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Date
Title/Source
Organization
Category
09-16-2024
2024 Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards recognizes twelve outstanding Houston educators
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-06-2024
Buffalo Bayou’s Transformation Will Soon Connect to the East End
— Houstonia
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
08-28-2024
Buffalo Bayou Partnership unveils the latest on $310 million east side improvement plan
— Houston Business Journal
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
08-28-2024
First look: Buffalo Bayou East unveils new renderings of $310 million master plan
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
08-27-2024
Living history
— MIZZOU Magazine
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
08-14-2024
Kinders invest $122M in the Black Community
— Defender
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
,
EEDC
,
Emancipation Park
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
,
Law Harrington Senior Living Center
,
MacGregor Park
,
PRH Preservation
,
Project Row Houses
,
The Lawson Academy
,
Third Ward
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
07-30-2024
TEACH FOR AMERICA HOUSTON RECEIVES $1 MILLION GIFT FROM KINDER FOUNDATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENTED EDUCATORS
Teach for America Houston
Education
06-03-2024
How the Philanthropy of Nancy and Rich Kinder Has Shaped Houston
— Houstonia
Kinder Foundation
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
05-22-2024
Award-Winning Design Firm Selected to Lead Historic Renovation of Houston’s MacGregor Park
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
05-17-2024
Landscape architect shares vision for MacGregor Park’s $54 million renovation plan
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
04-23-2024
Kinder Foundation Makes Fifth Consecutive $1 Million Gift to United Way
United Way of Greater Houston
Quality of Life
02-01-2024
Persons of the Year – Philanthropy: Richard Kinder
— InTown Magazine
Kinder Foundation
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
01-31-2024
THREE HOUSTON-AREA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL SYSTEMS RECEIVE NOTABLE GRANTS FROM KINDER FOUNDATION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School
Education
12-13-2023
MacGregor Park, an iconic space in Houston, due for a $54 million renovation
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
12-13-2023
Kinder Foundation makes catalyst gift of $27M for MacGregor Park’s $54M transformation
— Houston Business Journal
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
12-13-2023
Historic MacGregor Park to Receive Long-Planned Improvements Based on Community Feedback
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
11-06-2023
Tall Stories 382: Memorial Park, Houston
— The Urbanist
Memorial Park Conservancy
Urban Green Space
11-03-2023
BANF ANNOUNCES ‘HOUSTON CULTURAL TREASURES’: 11 LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AWARDED $5 MILLION IN FUNDING
BIPOC Arts Network and Fund
Quality of Life
10-07-2023
Houston deserves better parks. Here’s how to pay for them. (Opinion)
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Urban Green Space
10-04-2023
Trees For Houston opens new Kinder Campus with official ribbon cutting ceremony and sneak peek of the building
Trees for Houston
Urban Green Space
10-02-2023
Trees for Houston opens new, $9M campus in Garden Oaks
— Houston Chronicle
Trees for Houston
Urban Green Space
09-29-2023
Houston residents willing to pay more for city parks, Rice Kinder Institute survey shows
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Urban Green Space
09-25-2023
TWELVE HOUSTON EDUCATORS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS KINDER EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-20-2023
SPARK announces 40th year celebration with $10 million campaign to build/ “reSPARK” 40 school parks in four years in the Greater Houston area
SPARK
Urban Green Space
08-04-2023
The Rebirth of Houston’s Giant but Ailing Memorial Park
— Metropolis
Memorial Park Conservancy
Urban Green Space
06-13-2023
Houston-area organization invests $6 million for ‘under-recognized’ and ‘underfunded’ artists of color
— Houston Public Media
BIPOC Arts Network and Fund
Quality of Life
06-11-2023
Investment of $6 Million to Transform the Arts Landscape for Underrepresented and Underfunded Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and People of Color Artists in Houston Announced
BIPOC Arts Network and Fund
Quality of Life
04-04-2023
Oral history: How the Eldorado Ballroom’s rich past inspired its $10 million renovation
— Houston Landing
Third Ward
Quality of Life
04-02-2023
Thomas Woltz, Bard of the Soil
— Town & Country Magazine
Memorial Park Conservancy
Urban Green Space
03-29-2023
Third Ward’s historic Eldorado Building reopens after $9.7 million restoration
— Houston Chronicle
Project Row Houses
,
Third Ward
Quality of Life
03-07-2023
Maggie Gordon: Two-day walk along Buffalo Bayou East reveals need for community connection
— Houston Landing
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
03-06-2023
New amenities advance at Willow Waterhole as talks continue over adjacent music venue
— Community Impact
Willow Waterhole Greenway
Urban Green Space
02-24-2023
Kinder Foundation grants $2M to create Discovery Green endowment
— Houston Business Journal
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
02-24-2023
Kinder Foundation Initiates an Endowment Fund for Discovery Green®
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
02-18-2023
Little-known Halls Bayou to transform with nearly 600-tree reforestation effort
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
02-17-2023
Future Highways Must Look Like This
— Architectural Digest
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-14-2023
Houston just covered part of its highway with a massive park
— Fast Company
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-11-2023
TRANSFORMATIONAL LAND BRIDGE AND PRAIRIE PROJECT DEBUTS AT HOUSTON’S MEMORIAL PARK
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-10-2023
Houston’s New Land Bridge at Memorial Park Has Everyone Talking
— Texas Highways
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-10-2023
Houston land bridge opens in Memorial Park with Biggest Picnic in Texas
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-03-2023
Three Houston Parks Team Up To Bring Back Jazzy Sundays In The Parks
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Emancipation Park Conservancy
Urban Green Space
02-01-2023
HOUSTON LANDING LAUNCHES TODAY WITH A STORIED CEO AT THE HELM OF INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT NEWSROOM BACKED BY LEADING PHILANTHROPIES
American Journalism Project
Quality of Life
01-28-2023
There’s a world to discover at this ‘gem’ in downtown Houston
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
12-16-2022
Founders’ keepers
— MIZZOU Magazine
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
11-01-2022
Kinder Institute to expand constitutional democracy program with $25M donation
— Columbia Missourian
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
11-01-2022
$25 million Kinder gift expands opportunities for students
