2004 Grants Report

Payments on New Grants

$ 9,261,050

Payments on Grants Payable

663,950

     Total Payments to Charities

$ 9,925,000


New Grants Awarded in 2004
One-year Grants  
Bandera County Sports Complex

$        2,000

Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy

1,000

Baylor College of Medicine
(2004 Medical Activities)

6,250,000

Baylor College of Medicine (2005 Programs)

1,000,000

Baylor College of Medicine
(Service Organizations)

5,500

Boys and Girls Club of Bandera County

1,000

Friends of the Bandera County Library

2,500

The Gathering Place

20,000

Houston Ballet Foundation

3,000

Houston Grand Opera

100,000

Houston Grand Opera

3,000

The Nehemiah Center

5,000

Northwood University

10,000

Society for the Performing Arts

5,000

St. Christopher's Episcopal Church

35,000

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church

10,000

St. Mary's University

200,000

Texas Military Institute

100,000

Texas State University-San Marcos

200,000

Theatre Under the Stars

5,000

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center

1,000,000

 

8,958,000

Multi-year Grants

 

Houston Ballet Foundation

250,000

Houston Zoo, Inc.

200,000

Southwestern University

250,000

 

700,000

     Total

$ 9,658,000

2004 Grant Payments by Activities

Cultural Activities

$    216,000

2.2%

Community and Religious Activities

179,550

1.8%

Educational Activities

650,000

6.6%

Medical Activities

8,879,450

89.4%

 

$ 9,925,000

100.0%



2004 Grant Payments

Cultural Activities

$216,000 — 2.2% of Total Grants


$  100,000

Houston Ballet Foundation

First payment on a three-year grant of $250,000 supporting the new production of Swan Lake, choreographed by Stanton Welch, at its world premier in Houston in March 2006. Balance due $150,000.

3,000

Houston Ballet Foundation

To support the toe-shoe campaign.

100,000

Houston Grand Opera

To underwrite performances of Boris Godunov and Carmen for the 2005-2006 season.

3,000

Houston Grand Opera

To support the Houston Opera Studio through the Concert of Arias.

5,000

Society for the Performing Arts

To support general programs.

5,000

Theatre Under the Stars

To support general programs.

$  216,000

   


Community and Religious Activities

$179,550 — 1.8% of Total Grants

$     2,000

Bandera County Sports Complex

To support infrastructure construction in the complex.

1,000

Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy

To support family literacy projects in Texas.

1,000

Boys and Girls Club of Bandera County

To underwrite operations at the Margaret Alkek Youth and Community Center in Bandera.

5,000

DBSA Greater Houston

Final payment on a two-year grant of $10,000 to fund a support group for persons with depression and bipolar disorder.

2,500

Friends of the Bandera County Library

To update the library's seven patron computers.

20,000

The Gathering Place

To support psychosocial rehabilitative services for adults with mental illnesses.

103,050

Houston Zoo, Inc.

First payment on a three-year grant of $200,000 supporting the vampire bat exhibit. Balance due $96,950.

35,000

St. Christopher's Episcopal Church

To support a full-time rector's position for the Bandera church.

10,000

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church

To support youth programs.

$  179,550

   


Educational Activities

$650,000 — 6.6% of Total Grants

$    30,000

Episcopal High School

Second payment on a three-year grant of $90,000 to construct and equip a photography classroom and lab. Balance due $30,000.

5,000

The Nehemiah Center

To support after-school educational programs for disadvantaged youths.

10,000

Northwood University

To provide two four-year college scholarships.

100,000

Southwestern University

First payment on a three-year grant of $250,000 supporting the Paideia Scholarship Endowment. Balance due $150,000.

200,000

St. Mary's University

To underwrite curricular renewal.

5,000

St. Thomas Episcopal School

Final payment on a two-year grant of $10,000 to the capital campaign.

100,000

Texas Military Institute

To support the Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Scholarship, a full-tuition, four-year competitive scholarship awarded annually to two students entering the ninth grade.

200,000

Texas State University-San Marcos (formerly Southwest Texas State University)

To support the Southwest Regional Humanities Center's Jerome H. and Catherine E. Supple Professorship.

$  650,000

   


Medical Activities

$8,879,450 — 89.4% of Total Grants

$   150,000

Albert B. Alkek Institute of Biosciences and Technology at Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

Final payment on a five-year grant for $750,000 for construction and equipment of the fourth floor for the Margaret M. Alkek Center for Comparative Biotechnology Research.

