2021 Public Service Grants

Program AreaOrganizationProjectAmount Paid
Community ImprovementBridgeYearBridgeYear Advising Expansion: Career Pathways Website + Ambassador Program200,000
Evelyn’s Park ConservancyCapital Campaign – Evelyn’s Park Phase II: Give to Grow100,000
Greater Houston Community FoundationTexas Equitable Uptake Vaccine Fund200,000
Hermann Park ConservancyCapital Campaign – Play Your Park1,000,000
JUST Community, Inc.Investing in ambitious Texas women: JUST’s expansion into Houston100,000
SPARKFour SPARK Parks100,000
United Way of Greater HoustonAnnual Giving Grant250,000
Westchase District Community FundWilcrest Park50,000
The WorkFaith ConnectionWorkFaith Expansion 202150,000
Total Community Improvement2,050,000
Housing & ShelterBuffalo Bayou PartnershipLockwood South Housing Development in Buffalo Bayou East1,500,000
Houston Area Women’s Center, Inc.Capital Campaign – Campaign for Courage750,000
Houston Habitat for Humanity, Inc.Robins Landing, Building Community from the Ground Up500,000
The Salvation Army – Houston, Texas Area CommandSalvation Army Greater Houston Area Command Near Northside Campus Project250,000
Total Housing & Shelter3,000,000
Natural Resources & ConservationHouston Arboretum & Nature CenterAnnual Giving Grant40,000
Houston Botanic GardenEmergency Funding for Recovery from Winter Storm Uri50,000
Total Natural Resources & Conservation90,000
Total Public Service Organizations5,140,000