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
10-31-2022
BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM TO EXPAND AND EXTEND ITS IMPACT WITH $13 MILLION CAMPAIGN
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Quality of Life
10-28-2022
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum continues telling history, sharing a legacy
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Quality of Life
09-26-2022
TWELVE HOUSTON EDUCATORS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS KINDER EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-26-2022
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Announces Kinder Foundation’s $100M Catalyst Gift to Accelerate Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
09-25-2022
Houston philanthropists Nancy & Rich Kinder give $100 million to expand Buffalo Bayou Park eastward
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
09-23-2022
Meet the couple behind Houston’s $281M transformation through new park amenities and green spaces
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Emancipation Park Conservancy
,
Houston Parks Board
,
Memorial Park
,
SPARK
,
Trees for Houston
,
Willow Waterhole
Urban Green Space
09-23-2022
$50M Kinder Foundation grant will expand Kinder Institute’s work to solve challenges facing Houston
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
09-23-2022
Kinder Foundation gives Rice University institute $50 million grant
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-03-2022
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Unveils New Cleanup Boat
Buffalo Bayou Park
Urban Green Space
06-09-2022
Houston Parks Board Celebrates Groundbreaking of Final Brays Bayou Greenway Trail Segment
Bayou Greenways 2020
Urban Green Space
05-09-2022
New segment of Sims Bayou Greenway now complete and open
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
05-02-2022
Construction Complete on New Segment of Sims Bayou Greenway
Bayou Greenways 2020
Urban Green Space
04-30-2022
Project Row Houses Announces Rehabilitation and Renovation of Historic Eldorado Ballroom
Project Row Houses
Quality of Life
04-28-2022
Historic Eldorado Ballroom in Houston’s Third Ward set to be restored
— Houston Public Media
Project Row Houses
Quality of Life
04-26-2022
New Projects Breathing New Life into 3 Treasured Houston Green Spaces
— Greater Houston Partnership
Urban Green Space
04-17-2022
How a Houston flood control project bloomed into a greenspace with trails, fishing pier and dog park
— Houston Chronicle
Willow Waterhole Greenway
Urban Green Space
04-14-2022
Trees For Houston breaks ground on new Kinder Campus in Oak Forest, greatly expanding its capacity to serve the Houston community
Trees for Houston
Urban Green Space
03-28-2022
EASTBOUND MEMORIAL DRIVE TUNNELS NOW OPEN TO ONE-WAY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
03-28-2022
Memorial Park eastbound tunnel opens to traffic
— KHOU-TV
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
03-28-2022
Memorial Park tunnels open to eastbound drivers, marking new milestone in park’s transformation
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
03-24-2022
Kinder Foundation gives $1.3M to James Beard nominee’s Houston nonprofit
— Houston Business Journal
Lucille's 1913
Quality of Life
03-24-2022
KINDER FOUNDATION GIFTS LOCAL NON-PROFIT, LUCILLE’S 1913, OVER $1.3 MILLION TO EXPAND FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER
Lucille's 1913
Quality of Life
03-23-2022
First phase of Memorial Drive tunnels set to open
— Houston Business Journal
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-05-2022
Houstonians and their pets join Nancy and Rich Kinder for Memorial Park Land Bridge preview party
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
01-26-2022
120 Arts Groups Serving Greater Houston’s Communities of Color Awarded A Combined $2 Million in Grants from the BIPOC Arts Network and Fund
BIPOC Arts Network and Fund
Quality of Life
01-19-2022
Houston philanthropies invest $20M to launch nonprofit news outlet
— Houston Chronicle
American Journalism Project
Quality of Life
01-19-2022
Local Coalition to Launch Nonprofit Newsroom in Houston
American Journalism Project
Quality of Life
12-03-2021
Houston’s billionaire benefactors gift another $1 million to citywide charity
— CultureMap
United Way of Greater Houston
Quality of Life
12-02-2021
As Community Needs Grow, Nancy and Rich Kinder Make Third Consecutive $1 Million Gift to United Way of Greater Houston Annual Campaign
United Way of Greater Houston
Quality of Life
12-01-2021
Rice University has named a new director at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
— Houston Public Media
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
12-01-2021
Ruth López Turley named next director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
11-01-2021
Trails, amenities, expansion planned for Willow Waterhole Greenway in 2022-23, conservancy group announces
— Community Impact
Willow Waterhole Greenway
Urban Green Space
11-01-2021
WILLOW WATERHOLE GREENSPACE CONSERVANCY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT WILLOW WATERHOLE GREENWAY TRAILS AND AMENITIES
Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy
Urban Green Space
10-26-2021
Houston edtech nonprofit grows its technology with $440K grant from Kinder Foundation
— InnovationMap
ProUnitas
Education
09-29-2021
Houston Resettlement Agencies Raising $8.5 Million To Help Resettle Afghan Evacuees
— Houston Public Media
Houston Afghan Resettlement Fund
Quality of Life
09-27-2021
Four Houston Refugee Resettlement Agencies Form Collaborative to Raise $8.5 Million for Houston Afghan Resettlement Efforts
Houston Afghan Resettlement Fund
Quality of Life
09-27-2021
Twelve Houston Educators Receive Prestigious Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-23-2021
New initiative to invest over $10M supporting artists of color in Houston
— Houston Chronicle
BIPOC Arts Network and Fund
Quality of Life
09-21-2021
$2 Million in Grants for Communities of Color in Nine-County Greater Houston Region Announced by New Initiative, BIPOC Arts Network and Fund
BIPOC Arts Network & Fund
Quality of Life
09-09-2021
Memorial Park land bridge takes big step forward with new tunnels
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
08-20-2021
Mavis Staples to headline rescheduled free concert series in Houston parks
— Houston Chronicle Preview
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Conservancy
,
Discovery Green
,
Emancipation Park Conservancy
Urban Green Space
08-18-2021
PROUNITAS PARTNERS WITH THOUGHTWORKS TO EXTEND INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND SERVICE PLATFORM TO MOBILE DEVICES
ProUnitas
Education
07-23-2021
Memorial Park land bridge project to bring new views to Houston
— Click2Houston.com
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
07-04-2021
Houston Might Be the Most Exciting City for Art in the United States — Here’s What to See
— Travel+Leisure
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
07-01-2021
Artificial lake fulfills many roles in a new Houston park
— Civil Engineering Source (ASCE)
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
06-24-2021
The Law Harrington center is a small solution to a big problem. We’re going to need a lot more like it.
