Past Grantees

The Level Up Project: Super Neighborhood 52 fellowship program in leadership development ($75,000)

Breakthrough Houston: Expanding education access to neighboring communities ($100,000)

Communities in Schools of Houston, Inc. (CIS): CIS Case Management Program in Kashmere High School Feeder Pattern ($50,000)

Good Reason Houston, Inc.: For providing targeted support through the Parent Action Network to increase parent engagement in Kashmere Gardens, strengthening families’ ability to support success in school and advocate for their children’s and the community’s future ($75,000)

Intertwined: Life Empowerment Program and Life Empowerment Experience at Key Middle School ($35,000)

Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, Inc.: Bridging the Gap: Extending STEM Access for Students in Super Neighborhood 52 ($55,000)

National Association for Family Child Care Foundation: Strengthening Super Neighborhood 52’s early care and education by building the quality, supply, and sustainability of local family child care ($75,000)

University of Houston Foundation: Early literacy intervention for kindergarteners of elementary schools in Super Neighborhood 52 ($50,000)

Wesley Community Center, Inc.: Unlocking pathways to living-wage employment and lasting financial stability through expanded adult education opportunities ($100,000)

Young Men’s Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: Junior Youth and Government Program at Frances Scott Key Middle School ($35,000)

Bayou City Waterkeeper, Inc.: Green Stormwater Design Lab ($95,000)

Houston Climate Justice Museum: Neighbors Uplift: Murals for Flood Resilience ($35,000)

West Street Recovery: General operating support ($110,000)

Connective: Food and Benefits Access for Super Neighborhood 52: A Connective and Target Hunger Partnership ($45,000)

Meet the Streets Outreach Ministries, Inc.: Super Neighborhood 52 Food and Health Access Coordination ($35,000)

Second Servings of Houston: Kashmere Pop-Up Grocery Store ($50,000)

Target Hunger: Partnering for Food and Benefits Access in Super Neighborhood 52: Target Hunger x Connective ($60,000)

Urban Harvest, Inc.: Northeast Farmers Market ($40,000)

Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County: To expand access to mental health counseling for residents of Kashmere Gardens ($75,000)

Houston Community Health Centers, Inc.: My Neighborhood – My Health ($40,000)

Texas Children’s Hospital: Mobile Behavioral Health Unit ($75,000)

University of Houston Foundation: UH Community Health Workers Initiative ($90,000)

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: Mobile dental van trips to Kashmere Gardens ($40,000)

Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy, Inc.: Super Neighborhood 52 Land and Legal Project ($150,000)

Houston Habitat for Humanity, Inc.: Repairs for Kashmere Gardens homeowners seeking weatherization benefits ($95,000)

Houston Land Bank: Rooted in Kashmere Gardens ($90,000)

Fit Houston, Inc.: Fit Kashmere Gardens ($40,000)

Houston Parks Board: Let’s Play Houston – Trinity Gardens Park ($250,000)

United States Soccer Foundation, Inc.: Safe Places to Play – Kashmere High School ($150,000)

Walls Project, The: Reactive Northeast Houston – Kashmere Gardens Community Beautification ($50,000)

Children at Risk, Inc.:  General operating support ($30,000)

Comp-U-Dopt:  General operating support ($30,000)

Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston:  General operating support  ($100,000)

Houston reVision:  General operating support ($100,000)

HYPE Freedom School, Inc.:  General operating support ($100,000)

Partnership for the Advancement & Immersion of Refugees:  General operating support ($15,000)

Teach For America, Inc.:  General operating support ($55,000)

Urban Enrichment Institute, The:  General operating support ($100,000)

Young Audiences, Inc. of Houston:  General operating support ($35,000)

Community Health

Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Area: Pregnancy and Wrap-Around Services in the Alief Southwest and Aldine areas ($10,000)

Fit Houston, Inc.: Fit Houston Walking Communities Program ($10,000)

Healthcare for the Homeless – Houston: General operating support ($10,000)

Legacy Community Health Services, Inc.: PrEP for Black Women Project ($70,000)

Spring Branch Community Health Center: Well Women Programs ($10,000)

Mental Behavioral Health

Boat People SOS – Houston: Continued development of programs to increase community based mental and behavioral health awareness, support groups, and services ($10,000)

Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas:  Trauma Grief Center($15,000)

NAMI Greater Houston:  Bridges to Care Texas Program ($85,000)

Teen and Family Services:  Urban Core Behavioral Health Program ($100,000)

Health Advocacy

Avow Foundation for Abortion Access, Inc.: General operating support ($10,000)

Center for Public Policy Priorities: General operating support for protecting and expending funds for access to medical and related problems ($90,000)

Healthy Futures of Texas:  Women’s Health Advocacy ($90,000) and Texas is Ready ($55,000)

Agape Development Ministries:  General operating support ($80,000)

Avenue Community Development Corporation:  General operating support ($90,000)

Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County: General operating support ($55,000) 

Collective Action for Youth: General operating support ($10,000)

Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation: General operating support ($60,000)

Harmony House, Inc.:  General operating support ($100,000)

Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council:  General operating support ($90,000)

Montrose Center, The:  General operating support ($80,000)

New Hope Housing, Inc.:  General operating support ($70,000)

SEARCH Homeless Services:  General operating support ($90,000)

Women’s Home, The:  General operating support ($90,000)

Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country: Kerr County Flood Relief Fund ($20,000)

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: Health Equity Collective – Health Information Exchage/Community Information Exchange Demonstration Project ($10,000)

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations: Grant in lieu of membership ($2,500)

Philanthropy Southwest:  77th Anniversary Conference operating expenses ($5,000) and grant in lieu of membership ($3,850)