2011 Education Grants

Program AreaOrganizationProjectAmount Paid
Colleges & UniversitiesHouston Community College System FoundationOpportunity 14 Scholarship Program50,000
Southwestern UniversityConstruction of New Science Center1,000,000
University of Houston SystemA Novel Genome-Based Target Discovery Program for Ovarian Cancer-collaboration With Baylor College of Medicine250,000
Total Colleges & Universities 1,300,000
Elementary & Secondary SchoolsCristo Rey JesuitPhase II of the “Campaign for Houston’s Future”100,000
Episcopal High School25th Anniversary Capital Campaign250,000
HISD FoundationApollo 20 Project500,000
The Kinkaid SchoolAnnual Giving Grant50,000
The Monarch Institute for Neurological DifferencesPhase Two of Monarch’s New Campus Campaign250,000
The Regis School of the Sacred HeartCapital Campaign For a Student Life Center100,000
Ser-Ninos Charter SchoolCapital Campaign100,000
St. Agnes AcademyConstruction of a New Athletic Complex150,000
St. Michael Catholic SchoolPhase II: The School Capital Campaign200,000
St. Thomas High SchoolBuilding on Excellence apital ampaign100,000
Teach for America – HoustonRecruitment, Training, On-going Support of Houston Corps250,000
Yellowstone AcademyClinical Theater for Science and Technology100,000
YES Prep Public SchoolsHiring Four Staff For the Pilot Year Planning of the Teaching Partnership: A Plan for Growing Effective Teachers25,000
Total Elementary & Secondary Schools 2,175,000
GeneralFamilies EmpoweredSurvey Project25,000
Houston Center for LiteracyFunding a Messaging Program50,000
Reasoning Mind, Inc.Operations100,000
W. Oscar Neuhaus Memorial FoundationAnnual Giving Grant50,000
W. Oscar Neuhaus Memorial FoundationFunding the Development of Three Online Classes55,000
Total General 280,000
Total Educational Institutions 3,755,000