Greater Houston Community Foundation (TX)



The Community Foundation offers many easy ways to help you make a significant impact with your giving. By partnering with GHCF, donors gain the simplicity and optimal tax benefits of giving to a public charity combined with the recognition, involvement and flexibility of giving through a private foundation.


GHCF donors also gain an opportunity to participate in a community-wide strategic dialogue on developing innovative and collaborative solutions to meet community challenges.

Web Address

www.ghcf.org


Assets and Giving for Greater Houston Community Foundation

Assets

2018 - 600,279,009
2017 - 722,100,343
Domestic Grants

2018 - 204,156,095


    

Recent News from Greater Houston Community Foundation


New Orleans Residents Sue Brad Pitt Foundation: Celebrities and Disaster Relief
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

... campaign, setting up a page on her website to raise funds for two charities: Bread of Life and the Greater Houston Community Foundation....more

New Houston Law Center Program Seeks to Ward Off Common Post-Hurricane Legal Problems
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

... center launched the Hurricane Harvey Consumer Assistance Program using a $205,000 grant from the Greater Houston Community...more

Team of 23 Lawyers Mobilized, Helping Hurricane Victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Greater Houston Community Foundation

... where her position was funded by grant money from the Greater Houston Community Foundation, but that money is expected to run out next...more

UH Law Center launches new post-Harvey relief program
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

The University of Houston Law Center received a $205,000 grant from the Greater Houston Community Foundation on July 12 that will allow the...more

Mega Gifts Boost Giving Past $410 Billion
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

... a strong stock market and the philanthropic response to a series of natural disasters. ... The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2017,” published by Giving USA Foundation, a public...more

Stream Realty Closes 72 KSF Houston Office Leases
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

... this year, Stream represented the landlord in an 18,463-square-foot lease with the Greater Houston Community Foundation at 515 Post Oak...more

Local builders partner on BuildAid to restore flooded homes
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

... was established by Houston's Mayor Turner and Harris County Judge Emmett and is administered by the Greater Houston Community...more

BuildAid helps Katy-area family return home after Harvey
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

HHRF was established by Houston's Mayor Turner and Harris County Judge Emmett and is administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. In addition to David Weekley Homes, BuildAid...more

Houston group behind $100M+ Harvey relief fund to launch home repair portal
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

The organization behind the $113 million Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, set up by Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Emmett, is building a portal to connect disaster-impacted homeowners...more

HomeAid's BuildAid Harvey recovery initiative gets grant
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

HHRF was established by Houston's Mayor Turner and Harris County Judge Emmett and is administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. David Weekley and the David Weekley Family Foundation...more



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