6,250,000

Baylor College of Medicine

See the following schedule for a summary of the 2004 medical activities.

1,000,000

Baylor College of Medicine

To support 2005 programs still to be determined.

5,500

Baylor College of Medicine

To support various service organizations:  the Huffington Center on Aging and BRASS.

100,000

Rice University

Final payment on a five-year $500,000 grant supporting the Alkek Fund for Neurosciences at Rice University.

373,950

Texas Children's Hospital

Fourth, yet final, payment on a five-year grant for $1,000,000 supporting construction of a new clinical care center.

1,000,000

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

To support construction of the Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek Hospital.

$ 8,879,450

   

Baylor College of Medicine

Summary of 2004 Grants for Medical Activities

Alkek Department of Medicine  -  To support operations of the Department, including faculty retention and recruitment efforts.

$    3,250,000

Adult Ambulatory Care Center  -  To support establishment of an adult ambulatory care center involving disease-based centers and physicians from different specialties, developing methods to meet the medical and social needs of elderly patients and patients for whom English is a second language.

2,000,000

Department of Orthopedic Surgery  -  To enhance the Sports Medicine Laboratory and the Orthopedic Spine Laboratory, to support residency and fellowship programs and to boost research projects throughout the Department.

750,000

Department of Ophthalmology  -  To allow Dr. Dan B. Jones to support existing researchers at the Alkek Eye Center, augment efforts to recruit new faculty members, and enhance various research programs.

100,000

Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences  -  To allow Dr. Bobby R. Alford to strengthen various faculty initiatives and provide seed funding for pilot projects with the potential to leverage additional support from national funding sources.

100,000

Multi-Organ Transplant Center  -  To purchase equipment and supplies for shared use by the Center's faculty and researchers.

50,000

     Total

$    6,250,000


 

2003 Grants Report

Payments on New Grants
$ 7,999,525
Payments on Previous Grants
926,050
Total Payments to Charities in Calendar 2003
$ 8,925,575

New Grants Awarded in 2003

Bandera County Sports Complex

$ 2,000

Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy

1,000

Baylor College of Medicine

6,250,000

Baylor College of Medicine Service Organizations

5,500

Boys and Girls Club of Bandera County

1,000

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville

28,400

DBSA Greater Houston

10,000

Episcopal High School

90,000

Friends of the Bandera County Library

2,500

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council

50,000

Houston Ballet Foundation

10,000

Houston Ear Research Foundation

20,000

Houston Grand Opera

200,000

Manned Space Flight Education Foundation

20,000

Northwood University

10,000

River Oaks Baptist School

3,125

Society for the Performing Arts

5,000

St. Christopher's Episcopal Church

35,000

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church

6,000

St. Thomas Episcopal School

10,000

St. Mary's University

200,000

Texas Military Institute

100,000

Theatre Under the Stars

5,000

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

5,000

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

1,000,000

     Total

$          8,069,525

 

2003 Grant Payments

Summary by Classification
Cultural

$ 220,000

2.5%

Community

109,900

1.2%

Educational

648,125

7.3%

Medical

7,906,550

88.6%

Religious

41,000

.4%

     Total

$8,925,575

100.0%



2003 Cultural Activities

$220,0002.5% of Total Grants

$   10,000

Houston Ballet Foundation

Support for the Tribute to George Balanchine.

200,000

Houston Grand Opera

To underwrite performances of Tosca and Turandot for the 2003-2004 season and Madame Butterfly and Falstaff for the 2004-2005 season.

5,000

Society for the Performing Arts

To support general operations.

5,000

Theatre Under the Stars

To support general operations.

$220,000

   


2003
Community Activities  

$109,9001.2% of Total Grants

$     2,000

Bandera County Sports Complex

To support infrastructure construction in the complex.

1,000

Barbara Bush Texas Fund

for Family Literacy

To provide operational support for family literacy projects in Texas.

1,000

Boys and Girls Club of Bandera County

To underwrite operations at the Margaret Alkek Youth and Community Center in Bandera.

28,400

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Towards construction of a Captive Ungulate Facility.

5,000

DBSA Greater Houston

First payment on a two-year grant of $10,000 to fund a support group for persons with depression and bipolar disorder.

