How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Curtis W Huff President
4925 Linden Street
Bellaire, TX 77401
(713) 907-0674
- Form and materials
- There is no specific form required for grant purposes
- Deadlines
- There are no submission deadlines.
- Restrictions
- The freebird foundation will only consider grants to 501(c)(3) organizations. Any requests for grants should be focused on projects aimed at serving the poor and underprivileged, promoting social justice and peace, education and the arts.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$670,000
- Grants listed
- 5
- Assets, end of year
- $7,332,836
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Tax year 2024
$175,000
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $7,082,400
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Tax year 2023
$175,000
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $2,444,152
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Tax year 2022
$125,000
- Grants listed
- 3
- Assets, end of year
- $2,307,602
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Tax year 2021
$125,000
- Grants listed
- 3
- Assets, end of year
- $2,327,391
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Tax year 2020
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 2
- Assets, end of year
- $2,284,444
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Tax year 2019
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 2
- Assets, end of year
- $2,236,459
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Tax year 2018
$50,000
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $3,165,957
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Houston Food BankHouston, TX
Capital campaign for new facility
$400,000 -
Houston Food BankHouston, TX
Towards houston food bank's general operations
$100,000 -
Houston Ballet FoundationHouston, TX
Towards houston ballet's education and community engagement programs
$80,000 -
Tejano Center for Community ConcernsHouston, TX
Toward birth to two program
$60,000 -
Youth HeartlineTaos, NM
Toward creating a safer and better life for vulnerable chidlren and families in the community
$30,000
Approved for future payment
Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.
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University of St ThomasHouston, TX
Student housing
$3,500,000 -
Houston Food BankHouston, TX
Capital campaign for new facility
$1,600,000 -
Houston Food BankHouston, TX
Towards houston food bank's general operations
$400,000 -
Houston Ballet FoundationHouston, TX
Towards houston ballet's education and community engagement programs
$320,000 -
Tejano Center for Community ConcernsHouston, TX
Toward birth to two program
$240,000 -
Youth HeartlineTaos, NM
Toward creating a safer and better life for vulnerable chidlren and families in the community
$120,000
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 $80,00047% of the total
- Youth development1 grant $60,00035% of the total
- Civil rights1 grant $30,00018% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Texas4 grants $640,000
- New Mexico1 grant $30,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Curtis W HuffDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
- Lori M GallagherDIRECTOR, SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
- Terrence R KammDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
The return
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