region I of Texas | $300K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$300K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| T The University of Texas at San Antonio | $296K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$293K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
San Jacinto Community College Foundation Pasadena Texas
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$292K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| T The Institute for Higher Education Policy | $286K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Young Invincibles
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$272K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$260K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| B Blinn College | $250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Association of Community College Trustees | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$249K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative
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$247K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
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$247K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
National College Attainment Network
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$244K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| U Unity Partners | $243K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| P Project Bravo | $225K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy | $209K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
Texas 2036
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$207K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Npower INC
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$200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| N National Center for Civic Innovation | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| S Sam Houston State University | $200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Paul Quinn College
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$200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
College Possible
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$200K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$200K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | TX | |
Genesys Works
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$199K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | TX | |
E3 Alliance
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$198K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Higher Learning Advocates INC
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$196K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Open Campus Media INC
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$170K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| U University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | $156K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Texas After Violence Project | $151K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| L Lone Star Justice Alliance | $150K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tejano Center | $150K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Youthworks | $150K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
| T The University of Texas at Dallas | $148K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Texas A&m University-Kingsville | $145K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
| J Jobs for the Future | $145K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Excelencia in Education | $135K | 2 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
Collegiate Edu-Nation
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$135K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Idra | $125K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Grayson College | $125K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Council on Foundations | $120K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CO | — |
| A Angelo State University | $113K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Texas A&m University-Central Texas Foundation | $110K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
| L Life | $105K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | — |
| C Collegecommunitycareer | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Legacy Institute for Financial Empowerment
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| C Creeed | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| P Project Arriba | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Ufcs | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Genesys Works | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Project Quest INC
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Restore Education
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Strada Collaborative INC
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IN | |
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX |
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