Texas · Public charity
Cullen Trust for Higher Education
Support institutions of higher education.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $66M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Cullen Trust for Higher Education funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $3.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $3.0M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $3.5M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $3.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $3.0M | 25% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of St Thomas | $4,200,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Houston Christian University | $4,200,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Southwestern University | $4,181,710 | 8 | 1% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $4,000,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $3,600,000 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $1,450,000 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $1,100,001 | 4 | n/a |
| John Sealy Hospitalutmb | $400,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Baylor University | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Cullen Trust for Higher Education
- How much does Cullen Trust for Higher Education give?
- Cullen Trust for Higher Education reported 9 grants totaling $3,031,710 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cullen Trust for Higher Education fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Health (35%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Cullen Trust for Higher Education's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of St Thomas ($4.2M), Houston Christian University ($4.2M), Southwestern University ($4.2M).
- Does Cullen Trust for Higher Education fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cullen Trust for Higher Education?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Cullen Trust for Higher Education based?
- Cullen Trust for Higher Education is based in TX.
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