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


How Far Is The Next Recession? Experts Debate Yield Curve Inversion
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

In a presentation for the Greater Houston Community Foundation, Angeles Investment Advisors Chief Investment Officer Michael Rosen said...more

Avenue to Break Ground on New Community Resource Center in Near Northside
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation, Brown Foundation, Hearst Foundation, Houston Endowment

In January, Avenue was awarded approximately $2.6 million from the Greater Houston Community Foundation (GHCF) towards the construction...more

AT&T donates $1 million to Houston nonprofits
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

Other nonprofits that will receive funds are the Greater Houston Community Foundation, $300,000; Genesys Works, $165,000; the Travis...more

HomeAid receives City of Houston Proclamation
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

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

Sand Castle Homes Partners with BuildAid in Kashmere Gardens
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

Within just a few weeks of the storm, BuildAid received their first major funds, a $5.5 million grant from the Greater Houston Community...more

Funds Cap Off Mixed-Use Resource Center Build
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

... comes after the city announced last month that Avenue would receive approximately $2.6 million from the Greater Houston Community...more

UAE Gives $6.5 Million to Aid Hurricane Harvey Recovery
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

The United Arab Emirates is giving $6.5 million to the Greater Houston Community Foundation to help with Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts...more

Project Gets Boost from Foundation Funding
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

Avenue Center is one of four area projects receiving funding from the Greater Houston Community Foundation as part of a $6.5 million pledge from...more

United Arab Emirates Gives Houston $6.5 Million For Harvey Recovery Efforts
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

The Greater Houston Community Foundation, which administered the Hurricane Harvey Relief fund, will oversee the distribution and management...more

Houston to receive $6.5M of United Arab Emirates' gift for Hurricane Harvey recovery
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

The $6.5 million will go to the Greater Houston Community Foundation to help with Harvey-related homelessness relief, community...more



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