— Urban Edge
Law Harrington Senior Living Center
Quality of Life
06-21-2021
Law Harrington Senior Living Center in Third Ward offers affordable, ‘LGBTQ-affirming’ home for seniors
— Houston Chronicle
Law Harrington Senior Living Center
Quality of Life
06-14-2021
Meet Patra Isaac, a 40 Under 40 honoree who works to unite education and nonprofit endeavors
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Foundation
Other
05-26-2021
Bayou Greenways Park opens this week as part of master plan for greener Houston
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways
Urban Green Space
05-24-2021
Houston museum highlights contributions of Latin American artists to 20th century art
— PBS News Hour
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
04-22-2021
Trees for Houston has planted 600,000 trees. Now, the nonprofit is growing with a new campus.
— Houston Chronicle
Trees for Houston
Urban Green Space
04-22-2021
Trees For Houston announces plans for new, permanent campus, expanding capacity to serve constituents
Trees for Houston
Urban Green Space
04-21-2021
Houston Business Journal names 40 Under 40 Class of 2021 honorees
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Foundation
Other
02-25-2021
KINDER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION MATCH DONATION TO HOUSTON FOOD BANK TO SUPPORT WINTER STORM URI RELIEF
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
02-25-2021
Kinder Foundation donates $1M to Houston Food Bank for winter storm relief
— Houston Business Journal
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
02-01-2021
Houston philanthropists donate $5 million to SPARK Park effort
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
Urban Green Space
01-13-2021
SPARK PARKS INCREASE PARK ACCESS IN HOUSTON: Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation lead support to expand park equity
SPARK
Urban Green Space
12-21-2020
During Time of Unprecedented Community Need, Nancy and Rich Kinder Make $1 Million Gift to United Way of Greater Houston Annual Campaign
United Way of Greater Houston
Quality of Life
12-21-2020
Kinders gift $1M to United Way of Greater Houston
— Houston Business Journal
United Way of Greater Houston
Quality of Life
12-10-2020
Lucille’s 1913, Kinder Foundation and Emancipation Park Conservancy Join Forces to Provide 5000 Holiday Meals for Third Ward Residents on Dec. 23
Third Ward
Quality of Life
12-10-2020
Lucille’s partnership provides holiday meals to 1,000 Third Ward families
— Houston Chronicle
Third Ward
Quality of Life
11-21-2020
A Triumphant, User-Friendly Addition
— Wall Street Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-20-2020
Inside MFAH’s $476 million expansion, the nation’s largest cultural construction project in a decade
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-16-2020
Steven Holl’s Luminous Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
— Architectural Record
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-16-2020
Houston to Celebrate the Opening on Saturday, November 21, of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-15-2020
Take a look at what’s inside MFAH’s new Kinder Building
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-23-2020
Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts Is Proof That Everything Really Is Bigger In Texas
— Town & Country Magazine
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
09-27-2020
How the Kinder Foundation makes parks happen
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways 2020
,
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
09-17-2020
Dazzling Glaze: Steven Holl Architects tames the harsh Houston glare with clever massing and opaque tubular glass
— The Architect's Newspaper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Quality of Life
09-16-2020
Here’s when you can visit MFAH’s new Kinder Building
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
09-15-2020
MFAH Announces Details of Inaugural Installations in Its New Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, Opening to the Public Saturday, November 21
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
08-20-2020
Discovery Green receives a $12 million upgrade and a glowing gateway
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
08-06-2020
Houston City Council approves $20 million rent relief program
— Defender Network
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Quality of Life
08-05-2020
‘An audacious idea’: Construction begins on Memorial Park land bridge
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
08-05-2020
Houston adds $20 million to its rent relief program
— Houston Chronicle
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Quality of Life
07-31-2020
Mayor Turner Announces Second Rental Relief Program for Houstonians Struggling During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Quality of Life
07-31-2020
City of Houston creates $19M rental assistance program. Here’s what you need to know
— KPRC Channel 2
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Quality of Life
07-16-2020
Memorial Park unveils the highly anticipated, 100-acre Eastern Glades
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
06-29-2020
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy announces distinguished MU alumna Jean Becker to serve on advisory board
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
05-18-2020
Houstonians are more positive than ever, Rice survey shows
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-18-2020
Calm before COVID-19: 2020 Kinder Houston Area Survey reveals growing sense of solidarity, empathy ahead of pandemic
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-05-2020
KINDER FOUNDATION GIFTS $1 MILLION TO HOUSTON FOOD BANK TO FEED HOUSTONIANS IMPACTED BY COVID-19
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
,
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
05-05-2020
Houston Food Bank receives $1 million gift from Kinder Foundation
— Houston Chronicle
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
,
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
04-17-2020
Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Establishing Strike Force To Open Texas
— Office of the Texas Governor
Kinder Foundation
Other
03-09-2020
SPARK receives $5 million from Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation to build and improve parks at 30 Houston-area schools
SPARK
Education
,
Urban Green Space
02-28-2020
Houston Couple’s $1 Million Gift Pushes United Way Philanthropy to New Level in Bayou City
— PaperCity
United Way of Greater Houston
Quality of Life
02-28-2020
Houston 2030
— Houston CityBook
Kinder Foundation
Education
,
Urban Green Space
02-17-2020
Bayou Greenways project nears the end with Bun B and a bike parade
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways
Urban Green Space
02-06-2020
Massive $220 Million Green Project Aims to Make Houston More Beautiful — and Less Car Dependent
— PaperCity
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
01-23-2020
Beloved Houston philanthropists gift local organization with whopping $1 million check
— CultureMap
