Alkek Foundation Grant

Alkek Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation
Last Updated: October 15, 2025

Summary

The Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation provides vital support to nonprofit organizations in Texas, focusing on charitable, educational, and scientific initiatives. It prioritizes research and education-related projects that promise long-term benefits. However, the Foundation does not fund individuals, scholarships, or political activities and prefers not to support fundraising events or school-related sports teams. This ensures its grants are directed towards impactful and sustainable community projects.

Overview

The Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation was established to provide support for charitable, religious, scientific, literary and educational organizations and programs serving the people of the State of Texas.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Grants are made only to nonprofit organizations that are recognized as public charities by the Internal Revenue Service.Grants are limited to organizations and projects serving the State of Texas.

Ineligibility

The Foundation does not make grants to individuals or loans of any type.The Foundation does not make direct scholarships to students. All scholarship programs are administered through educational institutions. The Foundation does not make grants intended to influence legislation or to support candidates for political office. The Foundation prefers not to fund:Fund-raising events, advertising in programs, memorials for individuals or other similar activitiesStudent organizations or charities operated by service clubsThe purchase of uniforms, equipment, or trips for school-related organizations or sports teams