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 4,200 requests to distribute more than $75 million to organizations in need.

HOUSTON: REVISION

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of services directed to troubled youth.

INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the I AM IN capital campaign.

INDEPENDENT WOMEN’S FORUM

$5,000.00
Washington, DC
Towards support to improve the lives of American by increasing the number of women who value free markets and personal liberty.

INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES

$2,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of programs that engage students and professors and encourage the study and advancement of freedom.

INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS, THE

$2,000.00
Washington, DC
Towards support of the Silver Anniversary campaign.

INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE

$8,000.00
Wilmington, DE
Towards support of the Texas Leadership project.

INTERFACE-SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTERS

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of providing faith-sensitive counseling.

INTERFAITH CARING MINISTRIES

$6,000.00
League City, TX
Towards support of the emergency rent and utilities program and direct financial assistance for clients.

INTERFAITH MINISTRIES FOR GREATER HOUSTON

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Meals on Wheels for Greater Houston program.

IRISH ROVER

$5,000.00
Notre Dame, IN
Towards support of the student publication devoted to preserving the Catholic identity of Notre Dame.

IWRITE LITERACY ORGANIZATION

$2,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of inspiring kids to write their own stories and providing publishing and leadership opportunities to youth.

JEWISH CHILDREN’S REGIONAL SERVICE

$4,000.00
Metairie, LA
Towards support of low-income, dependent, and special needs Jewish youth in the Houston area.

JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS

$15,000.00
Washington, DC
Towards support for the Generals and Admirals program.

JOE FOSS INSTITUTE

$4,000.00
Scottsdale, AZ
Towards support of the Veteran’s Inspiring Patriotism in Youth program in Houston.

JOY SCHOOL, THE

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Student Financial Aid Fund.

KATY PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY

$4,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of conservation efforts.

KICKSTART KIDS

$4,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of programs in Houston area middle schools with economically disadvantaged, at-risk student populations.

KIDS’ MEALS

$7,500.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Summer Feeding program.

KIPP, INC.

$11,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the KIPP Through College program.

LAKE CHURCH

$12,500.00
Montgomery, TX
Towards support of missions, outreach and food ministries.

LEAD

$1,600.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of Letting Everyone Achieve Dreams by teaching vision, empathy and tenacity to youth in middle schools.

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

$7,500.00
Arlington, VA
Towards support of the Campus Leadership program.

LEARNING PLANET, INC., THE

$4,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the 16th season of “Rima, Fuego and the Children.

LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

$2,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Patient Services program.

LITERACY ADVANCE OF HOUSTON

$10,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of programs that transform lives and communities through the doorway of literacy.

LITERACY COUNCIL OF FORT BEND COUNTY

$2,500.00
Sugar Land, TX
Towards support of an upgraded ESL curriculum and to provide support of the technology and consumable needs of the GED program.

LIVING BANK, THE

$5,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Special Fundraising campaign.

LONE STAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION

$15,000.00
The Woodlands, TX
Towards support of the Herzstein Endowed Nursing Scholarship.

LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM

$50,000.00
Galveston, TX
Towards support of the capital campaign to build an aviation, STEM and history museum.

LUTHERAN SOUTH ACADEMY

$1,600.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of tuition assistance.

MAIN STREET THEATER

$15,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the creation of theater that challenges its audience to think and its artists to grow.

MAIN STREET THEATER

$2,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the 2016-2017 Annual Fund.

MAKE-A-WISH TEXAS GULF COAST & LOUISIANA

$5,840.00
Stafford, TX
Towards support of children with life threatening medical conditions and to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

MAKING IT BETTER

$2,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Reading Intervention program.

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH

$5,000.00
New York, NY
Towards support of the City Journal Texas Issue.

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER

$4,000.00
Reston, VA
Towards support of the creation of a media culture in America where truth and liberty flourish.

MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION

$15,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Mobile Stroke Unit.

MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF GREATER HOUSTON

$4,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of mental health education and advocacy focused on shaping the mental health of people.

MERCURY

$4,000.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of the Neighborhood Series concerts.

MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF GREATER HOUSTON

$1,600.00
Houston, TX
Towards support of delivering Computer Technology Educational Services for our underserved families.