United Way of Greater Houston
Quality of Life
01-15-2020
MFAH announces the opening date for its new Kinder Building
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-15-2020
Museum of Fine Arts Houston sets opening date for final portion of $450M project
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-15-2020
Kinder Foundation names Patra Brannon-Isaac as Director of Education
Kinder Foundation
Education
01-14-2020
The 11 Most Anticipated Buildings of 2020
— Architectural Digest
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2020
United Way of Greater Houston Establishes New Luminary Leadership Giving Level with $1 Million Lead Gift from Rich and Nancy Kinder
United Way
Quality of Life
01-13-2020
Money Monday: Kinders give $1M; Several Houston cos. make M&A deals
— Houston Business Journal
United Way
Quality of Life
12-17-2019
Lights, Dragons, Action: Get Ready for MFAH’s Kinder Building Next Fall
— Houston Press
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
12-17-2019
Uptown Houston President John Breeding talks transit, infrastructure and the pedestrian experience
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
12-13-2019
Public Space Philanthropy is Having a Moment
— Barrons
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
12-09-2019
Does Charity Still Start at Home? Exploring the State of Place-Based Giving
— Inside Philanthropy
Kinder Foundation
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
,
Other
11-27-2019
In the historic Third Ward, a fight for affordable housing [Opinion]
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
,
Third Ward
Quality of Life
11-20-2019
Rich Kinder’s foundation gives major university $10M to fund new degrees
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
11-12-2019
$10 million gift to the Kinder Institute will support the study of constitutional democracy at Mizzou
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
11-12-2019
MU celebrates $10 million donation to Kinder Institute
— Columbia Daily Tribune
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
11-12-2019
Gift will expand MU constitutional democracy degrees
— Columbia Missourian
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
11-07-2019
Hotly Anticipated New Kinder Building Set to Make an Arty Debut in Houston — Jigsaw Like Stunner is a Museum Game Changer
— PaperCity
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-06-2019
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to Open Its Steven Holl–Designed Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in Fall 2020
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-06-2019
MFAH to open Kinder Building next fall
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-06-2019
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Announces 7 Site-Specific Installations
— New York Times
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-25-2019
Nonprofit behind Buffalo Bayou Park plans its next project in east Houston
— Houston Business Journal
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
10-16-2019
New theater, Discovery Green offer HSPVA students more exposure
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
,
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
,
Urban Green Space
10-15-2019
How Houston’s Bayou Trails Are Designed To Flood
— Houston Public Media
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
10-07-2019
Spring Woods High School teacher awarded big money for extra efforts
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-30-2019
Kinder Foundation Honors Twelve Exceptional Houston-Area School Teachers
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-30-2019
TWELVE HOUSTON EDUCATORS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS KINDER EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-25-2019
Discovery Green named one of America’s Great Places
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
08-15-2019
LGBT seniors shouldn’t be forced back into closet. Houston housing plan is smart move. [Editorial]
— Houston Chronicle
Quality of Life
08-08-2019
Construction on Montrose Center’s Senior Living Facility Now Underway
— Outsmart Magazine
Quality of Life
08-06-2019
The Montrose Center Receives $1.5 Million from Kinder Foundation to Establish Senior Housing Complex in Third Ward
Quality of Life
07-12-2019
Steven Holl’s Kinder Building Tops Out
— Arch Daily
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
07-11-2019
Good Reason Houston Awarded $20 Million in Grants from Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation to Increase the Number of Students in High-Performing Public Schools in Houston
Good Reason Houston
Education
07-05-2019
Good Reason aims to make all of Houston’s public schools good ones
— Houston Chronicle
Good Reason Houston
Education
06-28-2019
Building Boom: Multimillion-dollar park renovations spark development along Allen Parkway
— Houston Business Journal
Buffalo Bayou Park
Urban Green Space
06-26-2019
Gold and Silver Medalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
— Metropolis
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
06-19-2019
Major component of Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s $450M transformation tops out
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-16-2019
How Small, Metal Markers Aim To Improve Safety On Houston’s Bayou Trails
— Houston Public Media
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
06-13-2019
Kinder degrees at MU would focus on constitutional democracy, Atlantic history
— The Missourian
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
06-08-2019
4 New Hike And Bike Trails Open In Houston As Part Of Bayou Greenways 2020 Project
— Houston Public Media
Bayou Greenways 2020
Urban Green Space
06-07-2019
Museum of Fine Arts Houston director putting final brushstrokes on $450 million expansion
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-05-2019
Houston Flood Czar: Stopping Development In 100-Year Floodplain “Not Going To Happen”
— Houston Public Media
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
06-04-2019
Aldine turn-around plan could mean replacing staff, longer days at two schools
— Houston Chronicle
Good Reason Houston
Education
05-31-2019
Memorial Park masterminds reveal new timeline for game-changing master plan
— CultureMap Houston
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
05-30-2019
Bayou Greenways 2020 Linking Parks, Adding Trails, Transforming Underused Land By Houston Waterways
— Forbes
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
05-23-2019
In Houston, a Resilient Public Greenspace Reconnects “the Bayou City” to the Neglected Waterway Where It Was Founded
— Metropolis
Bayou Greenways 2020
,
Buffalo Bayou Park
Urban Green Space
05-16-2019
Houston Just Got Three New Bayou Greenways Trails
— Houstonia Magazine
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
05-13-2019
Public concern about flooding ebbs in area, Kinder survey shows
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-08-2019
Study shows MD Anderson-developed drug effective in overcoming ibrutinib resistance in mantle cell lymphoma
— EurekAlert!
