How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Raye G White
PO Box 52830
Houston, TX 770522830
(713) 654-4484
- Form and materials
- Upon receipt of a grant request, the Foundation requires the applicant to furnish the Foundation with specified information set forth in the Foundation's due diligence checklist, including, without limitation, information regarding the Applicant's formation as a nonprofit entity; tax-exempt and public charity status under Section 501(c)(3); governance, charitable activities, financials, and key personnel. If the grant request is approved by the Foundation's Trustees, the Foundation requires the Applicant to enter into a grant letter agreement with the Foundation outlining and confirming the Applicant's public charity status under Section 501(c)(3) and proposed use of the grant funds consistent with the Foundation's charitable mission.
- Deadlines
- Required checklists and documentations must be submitted to the foundation within 60 days of the ini
- Restrictions
- The Foundation does not make grants to organizations that are not recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) and Sections 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), and 509(a)(3), including, without limitation, private foundations and private operating foundations described under Section 501(c)(3). In addition, the Foundation does not make grants to individuals, including, without limitation, grants to support scholarships programs organized for individual recipients.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2023
$7,973,681
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $0
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Tax year 2022
$3,630,883
- Grants listed
- 64
- Assets, end of year
- $574,846,742
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Tax year 2021
$1,942,000
- Grants listed
- 18
- Assets, end of year
- $28,099,480
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Tax year 2020
$1,800,000
- Grants listed
- 23
- Assets, end of year
- $8,225,415
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Tax year 2019
$1,859,000
- Grants listed
- 24
- Assets, end of year
- $8,347,569
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Tax year 2018
$1,800,000
- Grants listed
- 32
- Assets, end of year
- $8,703,551
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Tax year 2017
$1,729,000
- Grants listed
- 28
- Assets, end of year
- $8,622,604
Grants paid in 2023
As listed on the return.
This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $7.8 million in all.
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The Museum of Fine Arts HoustonHouston, TX
General charitable purposes
$112,186 -
Texas Children's Hospital & Cancer CenterHouston, TX
General charitable purposes
$25,000 -
Texas Heart InstituteHouston, TX
General charitable purposes
$10,000 -
Boys & Girls Country of HoustonHockley, TX
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture1 grant $112,18692% of the total
- Medical research1 grant $10,0008% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Texas4 grants $152,186
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Christopher B SarofimTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
- Raye G WhiteTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
- William Gentry Lee JrTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
- Ryan DoliboisExecutive Director Hours 0Pay $82,603
The return
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