Greehey Family Foundation Grant

Greehey Family Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Greehey Family Foundation
Amount: Up to US $1,000,000
Last Updated: March 30, 2026

Summary

The Greehey Family Foundation Grant aims to enhance health and human welfare in the San Antonio community. By providing significant funding to 501(c)(3) organizations, the Foundation supports children's causes, education, and initiatives for the homeless. With nearly one billion dollars awarded to various causes, the Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged individuals and families, ensuring a lasting impact for generations to come.

Overview

Purpose Statement Knowing that we have been abundantly blessed by God's Grace, the Greehey family is honored to share our blessings and help do His work in the San Antonio community through the The Greehey Family Foundation. In doing so, we will provide funding to improve health and human welfare conditions, to brighten the lives of sick and disadvantaged children, to educate, and to help transform the lives of the homeless. Funding Overview The Greehey Family Foundation's emphasis is on supporting health and human welfare issues, children's causes, education, and the homeless. And because the needs of the community are wide, the Foundation is set up and positioned to meet an almost unlimited range of needs within these areas. In its brief history, the Foundation has already granted nearly one billion dollars to hundreds of causes, ranging from a new stove so that a struggling grandmother raising her 10 grandchildren could provide warm meals for them, to a $25 million grant to the University of Texas Health Science Center to fund children's cancer research and treatment. Funding is provided to non-profit organizations throughout San Antonio and Bexar County at the discretion of the Foundation's Board of Directors, which is composed of Bill Greehey and family members. The Board meets biannually to review grant requests, but funds can be granted any time during the year as special needs arise. The Foundation will operate in perpetuity and will continue to be funded by the Greehey family to improve the lives of individuals and families for generations to come.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The Foundation awards grants only to organizations that are exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In keeping with the Foundation's mission, grants are primarily awarded to agencies with programs and services in Bexar County. However, the Foundation may consider requests from outside Bexar County as long as they meet the funding goals of supporting health and human welfare issues, children's causes, education, and the homeless.The Foundation typically awards an agency only one grant per year. Grant recipients must re-apply each year.

Ineligibility

The Foundation is not able to award grants to individuals or for-profit organizations.Funding is to be used to directly meet specific needs within the community, so the Foundation does not typically support fundraising event sponsorships or teams.