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
04-26-2019
After Harvey, we must change more than how we react to flood risk to thrive amid coming climate challenges
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
04-16-2019
Rethinking Water Detention and Development Regulations in Greater Houston.
— Houston Matters
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-16-2019
Reports: Development rules still fall short after Hurricane Harvey
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
04-01-2019
Downtown’s Discovery Green blooms with prestigious statewide honor
— CultureMap
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
03-25-2019
Report: Close To Half A Million Harris County Residents Live In Units At Risk Of Flooding
— Houston Public Media
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
03-21-2019
Study: More than 475,000 Harris County residents live in units at risk of flooding
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
03-11-2019
Flood control should protect people over property [Opinion]
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
03-08-2019
Good Reason Houston aims for 60K more students in top-rated schools
— Houston Chronicle
Good Reason Houston
Education
03-05-2019
Conservation, Recreation A Balancing Act For Memorial Park Renewal In Houston
— Forbes
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-26-2019
Buffalo Bayou Park Named as Finalist for Design Award
— Architectural Digest
Buffalo Bayou Park
Urban Green Space
02-25-2019
Dominique Sachse and Houston’s A-listers go green at beloved park’s gala
— CultureMap
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
02-22-2019
Beloved urban Houston park blooms with national design award nomination
— CultureMap
Buffalo Bayou Park
Urban Green Space
02-18-2019
Investing to ensure every child’s success
— TribTalk
Good Reason Houston
Education
02-16-2019
The Missouri Crisis at 200: Kinder Institute kicks off bicentennial commemoration
— The Columbia Missourian
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
02-15-2019
Houston’s home for future superstars debuts dramatic new center
— CultureMap
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
02-14-2019
Houston’s Most Dramatic New School Opens With Curtain Raising Performances Worthy of $88.3 Million Project
— PaperCity
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
02-13-2019
Record crowds attend Memorial Park Conservancy’s “Picnic for the Park” at the Forest Club
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-13-2019
Five Finalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
— Metropolis
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
02-12-2019
New Memorial Park Master Plan Gets a Forest Club Boost
— PaperCity
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
02-11-2019
Kinder HSPVA Grand Opening Downtown
— The Buzz Magazines
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
02-07-2019
Changes signal new directions at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
02-07-2019
Discovery Green launches $12 million renovation
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
02-07-2019
Houston’s Showcase Downtown Park is Getting a $12 Million Makeover — a New Discovery Green is Coming
— PaperCity
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
02-06-2019
Ismaili Muslims hire rising architect Farshid Moussavi to design first U.S. cultural center in Houston
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Other
01-28-2019
Houstonians Will Be Able to Bike and Walk 150 Miles of New Trails in 2020
— Houstonia Magazine
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
01-15-2019
Restoration of historic John Biggers mural underway
— Houston Chronicle
Third Ward
Quality of Life
12-18-2018
This Week’s Houston Deal Sheet
— BisNow.com
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
12-17-2018
Third Ward nonprofit gets new leadership, state recognition and Kinder grant
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
12-17-2018
Emancipation Economic Development Council Announces Major State Recognition, New Leadership and Funding for Community Initiatives
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
12-14-2018
Opinion: Landscape architecture in 2018 provided a bold vision for our shared built environment
— Dezeen.com
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
12-12-2018
Reviving Memorial Park from the ground up
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
12-11-2018
‘Dream job’: Harris County Judge Ed Emmett ’71 returning to Rice
— Rice University
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
12-06-2018
Kinder HSPVA students get first look at new campus
— HISD Blog
Kinder HSPVA
Education
11-25-2018
Houston mural restoration on hold as roof needs repairs
— Houston Chronicle
Third Ward
Quality of Life
10-26-2018
Photos: Museum of Fine Arts Houston finishes second phase of $450 transformation
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-25-2018
At the MFAH, a New Center for Conservation
— Houstonia Magazine
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-25-2018
Museum Fine Arts, Houston Completes Phase 2 Of Its $450M Campus Redevelopment Project
— Forbes
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-25-2018
Look inside: MFAH’s conservation center
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-24-2018
The Greening of Houston: Q&A with Park Visionary Guy Hagstette
— Realty News Report
Bayou Greenways 2020
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Kinder Foundation
,
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
10-17-2018
Inside Houston’s New $88 Million Showcase School
— PaperCity
Kinder HSPVA
Education
10-13-2018
Too many traffic cops, not enough safety [Opinion]
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
10-12-2018
What to expect on the new walking path in Houston’s Memorial Park
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
10-11-2018
Memorial Park opens trail extension, making it an even 3-mile loop; showcases amenities
— KPRC Channel 2
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
10-11-2018
Memorial Park makeover means 150 new parking spaces, updated trail, and more perks
— CultureMap
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
09-23-2018
