Open Foundations · Texas

The Cullen Foundation

Houston, Texas · EIN 760647361. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $17.9M across 33 grants in 2024, a median of $250K each.

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$17.9M
paid in 2024
33
grants paid
$250K
median grant
26%
to first-time recipients
$271.5M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Grant Administrator Cullen Foundati
Address
2727 Allen Parkway Suite 1050, Houston, TX, 770192115
Phone
7136518837
Form the request should take
See www.cullenfdn.org for online application and information.
Submission deadline
None
Restrictions on awards
Restricted to Texas-based charitable organizations for programs in Texas, primarily in the Houston area.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349105442. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

givingcampaignhouston

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 33 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Baylor College of MedicineTX$3,000,000Baylor College of Medicines Health Sciences Tower
2University of Houston SystemTX$2,500,000Centennial Project: Transforming Houston's Campus - Centennial Plaza Naming
3Armand Bayou Nature CenterTX$1,500,000Upper Armand Bayou Protection Project
4Depelchin Children's CenterTX$1,000,000Toward Transitioning Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Region 6 to Community Based Care
5Good Reason Houston IncTX$1,000,000HISD Supports for External Engagement
6Harris Health Strategic FundTX$1,000,000Investing in a Healthier Houston - A Campaign for Harris Health
7Houston Habitat for Humanity IncTX$1,000,000Robins Landing Housing Development: Phase 1B
8BridgeyearTX$750,000BridgeYear 3-Year Growth and Innovation Fund
9Emerge FellowshipTX$750,000Transition EMERGE HISD Program to the EMERGE Non-Profit
10Beta Foundation Dba Beta AcademyTX$500,000Joy Campaign Phase II
11Girl Scouts of San Jacinto CouncilTX$500,000CampHER: Empowering Girls in Nature -- Camp Agnes Arnold Improvements
12Greater Houston Community FoundationTX$500,000Houston Charter Seed Fund II - Start-up and Accelerator Grant Funding
13My Connect CommunityTX$500,000Connect Community's Textile Lab & Entrepreneurship Center - Capital Campaign
14Rebuilding Together HoustonTX$500,000Hurricane Beryl Disaster Home Repair for Low-Income Families
15Teach for America Inc - HoustonTX$500,000Expanding the Houston Corps as Part of Strategic Plan

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$14.1M
202146$19.0M
202236$17.9M
202335$17.2M
202433$17.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Texas100%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Carla KnoblochVice Chairman/Dir · 2024
Isaac Arnold IiiDirector · 2024
Laura ChapmanCOO/VP Investments · 2024
Marvin E OdumDirector · 2024
Meredith T CullenSecretary/Dir · 2024
Nina ZilkhaDirector · 2024
Peggy ReidCAO/Controller · 2024
Scott W WisePresident/CEO/CIO · 2024
Wilhelmina E RobertsonChairman/Dir · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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