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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $34,000,894 | $13,286,079 | $10,991,211 | $176,651,747 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 62% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston, TX | Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowments | $1,394,804 | 2020 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest H Cockrell | President/Dir | 2.00 | $0 |
| David A Cockrell | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| Ernest D Cockrell | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| Janet S Cockrell | Director |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $176,651,747 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $10,617,553 | $13,060,173 | $10,667,388 | $155,936,932 | $155,936,932 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $13,267,048 | $14,650,843 | $11,623,307 | $157,115,540 | $157,115,540 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $29,505,173 | $12,109,151 | $9,397,196 | $157,849,285 | $157,849,285 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $15,977,704 | $11,130,850 | $9,207,410 | $140,453,263 | $140,453,263 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $8,349,179 | $11,141,599 | $8,851,880 | $135,606,409 | $135,606,409 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $12,324,670 | $10,750,349 | $8,455,889 | $136,570,319 | $136,570,319 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $14,737,386 | $9,666,260 | $7,721,477 | $131,365,612 | $131,365,612 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $5,758,261 | $9,718,636 | $7,772,273 | $125,187,254 | $125,187,254 |
| Methodist Hospital FoundationMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Houston, TX |
| Support the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment for the Cockrell Center for Advanced Therapeutics; support Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund for employees; support the Center for Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM) to be paid through the Society for Leading Medicine; support for the annual gala |
| $1,240,155 |
| 2017 |
| MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX | A Conversation with a Living Legend dinner, multiple myeloma research, Physician-Scientist Program | $1,098,964 | 2019 |
| Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston, TX | Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment, Virginia and Ernest Cockrell Jr. Opportunity Fund, Gems and Minerals acquisitions, and the Cockrell Butterfly Center | $1,088,964 | 2019 |
| Methodist Hospital FoundationMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Houston, TX | Support the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment; Support the Center for Performing Arts Medicine(CPAM) "Cockrell Foundation Music Fund for Holistic Health" at Houston Methodist Hospital to be paid through the Society for Leading Medicine. | $1,079,742 | 2016 |
| MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX | Support the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment; support the Integrative Department Research as designated by the group; support the 75th Anniversary Kick-Off Party; purchase a table at the 75th Anniversary Gala and donate back to MD Anderson to be directed to the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment. | $1,062,742 | 2016 |
| Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston, TX | Support the Wiess Energy Hall campaign; support annual gala; support the Excellence in Science Luncheon | $1,059,742 | 2016 |
| Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston, TX | 2018 Excellence in Science Luncheon and the Wiess Energy Hall capital and endowment campaign | $1,017,042 | 2018 |
| IDEA Public SchoolsWeslaco, TX | Launch of ten high quality, tuition-free Pre-K-12 campuses in underserved communities in Harris County and across Greater Houston | $1,000,000 | 2020 |
| Greater Houston Community FoundatioHouston, TX | Charter school support | $1,000,000 | 2019 |
| IDEA Public SchoolsWeslaco, TX | Support launch of ten pre-K-12 schools in Houston | $1,000,000 | 2021 |
| Reasoning Mind IncHouston, TX | Support Operating Development & Capital Campaign | $1,000,000 | 2016 |
| UT MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX | Support the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment for the Physician-Scientist Program and matching grant for Cockrell Interests employee participation in the Boot Walk to End Cancer | $992,196 | 2018 |
| The UT MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX | General support and support for the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment for the Physician-Scientist Program | $895,655 | 2017 |
| Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston, TX | Support the Wiess Energy Hall capital and endowment campaign; support for the Big Bang Ball and Jewel of the Nile Gala | $895,155 | 2017 |
| Kids' Meals IncHouston, TX | Support the Building Hope Capital Campaign to construct a facility for Kids' Meals | $500,000 | 2022 |
| Reasoning Mind IncHouston, TX | Operating support | $500,000 | 2018 |
| Reasoning Mind IncHouston, TX | General operating support | $500,000 | 2017 |
| Greater Houston Community FoundatioHouston, TX | Support the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund | $450,000 | 2017 |
| Boy Scouts of AmericaHouston, TX | Endowment match through the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell Jr.Permanently Restricted Endowment and general support | $358,408 | 2016 |
| Boy Scouts of AmericaHouston, TX | Endowment match through the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell Jr.Permanently Restricted Endowment and general support | $274,700 | 2017 |
| Methodist Hospital FoundationMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Houston, TX | Support to establish the St. Francis of Assisi Centennial Endowed Chair in Immunology at Houston Methodist Immunology Center | $250,000 | 2021 |
| Greater Houston Community FoundatioHouston, TX | St. Francis of Assisi Centennial Endowed Chair in Immunology at Houston Methodist Immunology Center | $250,000 | 2020 |
| Second Baptist ChurchHouston, TX | Support the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund; support the Second Loves Kids event and the Facilities Party; general support | $230,000 | 2017 |
| Youth Entrepreneurs IncWichita, KS | Youth Entrepreneur classes within KIPP Houston High Schools | $100,000 | 2018 |
| 1.00 |
| $0 |
| Stephanie Cockrell | Executive Director | 1.00 | $120,000 |
| Frederick W Brazelton | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| W Mccomb Dunwoody | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| J Webb Jennings Iii | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| Ronald T Nixon | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
| Sherrie J Reinhackel | Vice President/Dir | 1.00 | $20,000 |
| Tracy K Payne | Treasurer/Dir | 1.00 | $20,000 |
| Margaret N Baker | Secretary | 1.00 | $20,000 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202433559349100213
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202323199349102342
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202233199349106203
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202133089349100338
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202023219349102342
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201943189349101844
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201823189349101907
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201713359349100156
Form 990-PF · FY2015 · period ending Dec 31, 2015
Filing id 201633209349103088
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.