How Greening Strategies Are Displacing Minorities in Post-Harvey Houston
— The Nature of Cities
Bayou Greenways 2020
,
Emancipation Economic Development Council
,
Emancipation Park
,
Project Row House
,
SPARK
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
09-22-2018
Twelve Houston educators receive prestigious Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-19-2018
How new bayou trails are connecting ‘forgotten’ Houston
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
09-12-2018
A Tour on the Red Line to the Near Northside: A National Model for Community-Based, Comprehensive Planning
— OffCite
Museum of Fine Arts
,
SPARK
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
09-04-2018
Zombie trees invade Houston landscapes
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
08-30-2018
Houston Is A Tech City, Just Different Than Austin, Dallas
— BisNow.com
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
08-28-2018
A Year After Hurricane Harvey, Houston’s Tourism Industry Is Shaken but Recovering
— New York Times
Buffalo Bayou Park
Quality of Life
08-26-2018
One year after Harvey, what has Texas accomplished on flooding? [Editorial]
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
08-23-2018
Houston Is the New Capital Of Southern Cool
— GQ
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
08-16-2018
BAYOU CITY MUSIC SERIES CONTINUES THIS FALL WITH CONCERTS AT BUFFALO BAYOU PARK, DISCOVERY GREEN AND EMANCIPATION PARK
Buffalo Bayou Park
,
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
07-20-2018
Is Houston Finally Making a Place for Its Public?
— Houstonia Magazine
Buffalo Bayou Park
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
07-02-2018
Houston needs more parks. Are school playgrounds the answer?
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
Urban Green Space
06-18-2018
To build a Trinity Park, Dallas should learn from Houston’s Buffalo Bayou
— The Dallas Morning News
Buffalo Bayou Park
,
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
06-15-2018
Houston Arboretum’s new savanna trail opens Friday
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
06-14-2018
ULI Case Study: Buffalo Bayou Park
— Urban Land Institute
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
06-08-2018
News and Analysis: Kinder Foundation
— The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Kinder Foundation
Other
06-07-2018
Houston nonprofit launches sister organization with Kinder Foundation gift
— Houston Informer
Project Row Houses
Quality of Life
06-07-2018
Houston nonprofit launches sister organization with Kinder Foundation gift
— Houston Business Journal
Project Row Houses
Quality of Life
06-07-2018
Houston’s New Kinder High School For Performing, Visual Arts Blends Classrooms, Creativity
— Forbes
HSPVA
Education
06-06-2018
People in Business
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Other
06-06-2018
How Houston’s Third Ward is fighting gentrification
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
06-06-2018
Project Row Houses announces creation of sister non-profit, PRH Preservation, Inc.
Project Row House
Quality of Life
06-01-2018
Kinder Foundation names Sarah Newbery as Director of Parks
Kinder Foundation
Urban Green Space
05-17-2018
HAMILTON Will Bring EduHam Program to Houston
— Broadway World Houston
Kinder Foundation
Quality of Life
05-16-2018
Steven Holl-designed Glassell School of Art opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
— The Architects Newspaper
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-15-2018
Steven Holl’s Glassell School of Art in Houston features a sloped rooftop garden
— Dezeen
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-15-2018
Say Hello to the New Glassell School of Art
— Houstonia Magazine
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, completes first phase of campus redevelopment project with inauguration of the Glassell School of Art on May 20
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Glassell School of Art gives Houston a grand new public space
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Photo Gallery: Glassell School Of Art’s New Building Unveiled
— Houston Public Media
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Inaugurates the Glassell School of Art
— Architect Magazine
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
MFAH previews new campus; Kinders issue $25M challenge grant to finish fundraising
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-07-2018
A Vintage Cistern By The Bayou In Houston Pairs Art And Infrastructure
— Forbes
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
05-03-2018
How Four U.S. Cities Are Using Public Space to Revitalize Neighborhoods, Add Resilience – Urban Land Magazine
— Urban Land Magazine
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
04-28-2018
A green gift
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
04-26-2018
Kinder Foundation Donates $70M for Houston’s Memorial Park
— U.S. News & World Report
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
04-25-2018
Houston, prepare for a whole new Memorial Park thanks to massive $70 million gift
— CultureMap Houston
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
04-25-2018
Memorial Park To Be Transformed By $70 Million Gift
— Houston Public Media
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
04-25-2018
Kinder Foundation gives record-breaking $70M for Memorial Park transformation
— Houston Business Journal
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
04-25-2018
Memorial Park accelerates visionary plan with $70 million gift from Kinder Foundation
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
04-25-2018
Kinders pledge $70 million to fast-track Memorial Park restoration
— Houston Chronicle
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
04-25-2018
Kinder Foundation donates $70 million to help improve Houston’s Memorial Park
— ABC 13
Memorial Park
Urban Green Space
04-23-2018
Harvey Impacted Houstonians In More Ways Than One: Houston Area Survey
— Houston Public Media
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-17-2018
A historic zoo gift in the city with the most robust “overall philanthropic culture” in the US
— Inside Philanthropy
Kinder Foundation
Other
04-16-2018
How can Houston live with the certainty of flooding?
