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 3,900 requests to distribute more than $71 million to organizations in need.

KIDS’ MEALS

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Summer Feeding program.

KING’S ACADEMY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

$5,000.00
Tyler, TX
Towards support of the purchase of Science Lab equipment.

KIPP, INC.

$15,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support for operations at KIPP Houston Public Schools.

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

$10,000.00
Arlington, VA
Towards support of programs to train and equip conservative college students.

LEAVE OUT VIOLENCE LOVE U.S.

$4,000.00
New York, NY
Towards support for the 2014-2015 school-based programming: Outreach and In-School Media Arts program.

LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Patient Services program.

LIGHTHOUSE OF HOUSTON

$20,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the capital campaign.

LITERACY ADVANCE OF HOUSTON

$15,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of programs that transform lives and communities through the doorway of literacy.

LITERACY COUNCIL OF FORT BEND COUNTY

$5,000.00
Sugar Land, TX
Towards support of an upgraded curriculum for the ESL program and to provide support of the technology and consumable needs of the GED program.

LITTLE WOMAN HOME FOR ANIMALS

$5,000.00
Huntsville, TX
Towards a memorial in honor of William Bromley, Linda Rios-Bromley’s husband.

MAIN STREET THEATER

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards the creation of theater that challenges its audience to think and its artists to grow.

MAKE-A-WISH TEXAS GULF COAST AND LOUISIANA

$20,000.00
Stafford, TX
Towards the support of children with life threatening medical conditions and to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH

$5,000.00
New York, NY
Towards support of the Adam Smith Society.

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER

$5,000.00
Reston, VA
Towards support of the creation of a media culture in America where truth and liberty flourish.

MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards the Employment Services program.

MERCURY

$7,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Neighborhood Concert Series.

MILLER OUTDOOR THEATRE

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the 2015 “Miller Presents” performance series.

MOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE

$5,000.00
New York, NY
Towards support of promoting freedom through film.

MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO

$25,000.00
Santa Fe, NM
Towards support for the “Expressions of Complex Identities: Sephardic Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews.”

MUSIQA

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support for the educational programming and matching the National Endowment for the Arts education grant.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

$5,000.00
Dallas, TX
Towards support to develop and promote private, free market alternatives to government regulation and control, and solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.

NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH

$250,000.00
Denver, CO
Towards support of the capital campaign to support the new Specialty Patient Care Center.

NATURE DISCOVERY CENTER

$10,000.00
Bellaire, TX
Towards support for education programs.

NEHEMIAH CENTER

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Prekindergarten program.

NEW ULM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

$5,000.00
New Ulm, TX
Towards support of the dedicated team of volunteer firefighters.

OFFSHORE ENERGY CENTER

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Project E(3): Expanding Energy Education teacher workshops.

OPEN DOOR MISSION

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Education Center.

OPERA IN THE HEIGHTS

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support for the Artistic Administration Chair.

PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

$5,000.00
Sacramento, CA
Towards support to litigate for limited government, property rights, free enterprise, and a balanced approach to environmental regulations in courts nationwide.

PALMER DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of effective prevention and recovery programs helping young people and families avoid or recover from the devastating effects of drug and alcohol abuse.

PANTHER CREEK INSPIRATION RANCH

$5,000.00
Spring, TX
Towards support of programs that partner horses with people to transform lives and help them reach their highest ability.

PATHWAYS FOR LITTLE FEET

$7,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of helping families with the financial expense of adoption.

PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE

$5,000.00
Washington, DC
Towards support to foster excellence in philanthropy, to protect philanthropic freedom, to assist donors in achieving their philanthropic intent, and to help donors advance liberty, opportunity and personal responsibility in America and abroad.

PHILANTHROPY SOUTHWEST

$5,000.00
Dallas, TX
Towards program and membership renewal support.

PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN’S HOMES AND SERVICES

$5,000.00
Austin, TX
Towards support of the new Houston Single Parent Family Program.

PREVENT BLINDNESS TEXAS

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support for the expansion of the Healthy Eyes program.

PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM

$20,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Reintegration Support System.

PRO-VISION

$100,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Gymnasium project.

REBUILDING TOGETHER HOUSTON

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards critical home repairs for Houstonians.

RICE UNIVERSITY

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of an exploratory trip for a new project in Latin America through Engineers Without Borders.