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.

TEXAS A & M FOUNDATION

$10,000.00
College Station, TX
Towards support for medical students at the Texas A & M Health Science Center.

TEXAS A & M FOUNDATION

$7,000.00
College Station, TX
Towards the establishment of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Endowed Business Scholarship.

TEXAS A & M HILLEL

$5,000.00
College Station, TX
Towards enriching the lives of Jewish Students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

TEXAS CENTER FOR THE MISSING

$2,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the development and implementation of the law enforcement training module featured in the new Houston Regional Silver Alert System.

TEXAS HILLEL

$20,000.00
Austin, TX
Towards support of the Texas Renaissance Society.

TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION

$300,000.00
Austin, TX
Towards support of the Lone Star Rising capital campaign.

TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of a scholarship, which will be matched by the University President’s Leadership Scholarship Program.

The beacon

$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.

The blue bird circle

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

The bugle boy foundation

$2,500.00
La Grange, TX
Towards support for the performance season and the Brisco Center Bugle Boy Archive project.

THE CENTER

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support for high quality residential, vocational, and day services to support adults with developmental disabilities.

THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH

$25,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards audiology equipment, maintenance, and repairs that are critical to the exponential growth over the next three years.

THE GRAND 1894 OPERA HOUSE

$10,000.00
Galveston, TX
Towards support to underwrite programming for the 2015-2016 Performing Arts Season.

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

$125,000.00
Washington, DC
Towards support of the capital campaign and to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

THE LEARNING PLANET

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of “Rima, Fuego and the Children.”

THE MISSION OF YAHWEH

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support to help empower, enrich, and restore the lives of homeless women and children and provide outreach services to low-income families in the neighborhood.

THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

$50,000.00
New Orleans, LA
Towards support of the Taking Palermo Exhibit, Campaigns of Courage Pavilion.

THE PERIWINKLE FOUNDATION

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the development and provision of programs that positively change the lives of children, young adults, and families who are challenged by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and are cared for at Texas Children’s Hospital.

THE PRINTING MUSEUM

$3,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of youth scholarships to the Museum’s Summer Book Arts Studio.

THE RISE SCHOOL OF HOUSTON

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of tuition scholarships.

THE ROSE

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of breast cancer diagnostic equipment.

THE VILLAGE

$5,000.00
Kingwood, TX
Towards support of services to affect positive changes in the lives of individuals with development disabilities, their families, and local community, so they may reach their maximum potential and level of independence.

THE WARM PLACE

$5,000.00
Fort Worth, TX
Towards support of the Grief Support program.

THE WESTVIEW SCHOOL

$7,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Scholarship Fund.

THE WOODS PROJECT

$22,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the development of life skills for low-income youth through an environmental awareness programs.

THE WORKFAITH CONNECTION

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Job Readiness Boot Camp.

THEATER LAB HOUSTON

$7,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of production expenses during the 2015-2016 season.

THEATRE UNDER THE STARS

$15,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Musicals for Young Audiences & TUTS Underground.

THEATRE UNDER THE STARS

$2,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the enrichment of life through the experience of quality musical theatre and the positive impact made on lives beyond the stage through innovative education and community outreach.

THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS, INC.

$5,000.00
Austin, TX
Towards support for the Pet Visitation program.

THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE

$5,000.00
Santa Paula, CA
Towards support of financial aid to a Texas student in the 2014-2015 academic year.

TIRR FOUNDATION

$20,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Research Priority Award for spinal cord injury research.

TOOLS 4 LIFE BOOKS

$2,500.00
Katy, TX
Towards support for the Tools 4 Teens Mentoring program.

TREES FOR HOUSTON

$7,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support to plant, protect, and promote trees throughout the Greater Houston area.

TURNING POINT USA

$10,000.00
Lemont, IL
Towards support for the Texas Field program.

U.S. NAVAL SEA CADET CORPS

$1,000.00
Cypress, TX
Towards support of scholarships for cadets.

UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND

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

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION

$15,000.00
Annapolis, MD
Towards support for the JINSA and Peace & Dialogue Leadership Initiative.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

$85,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Tier One Scholarship.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Herzstein Transfer Scholarships.