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
04-15-2018
Discovery Green marks 10th anniversary
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
04-13-2018
Inside Museum Fine Arts, Houston’s More Connected $450 Million Campus Redevelopment
— Forbes
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
04-09-2018
The American republic rests on a democratic foundation
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
04-05-2018
Full Show: Flood Mitigation Tactics, And Dealing With Towing Companies
— Houston Public Media
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
04-05-2018
Report: Houston region must take fresh approach on flooding
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
03-23-2018
Everybody’s Invited to Discovery Green’s Tenth Birthday Celebration on April 15
— Houston Press
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
03-05-2018
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston parties royally with a Maharaja
— Houston Chronicle
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
03-02-2018
The Power of 10
— Downtown Magazine
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
03-01-2018
In the heart of Houston: 10 things we love about Discovery Green
— ABC-13
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
02-22-2018
HISD looks toward Houston businesses to help improve public school system
— Houston Business Journal
Good Reason Houston
Education
02-21-2018
The benevolence of Father T.J.
— Texas Monthly
Cristo Rey Jesuit
Education
02-14-2018
Discovery Green to host kickoff of Bayou City Music Series on March 1
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
02-09-2018
Museum of Fine Arts Houston to open first phase of $450M transformation
— Houston Business Journal
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
02-03-2018
Area-specific flood alerts give residents time to save lives, property
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
01-19-2018
New Houston nonprofit launching to address inequality in education
— Houston Business Journal
Good Reason Houston
Education
01-11-2018
MU Kinder Institute joins Missouri Bicentennial Alliance
— Columbia Daily Tribune
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
01-10-2018
Buffalo Bayou Partnership plots Johnny Steele Dog Park’s comeback later this spring
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
01-09-2018
Reexamining the 1818-1821 Missouri Crisis (Missouri Bicentennial partnership)
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
01-08-2018
Katy ISD Briefs
— Houston Chronicle Neighborhood (Katy)
SPARK
Urban Green Space
12-22-2017
How Disaster Charity Can Pivot to Sustainable Philanthropy
— New York Times
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
12-18-2017
Area Researchers Want To Implement A New Flood Warning System For Greater Houston
— Houston Public Media - Houston Matters
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
12-14-2017
Katy ISD Franz Elementary celebrates new SPARK park
— Katy News
SPARK
Urban Green Space
12-13-2017
Even as MU’s enrollment sags, its endowment reaches ‘major milestone’
— Kansas City Star
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
12-11-2017
School park now open to community at Memorial Parkway
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
12-05-2017
Spotlight on Stephen Klineberg
— TMC News
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-27-2017
SPARK parks open at Pasadena schools
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
Urban Green Space
11-22-2017
Bayou City’s philanthropic legacy
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
11-22-2017
Houston undergoing a green-space renaissance
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
11-20-2017
Rich Kinder tells all at record-breaking M.D. Anderson fundraiser
— Houston Business Journal
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
11-20-2017
‘A Conversation with A Living Legend’ reveals 5 things we didn’t know about Rich Kinder
— CultureMap
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
11-20-2017
Reluctant billionaire steps out of his comfort zone to help raise record amount for vital hospital
— PaperCity Magazine
MD Anderson
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
11-16-2017
Gray Matters: To fight flooding in Houston we have to think big
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
11-16-2017
Rich Kinder gets candid, helps raise record $1.3 million for MD Anderson Cancer Center
— Houston Chronicle
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
11-14-2017
Post-Harvey, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston moves Glassell School of Art opening to May 2018
— The Art Newspaper
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-14-2017
Sneak Peek: The new Glassell School of Art
— Houston Chronicle
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-14-2017
ULI Global Award for Excellence: Buffalo Bayou Park
— Urban Land Institute
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
11-12-2017
Lessons From Hurricane Harvey: Houston’s Struggle Is America’s Tale
— New York Times
Kinder Foundation
Urban Green Space
10-27-2017
Houston comes together to figure out flooding
— Houston Chronicicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
10-09-2017
U.S. Mayors Agree: Everyone Needs a Great Park Within a 10-Minute Walk
— Huffington Post
SPARK
Urban Green Space
10-01-2017
Strong public-private partnerships key to rebuilding after Harvey
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
,
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
09-26-2017
Twelve Houston Educators Receive the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award, Granted a Collective $240,000
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-19-2017
SPARK park improvements slated for west side school
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
Urban Green Space
09-15-2017
$21.6 million for leadership institute is MU’s fourth-largest known academic gift
— Columbia Missourian
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
08-29-2017
Buffalo Bayou Park and designing a resilient future for Houston
— Curbed
Bayou Greenways 2020
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
08-29-2017
$5.3 Million Raised and Growing Hourly for United Way of Greater Houston Relief Fund to Help Those Devastated by Harvey
Kinder Foundation
Other
08-24-2017
“We the people…”
— Mizzou Alumni magazine
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
08-22-2017
The academic spirit is alive and well at MU (guest commentary Justin Dyer and Jeff Pasley)
— Kansas City Star
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
08-10-2017
Delicate Relations to the Real: Walking Donald Barthelme’s Houston
— LA Review of Books
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
08-04-2017
What the Sunset Coffee Building can teach us about Houston history
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
07-26-2017
Affordable housing – City needs real action, not just gimmicks, as Houstonians face new pressure
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
07-26-2017
City to spend $450K for 1.5 acres of park land for southwest Houston
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways 2020
,
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
07-13-2017
MU raises the most cash gifts in the school’s history in fiscal 2017
— Columbia Missourian
University of Missouri
Education
06-20-2017
Emancipation Avenue a home for economic dreams in Third Ward
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
06-19-2017
Gray Matters: Does Houston have enough parks to go around?
