Texas · Public charity
The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts
The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts operates for the benefit of performing arts institutions within the State of Texas, primarily with respect to such institutions within the Greater Metropolitan Houston area.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,715,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $132M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M 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 | 41 | $3.9M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $3.9M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $3.2M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $2.9M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $3.5M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $1.7M | 6% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $5.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alley Theatre | $5,415,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Houston Symphony Society | $3,300,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Houston Ballet Foundation | $3,175,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Houston Grand Opera Association Inc | $2,800,000 | 7 | 3% |
| The Foundation for Jones Hall | $1,500,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Stages | $840,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Da Camera Society of Texas | $710,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Miller Theatre Advisory Board Inc | $625,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts | $525,000 | 7 | 22% |
| University of Houston | $425,000 | 7 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Houston Arts Alliance · The Brown Foundation Inc · Houston Endowment Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Miller Theatre Advisory Board Inc · The Powell Foundation · The Humphreys Foundation · The Wortham Foundation Inc · The Elkins Foundation · Arts Connect Houston
How this is measured
Compare The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts with peer funders
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About The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts
- How much does The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts give?
- The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts reported 43 grants totaling $3,912,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (96%), Education (2%), Religion (1%).
- Who are The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Alley Theatre ($5.4M), Houston Symphony Society ($3.3M), Houston Ballet Foundation ($3.2M).
- Does The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Houston Arts Alliance, The Brown Foundation Inc, Houston Endowment Inc.
- Where is The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts based?
- The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts is based in TX.
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