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


Place-Based Community Foundations - what is the extent of our reach?
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Seattle Foundation

In the Council's recently published Community Foundation Business Model Disruptions in the 21st Century, Kevin Murphy cited a debate simmering...more

Maislin: Change to donor tax rule could hurt charities
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

Jay Steinfeld and Barbara Winthrop, for example, set up Donor Advised Funds at Greater Houston Community Foundation to address...more

Community Foundations Expand Reach Globally
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Seattle Foundation

International giving by community foundations has grown in recent years, led by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) in particular as...more

US Community Foundations Making Significant Global Impact
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Seattle Foundation

... Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Seattle Foundation and Silicon Valley Community...more

HISTORIC INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TO CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF SUPER BOWL LI
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

“It was a privilege for Greater Houston Community Foundation to administer the Touchdown Houston grants, and we couldn't be prouder to tell...more

$4M in Houston Super Bowl Grants Awarded
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation, NFL Foundation

The grants will be administered through the Greater Houston Community Foundation, the official administrator of the Touchdown Houston...more

'Full Measure': The Clinton Foundation
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation

... the donations and held them in their own existing charities - President Bush's Greater Houston Community Foundation and the Clinton...more

Long Distance Funders: The Money Behind the Endless Abortion Battles
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation, Ford Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation

... in many millions of dollars in philanthropic money annually from funders on both sides of this contentious issue—with no end to this giving in...more



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