Directors and Officers

Directors:
David A. Cockrell

Ernest D. Cockrell
Ernest H. Cockrell
Janet S. Cockrell
Carol Cockrell Curran
Richard B. Curran
Laura Jennings Turner
J. Webb Jennings

Associate Director:
Milton T. Graves

 

Officers:

Ernest H. Cockrell
President
M. Nancy Williams
Executive Vice President
Milton T. Graves
Vice President
Wendy W. Randolph,
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer

 


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Grants Paid by The Cockrell Foundation in 2010:

Organization Purpose Amount
Boy Scouts of America
Sam Houston Area Council
100th Anniversary Dinner on Feb. 18, 2010 $ 20,000.00
Boy Scouts of America
Sam Houston Area Council

Friends of Scouting Annual Fund $ 50,000.00
Boy Scouts of America
Sam Houston Area Council
Match one-for-one community-level giving to endowment through the "Virginia and Ernest Cockrell Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment" $ 400,001.00
Brookwood Community Underwrite the construction of their Welcome Center $ 51,605.00
Camp Aranzazu Zazu Fishing Tournament on October 15-16, 2010 $ 5,000.00
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance
General Support $ 10,000.00
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance
Lights of Courage Luncheon on April 28, 2011 $ 2,000.00
Children's Museum of Houston 2010 Spring Golf Classic on April 20, 2010 $ 2 ,500.00
Children's Museum of Houston

Birthday Ball Gala on October 16, 2010 $ 2,000.00
Free Enterprise Institute 2010 Annual Freedom Fund Program $ 15,000.00
Good Neighbor Healthcare Center Operating funds for fiscal year 2010-2011 $ 6,000.00
Hermann Park Conservancy Conductor's Circle Membership $ 2,500.00
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center Founder's Circle Membership $ 1,500.00
Houston Museum of Natural Science Annual Gala "Fly Me to the Moon" on Saturday, March 5, 2011 $ 10,000.00
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Support two endowment funds: (a) the "Virginia and Ernest Cockrell Jr. Permanently Restricted
Endowment" for the Gems and Minerals acquisitions and the Cockrell Butterfly Center and (b) the "Virginia
and Ernest Cockrell Jr. Opportunity Fund"
$ 638,657.00
Houston Wilderness Support annual luncheon and Communications & Development $ 5,000.00
Hunts for Heroes General support $ 5,000.00
LifeHouse Houston "Steppin' Out for Life" Gala on Sept. 23, 2010 $ 2,500.00
Marathon Kids Sponsor 100 kids in the Houston Metro Chapter to complete their marathon and nutrition program $ 1,000.00
MD Anderson Cancer Center A Conversation With a Living Legend Luncheon on Oct. 19, 2010 $ 10,000.00

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Support the "Virginia and Ernest Cockrell Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment" for the newly established Physician-Scientist Program
$ 638,657.00

Methodist Hospital Foundation

Support the "Virginia and Ernest Cockrell Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment" for the Cockrell
Center for Advanced Therapeutics at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
$ 648,657.00
Methodist Hospital Foundation Center for Performing Arts Medicine Program $ 20,000.00
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Team Katie Brass and the 2010 Walk MS event in Houston $ 1,000.00
Parish School Charitable use $5 ,000.00
Parish School General support $ 13,000.00
Philanthropy Roundtable 2010 Membership $ 1,000.00
Project GRAD USA Support Federal Program Goal $ 60,000.00
Reasoning Mind General Support $ 1,000,000.00
Reasoning Mind General operating funds $ 10,000.00
River Oaks Baptist School Annual Giving Campaign $ 1,500.00
River Oaks Baptist School Annual Giving Campaign $ 5,000.00
River Oaks Baptist School 2010-2011 Annual Giving Campaign $ 500.00
Second Baptist Church Repairs to Worship Center $ 20,000.00
Second Baptist Church Repairs to Worship Center $ 10,000.00
SIRE, Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Center Boots and Bonnets Charity Gala on May 1, 2010 $ 1,000.00

SIRE, Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Center

Support the therapeutic horseback riding program for children & adults with disabilities $ 25,000.00
SIRE, Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Center Support the annual luncheon for the next four years $ 4,000.00
Texas Children's Hospital Project Medical Homes $ 5,000.00
United Way of Greater Houston 2010-2011 campaign $ 10,000.00
University of Texas Engineering Foundation Endowed funds for scholarships $ 2 ,447,513.00
YMCA of Greater Houston Partners of Youth 2011 Campaign for the Trotter YMCA $ 5,000.00
   
Grand TOTAL (42 items) $ 6 ,172,090.00