Recipient List

In recent years, the foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $4 million annually. Since the foundation’s inception, it has granted more than 4,200 requests to distribute more than $75 million to organizations in need.

ACCURACY IN MEDIA

$2,000.00
Bethesda, MD
Towards support of the Citizen’s Commission on Benghazi.

ACTON INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION & LIBERTY

$4,000.00
Grand Rapids, MI
Towards support of promotion of a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER FELLOWSHIP-HOUSTON GALVESTON, THE

$2,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of addressing health disparities by developing Leaders in Service.

ALIEF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Eco-Club and the refurbishment of the garden at Alief Middle School.

ALLEY THEATRE

$175,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the capital campaign.

AMARILLO SYMPHONY

$5,000.00
Amarillo, TX
Towards support of maintaining a thriving orchestra in memory of Mr. Hugo Loewenstern.

AMAZING PLACE

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of providing fellowship, memory care, and wellness for adults with mild to moderate memory loss and support for their families and the community.

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH

$4,000.00
Washington, DC
Towards support of the expansion of liberty, increasing individual opportunities, and strengthening free enterprise.

AMERICAN FESTIVAL FOR THE ARTS

$2,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the 2015-2016 season.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

$12,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of disaster relief and preparedness efforts.

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY FOUNDATION

$6,000.00
Arlington, VA
Towards support of the expansion of the field program in the Houston area.

AMIGOS DE LAS AMERICAS

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Senior Leadership training workshops.

APOSTOLIC TEMPLE CHURCH

$10,000.00
Pasadena, TX
Towards support of capital improvements to the daycare school, Kreative Kids World.

ARC OF FORT BEND COUNTY, THE

$5,000.00
Sugar Land, TX
Towards support of the painting of the group homes.

ARC OF GREATER HOUSTON, THE

$4,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Right to Learn education program.

ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Inner City Catholic Schools Funding Initiative.

ARCHWAY ACADEMY

$12,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of providing a safe, sober, healthy learning environment for high school students recovering from alcohol and drug addictions.

ARS LYRICA HOUSTON

$4,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the 2015-2016 season.

ARTBRIDGE HOUSTON

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of offering healing to communities most in need through therapeutic art.

ATLAS SCHOLARS

$14,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Atlas Scholars program.

BACH SOCIETY OF HOUSTON

$4,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the presentation of exemplary, historically informed professional performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, his predecessors, contemporaries and successors who were influenced by Bach and constitute his legacy.

BAY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC.

$4,000.00
Dickinson, TX
Towards support of the construction of a home.

BAY AREA HOMELESS SERVICES, INC.

$2,000.00
Baytown, TX
Towards support of childcare services.

BAYOU PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION

$8,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support to celebrate, protect and restore the natural richness of all bayous and streams.

BEACON, THE

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the four core programs that serve the chronically homeless and guide them off the streets and into permanent supportive housing.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the expansion of the one-to-one mentoring programs for youth.

BIKEHOUSTON

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of transforming Houston by creating safe bikeways to improve the quality of life of all Houstonians.

BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE

$12,500.00
Arlington, VA
Towards support of the Constitutional Seminar for Houston area teachers.

BLUE BIRD CIRCLE, THE

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of direct patient care and basic research initiatives in pediatric neurology.

BO’S PLACE

$11,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of programs to enhance the lives of children and families who have experienced the death of a loved one.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON

$15,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of youth development programs designed to inspire and enable all youth to realize their full potiential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

BOYS & GIRLS HARBOR

$12,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of residential care.

BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY

$4,000.00
Hockley, TX
Towards support to change the lives of children from families in crisis by loving and nurturing them in a Christian environment and raising them to become self-sustaining and contributing adults.

BREAKTHROUGH HOUSTON

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of preparing students who possess both high academic potential and limited educational resources for competitive high school programs and college admissions.

BRIDGES TO LIFE

$13,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of bringing hope and healing to victims, offenders, and the community.

BRILLIANT LECTURE SERIES, THE

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of educating, inspiring and entertaining by bringing national and international leaders, role models, philanthropists, artists, humanitarians, performers, authors, and entrepreneurs to the great city of Houston.

BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Buffalo Bayou East Sector Master Plan.

BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support to educate the public and to preserve, promote and perpetuate the history, tradition and outstanding contributions of America’s Buffalo Soldiers from the Revolutionary War to the present.

BUGLE BOY FOUNDATION, THE

$2,500.00
La Grange, TX
Towards support of elevating and sustaining original live music.

CAMP ARANZAZU

$5,000.00
Rockport, TX
Towards support of therapeutic recreation programs designed to enrich the lives of children and adults with chronic  illnesses, disabilities and special needs.