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Private foundation (trust)EIN 760647361Est. 2000-09

The Cullen Foundation

Houston, TX 770192115

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$411.6M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$17.9M

FY 2024

Grants Made

33

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$543K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$40K–$3M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$25.0M

Total Expenses

$22.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$19.4M

Distributable Amount

$19.8M

Min. Investment Return

$20.2M

Undistributed Income

$5.5M

Payout rate 98%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.98%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

33 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $40K through median $250K to maximum $3M, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $17.9M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

105 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

Baylor College of Medicine
$9M
2 grants
Houston Museum of Natural Science
$5.5M
4 grants
Harris Health Strategic Fund
$5M
2 grants
University of Houston System
$3.1M
3 grants
Good Reason Houston Inc
$2.4M
3 grants
Armand Bayou Nature Center
$1.5M
1 grant
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc
$1M
1 grant
DePelchin Children's Center
$1M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

105 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
9
grants
$50–250K
54
grants
$250K–1M
35
grants
$1–5M
5
grants
$5M+
2
grants

Geographic Focus

1 states

Texas
$67.1M
100% of total

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