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The Powell Foundation places priority on organizations and programs that serve residents in Harris, Travis and Walker counties, principally in the fields of education, the arts, health and conservation. The Foundation is incorporated in Texas and is governed by a board of eight directors and operated by a small staff located in central Houston.
The foundation has awarded over $13.5 million in grants to charitable organizations since 1968. As of the end of the year 2011, the market value of the assets of the foundation was approximately $23 million. During the year 2011, the foundation made 64 grants totaling $704,200 to organizations working in five program areas: education, which received 46% of grant dollars; the arts, which received 16% of grant dollars; health, which received 9% of grant dollars; conservation, which received 19% of grant dollars; and other program areas, which received 10% of grant dollars.
2012-13 Board of Directors: Kitty King Powell, Founding Director; Nancy Powell Moore, President & Treasurer; Ben H. Powell V, Vice President & Director; Albert S. Tabor, Vice President & Secretary; Marian P. Harrison, Director; Katherine P. Hill, Director; Harvin C. Moore IV, Director; Katherine Osborne Valdez, Director; Molly N. Kidd, Director.