2025 Public Service Grants

Program AreaOrganizationProjectAmount Paid
Community ImprovementBuffalo Bayou PartnershipBuffalo Bayou East 10-Year Plan1,000,000
Houston Food BankSenior Market Pilot Program and the Hub and Spoke Capacity Grants1,100,000
Houston Parks BoardGreat Parks for Houston Capital Campaign2,500,000
Kids’ Meals Inc.In-Kind Partnership Expansion Initiative200,000
United Way of Greater HoustonAnnual Giving Grant250,000
United Way of Greater HoustonHousing Assistance Fund250,000
Young Men’s Christian Association of the Greater Houston AreaM.D. Anderson Family YMCA Phase II Capital Campaign250,000
Total Community Improvement5,550,000
Housing & ShelterCoalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris CountyBuilding Toward Equilibrium: General Operating Support for Homeless System Advancement1,000,000
New Hope Housing, Inc.The Housing Fund – NHH Wheatley for Low-Income Families1,000,000
William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and ProsperityWALIPP Senior Residence Expansion500,000
Total Housing & Shelter2,500,000
Natural Resources & ConservationHouston Arboretum & Nature CenterAnnual Giving Grant40,000
Houston Audubon SocietyBuilding Coastal Resilience on the Upper Texas Coast500,000
Total Natural Resources & Conservation540,000
Total Public Service8,590,000