Lindley Family Foundation
Private foundation · Houston, TX · EIN 45-4084072 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Lindley Family Foundation
28grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$2,000smallest grant
$437Ktotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 28 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $130K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
3661 Piping Rock LN
Houston, TX 77027-4116
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| St Luke's United Methodist Church | Houston, TX | $75,000 |
| Friends of Pumpkin Park | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| St Luke's United Methodist Church | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| Friends of Pumpkin Park | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| Houston Zoo | Houston, TX | $22,500 |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | Houston, TX | $18,750 |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | Houston, TX | $16,250 |
| Coastal Preservation & Restoration | Houston, TX | $15,000 |
| Houston Zoo | Houston, TX | $15,000 |
| Houston Zoo | Houston, TX | $14,020 |
| The Menil Collection | Houston, TX | $11,000 |
| Good Samaritan Foundation | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Friends of Whidbey State Parks | Coupeville, WA | $10,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Wells Recovery Foundation | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Cassie's Place | San Angelo, TX | $10,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| St Luke's United Methodist Church | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Astros Foundation | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Buffalo Bayou Partnership | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| The Menninger Clinic Foundation | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $5,000 |
| The Council on Recovery | Houston, TX | $2,500 |
| St John's School | Houston, TX | $2,500 |
| Breakthrough Houston | Houston, TX | $2,500 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $2,500 |
| St John's School | Houston, TX | $2,000 |
| Bo's Place | Houston, TX | $2,000 |
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