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2025 Cultural Grants is a grantmaking program from The Cullen Foundation that funds nonprofit cultural organizations in Houston, Texas through annual giving grants and project-specific awards. Recent recipients include the Alley Theatre, Da Camera Society of Texas, Houston Ballet Foundation, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Symphony, the Menil Foundation, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Total cultural arts grantmaking in 2025 exceeded $2. 15 million. Eligible applicants are nonprofit cultural organizations based in Houston.
Prospective applicants should contact The Cullen Foundation directly to learn about future application cycles and funding priorities.
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2025 Cultural Grants - The Cullen Foundation Program Area Organization Project Amount Paid Cultural Arts Alley Theatre Annual Giving Grant 175,000 Da Camera Society of Texas Annual Giving Grant 75,000 Da Camera Society of Texas Artistic Development Fund 100,000 Houston Ballet Foundation Annual Giving Grant 175,000 Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc. Annual Giving Grant 175,000 Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Visionary Voices: Infrastructure Investment 1,000,000 Houston Symphony Society Annual Giving Grant 175,000 Menil Foundation, Inc. Annual Giving Grant 125,000 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Annual Giving Grant 150,000 Total Cultural Arts 2,150,000 Cultural Science Houston Museum of Natural Science Annual Giving Grant 150,000 Total Cultural Science 150,000 Other Cultural Children’s Museum, Inc. Annual Giving Grant 75,000 Children’s Museum, Inc.
0-PreK Initiative 500,000 Houston Public Media Foundation Annual Giving Grant 75,000 Total Other Cultural 650,000 Total Cultural Organizations 2,950,000
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofit cultural organizations in Houston. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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