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Total Assets: $1,364,961,118 Total Giving: $59,583,533
Texas
Employee Matching Gifts
The following grants were awarded in 2017: River Oaks Baptist Church of Houston, Texas – $459,146
Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, San Antonio, Texas – $100,000
Saint LGBes United Methodist Church of Houston, Texas – $13,500
Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, San Antonio, Texas – $10,000
Giving primarily in TX, with emphasis on Houston.
No support for political organizations, private foundations, or religious organizations for religious purposes.
No grants to individuals, or for operating deficits, debt retirement, testimonial dinners, marketing or fundraising events; no loans.
Support principally for the encouragement of and assistance to education, the arts and community service. The projects selected for funding most likely will have the potential for long-lasting significant impact in the community. The foundation’s current emphasis is in the field of public education at the primary and secondary levels. It will focus on finding and supporting nontraditional and innovative approaches designed to improve public education primarily within the state of Texas. Other areas of interest continue to be the visual and performing arts, and also include community service projects focused upon the needs of children and youth, especially in the Houston area.
Incorporated in 1951 in TX – The foundation was created by Herman and Margarett Root Brown and George R. and Alice Pratt Brown. When he died in 1962, Herman Brown, president of Brown & Root, Inc., bequeathed the bulk of his estate to the foundation. George R. Brown subsequently assumed the presidency of Brown & Root, Inc., one of the world’s largest construction and engineering firms. Mr. Brown, who graduated from the Colorado School of Mines, achieved international prominence as an engineering contractor, industrialist, and philanthropist. He was also director emeritus of ITT and former chairman of the board of trustees of Rice University. He was president and trustee until his death in 1983.
Texas
Initial Approach: Proposal should be submitted a minimum of 4 months before funds are needed
Telephone: (713) 523-6867
Fax: (713) 523-2917
E-mail: [email protected]
Location:
2217 Welch Ave. Houston, TX United States 77019-5617
Officers and Trustees:
Herman L. Stude Pres. and Trustee
Nancy Abendshein Chair. and Trustee
Nancy Pittman Exec. Dir.
Jacklyn Tatge C.F.O.
Carla Knobloch C.I.O.
Louisa Stude Sarofim V.P. and Secy. and Trustee
William N. Mathis Treas. and Trustee
Holbrook Dorn
John O’Connor
Elisa Stude Pye
Christopher B. Sarofim
Andrew B. Abendsheim
Isabel S. Lummis
W. Walter Negley
Nancy D. Walker
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