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Private foundation (trust)EIN 746076993Est. 1966-12

The Cockrell Foundation

Houston, TX 77098

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$233.6M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$10.5M

FY 2023

Grants Made

24

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$438K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$3.9M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$10.6M

Total Expenses

$13.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$10.7M

Distributable Amount

$11.0M

Min. Investment Return

$11.1M

Undistributed Income

$10.8M

Payout rate 97%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.97%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

24 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $10K to maximum $3.9M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $11.5M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

75 grants

University of Texas Foundation
$11.8M
4 grants
MD Anderson Cancer Center
$5.7M
5 grants
Methodist Hospital Foundation
$5.7M
4 grants
Houston Museum of Natural Science
$5.7M
3 grants
IDEA Public Schools
$1M
1 grant
Kids' Meals Inc
$547K
4 grants
Greater Houston Community Foundatio
$250K
1 grant
Free Enterprise Institute
$70K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

75 grants

<$10K
41
grants
$10–50K
19
grants
$50–250K
1
grants
$250K–1M
2
grants
$1–5M
12
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

2 states

Texas
$31.0M
100% of total
District of Columbia
$30K
0% of total

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