2,500

Friends of the Bandera

County Library

To purchase reference and non-fiction books for the library.

50,000

Girl Scouts of

San Jacinto Council

To provide scholarships for girls attending camp.

20,000

Manned Space Flight

Education Foundation

To support the Prehistoric Worlds - Backyard Discovery exhibit.

$ 109,900

   


2003 Educational Activities

$648,1257.3% of Total Grants

$   30,000

Episcopal High School

First payment on a three year grant of $90,000 to construct and equip a photography classroom and lab.

10,000

Northwood University

To provide two four-year college scholarships.

3,125

River Oaks Baptist School

Towards the school's annual campaign.

200,000

St. Mary's University

To fund construction and equipment costs for the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation Digital Media Library.

5,000

St. Thomas Episcopal School

First payment on a two-year grant of $10,000 towards the school's capital campaign.

100,000

St. Thomas High School

Final payment on a four-year $400,000 grant supporting a capital campaign for a new arts building and remodeling of the main building. The foyer in the main building will be named the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foyer. 

100,000  

Texas Military Institute

To provide support for the Alkek Scholars Program.

200,000

Texas State University-San Marcos (formerly Southwest Texas State University)

Final payment on a $1,000,000 grant supporting the Alkek Electronic Classroom and faculty technology development. 

$ 648,125

   


2003 Medical Activities

$7,906,55088.6% of Total Grants

$   150,000

Albert B. Alkek Institute of Biosciences and Technology at Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

Fourth payment on a five-year grant for $750,000 supporting buildout and equipment of the fourth floor for the Margaret M. Alkek Center for Comparative Biotechnology Research. Balance due of $150,000.

6,250,000

Baylor College of Medicine Medical Activities

See the following schedule for a summary of the 2003 grant payments.

5,500

Baylor College of Medicine

Service Organizations

To support various service organizations:  the Huffington Center on Aging and BRASS.

20,000

Houston Ear Research Foundation

To support the cochlear implant program.

100,000

Rice University

Fourth payment on a five-year $500,000 grant supporting the Alkek Fund for Neurosciences at Rice University.  Balance due $100,000.

226,050

Texas Children's Hospital

Third payment on a five-year grant for $1,000,000 supporting construction of a new clinical care center.  A plaque next to the Purple Cube Playform and Water Feature notes the generosity of the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation.  Balance due $373,950.

150,000

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Final payment on a six-year $1,000,000 grant supporting construction of the School of Nursing and Student Community Center with the auditorium to be named after Albert and Margaret Alkek. 

5,000

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

To support Lupus Arthritis Scleroderma Research.

1,000,000

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

To support construction of the Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek Hospital.

$7,906,550

   


2003 Religious Activities

$41,000.4% of Total Grants

$   35,000

St. Christopher's Episcopal Church

To support a full-time rector's position for the Bandera church.

6,000

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church

To provide new furniture and carpeting for the youth room.

$41,000

   


Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Activities

Summary of 2003 Grant Payments

Bobby R. Alford, M.D.  -  To support the faculty and pilot projects of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences as it advances into the molecular neurobiologic area.

$      100,000

Dan B. Jones, M.D.  -  To support the faculty and programs of the Alkek Eye Center including research in the field of macular degenerative diseases and the purchase of laboratory equipment.

100,000

Center for Cell and Gene Therapy  -  To support the programs of Dr. Malcolm Brenner including protocols underway at Baylor that use gene therapy for the treatment of various cancers, heart failure, diabetes and hepatic insufficiency.

1,500,000

Margaret M. Alkek Distinguished Chair in Medicine – To fund the chair for the Chairman for the Alkek Department of Medicine.

2,000,000

Breast Center  -  To support various projects of Dr. C. Kent Osborne in the field of breast cancer care and research.

1,000,000

Multiple Sclerosis Center – To fund the Maxine Messenger Clinic providing a full range of services for MS patients in the diagnosis, management and treatment of both the acute and chronic forms of the disease.

1,000,000

Cancer Center – To provide seed funding for a comprehensive cancer center and initiate and build programs to encourage collaborative research.

400,000

Endowed Chair for the Huffington Center on Aging – To fund the Robert J. Luchi, M.D. Chair in Geriatric Medicine.

150,000

    2003 Total

$6,250,000