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Houston, TX · 2025 filing

The Powell Foundation

Accepts applications

The Powell Foundation accepts grant applications.

Its most recent filing reports $20M given across 271 grants.

A typical grant is around $15K.

It funds education, arts, culture & humanities, human services.

What they give

$20M
Total giving
271
Grants made
$15K
Typical grant
$1.5M
Largest grant

From their 2025 Form 990-PF. Foundations file annually, so these figures describe a year that has already closed.

What their grants run

The 271 grants itemized on their 2025 filing, by size. Half of them landed between $5K and $50K, which is the range to judge your own ask against.

13
38
102
55
61
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Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Itemized grants on the 2025 filing, bucketed by grant size.

Where the money went

Grants on the 2025 filing reached twenty-two states. The largest destinations, with each state’s wider funding picture linked:

Texas$15M
Massachusetts$1.4M
Louisiana$1.2M
District of Columbia$759K
California$431K
Itemized grant dollars by recipient state, 2025 filing.

What they fund

Based on where their grants went.

  • Education
  • Arts, Culture & Humanities
  • Human Services

Recent giving reached Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina.

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