Grantee Highlights

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) builds and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the biggest possible futures for youth. BBBS’s community-based, school-based, and mentor2.0 mentoring programs, helping the organization expand its reach to 2,075 Houston youth while preparing them for success in school, college, careers, and life.

The Holocaust Garden of Hope seeks to sensitize hearts to the lessons of the Holocaust and the dangers of modern antisemitism through education, healing, and reconciliation.  Holocaust Garden of Hope is an interactive educational memorial that inspires empathy, moral courage, and community responsibility through eight exhibits and curriculums for free to the public ensuring accessibility.

SpringSpirit provides safe pathways for youth to realize life opportunities through Christ centered sports, education, mentoring, and family engagement programs. Its Raising Highly Capable Kids parenting program and capital campaign to secure and restore a permanent campus will expand the organization’s capacity to serve up to 3,500 underserved youth and their families annually.

Halo House provides clean, temporary, and affordable housing for leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma patients and their caregivers so they can access lifesaving treatment at the Texas Medical Center. The Beyond Shelter, Building Hope capital project will expand Halo House from 33 to 76 apartments, more than doubling its capacity and providing approximately 27,000 days of housing each year.

The Brookwood Community provides an educational environment that creates meaningful work, builds a sense of belonging, and awakens genuine purpose in the lives of adults with disabilities. The construction of the Fit Plus Fun Park will create an inclusive outdoor recreation space designed to enhance the physical, emotional, and social well being of the 260 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by Brookwood.

Chinquapin Preparatory School provides a high quality college preparatory education to able and motivated youth from Houston’s under resourced schools and communities. Support for campus maintenance and repairs will foster a positive environment for students and faculty while enhancing the academic and residential facilities used by more than 100 students and 30 faculty and staff members.

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. The Girl Scout Outreach Empower Me program equips girls in under resourced communities with leadership and life skills, while the CampHER capital campaign will modernize camp facilities and expand access to transformative outdoor experiences.

JINSA advances U.S. national security interests by strengthening the U.S. Israel security relationship through military education, strategic research, and actionable policy recommendations. This research and policy initiative will evaluate and advance the case for establishing a U.S. military base in Israel through expert analysis, stakeholder engagement, and outreach to U.S. policymakers, highlighting the potential strategic advantages for both countries.

PragerU promotes American values through the creative use of digital media, technology, and educational content. Supported by a three times matching opportunity, the Texas Educational Initiative uses targeted digital campaigns to reach millions of young Texans with educational content focused on civic and economic principles, while encouraging other communities to adopt a similar model based on these successful strategies.