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways 2020
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
SPARK
Urban Green Space
06-17-2017
Houston’s green revolution sets free the blossom of Emancipation Park
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Park Conservancy
Urban Green Space
06-13-2017
Emancipation: New Building and Landscape Raises Profile of Houston’s Oldest Park
— Off Cite
Emancipation Economic Development Council
,
Emancipation Park Conservancy
Urban Green Space
06-08-2017
Ground breaks on Steven Holl’s design for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
— The Architect's Newspaper
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-08-2017
More groundbreaking at MFAH
— Glasstire
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-01-2017
MFAH groundbreaking helps spur imagination for the future
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-01-2017
Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s $450M expansion hits milestone
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-01-2017
‘Now the real fun time starts’ after MFAH breaks ground on new building
— CultureMap
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-31-2017
MFAH Marks Milestone in Campus Redevelopment Project, As Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Breaks Ground
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-25-2017
Houston’s Oldest Park Debuts Its $33.6 Million Renovation
— Houstonia Magazine
Emancipation Park
,
Emancipation Park Conservancy
Urban Green Space
05-19-2017
McCarthy Celebrates the Topping Out of Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
05-09-2017
How Houston has become the most diverse place in America
— Los Angeles Times
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-03-2017
Grants Roundup: $25 Million From Bloomberg Aims to Curb Drowning Deaths
— The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
05-03-2017
Thursday letters: School naming rights
— Houston Chronicle
HSPVA
Education
05-01-2017
The state of Houston transportation, and the Houston Area Survey
— Houston Matters
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Kinder study highlights traffic concerns, optimism for economy
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Traffic Is Still the Worst, But Houstonians Are Bullish on Jobs and Safety in Annual Rice Survey
— Houston Press
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Kinder survey shows racial divides even as immigration attitudes improve
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
2017 Kinder Houston Area Survey – Most residents would stay in Houston even if given a choice to move
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-29-2017
Kinder releases HISD from from obligation tied to $7.5M donation
— Houston Chronicle
HSPVA Friends
Education
04-29-2017
A deal’s a deal
— Houston Chronicle
HSPVA Friends
Education
04-27-2017
Textbook sticker-shock free degree
— The Egalitarian
Houston Community College
Education
04-24-2017
Gifts Roundup: T. Denny Sanford Gives $28 Million to Advance Fundraising and Education
— The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-21-2017
Rice University Receives $10.7 Million for Houston School Partnership
— PhilanthropyNewsDigest.org
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-20-2017
Houston Community College Receives $300K to Develop Z-Degree Program
— EdSurge.com
Houston Community College
Education
04-20-2017
Houston Community College launches Z-degree pilot program with $300,000 grant from the Kinder Foundation
Houston Community College
Education
04-20-2017
With New Research ‘Lab,’ D.C. Aims Big for Better Public Policy
— Governing.com
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-18-2017
Rice receives $10.7 million research grant to study Houston-area schools
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-18-2017
Rice to receive $10.7 million from Kinder Foundation for education research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-18-2017
Rice University gets major grant from Kinder Foundation
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
03-15-2017
The Black Voice – Emancipation Economic Development Council (EEDC)
— Fox 26
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
02-24-2017
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy: Back to Basics
— Columbia Business Times
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
02-17-2017
Accessible parks
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Houston Parks Board
,
HPARD
Urban Green Space
02-06-2017
Class time
— Houston Chronicle
Leadership Harris County
,
Leadership ISD
Education
02-04-2017
Super Bowl shining spotlight on Houston park success story
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
01-30-2017
A Changing Houston Puts Its Best Face Forward as Super Bowl Nears
— Wall Street Journal
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
01-25-2017
Emancipation Economic Development Council receives $460,000 from Kinder Foundation to fund community impact projects
Emancipation Community Development Partnership
,
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
01-24-2017
Promoting the arts
— Houston Chronicle
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-23-2017
The Ultimate Guide to Buffalo Bayou Park
— Houstonia Magazine
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
01-23-2017
Buffalo Bayou Wasn’t Always a Walk in the Park
— Houstonia Magazine
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
01-10-2017
Local park conservancy to get $2M from Kinder Foundation, H-E-B, endowment
— Houston Business Journal
Emancipation Park
Urban Green Space
01-10-2017
Emancipation Park project gets additional $2 million
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Park
Urban Green Space
01-09-2017
The Emancipation Park Conservancy Receives Multi-Year Financial Commitment from the Kinder Foundation and Houston Endowment
Emancipation Park
Urban Green Space
01-05-2017
Pro-Vision announces $500,000 gift from the Kinder Foundation
Pro-Vision Academy
Education
01-04-2017
Start the New Year off right: Take a walk in Houston’s most distinctive new park
— CultureMap
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
01-04-2017
Leadership ISD to expand public education advocacy programs to Harris County
Leadership Harris County
Education
12-29-2016
The time to start building Houston 2036 is now
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School
,
Discovery Green
,
Emancipation Park
,
Kinder Foundation
,
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
,
Urban Green Space
12-21-2016
2017’s 20 Under 40: Justin Dyer, MU
— Columbia Business Times
University of Missouri
Education
12-15-2016
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston gifted $500,000 from the Kinder Foundation
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School
Education
12-13-2016
Katy’s high school sports complex lands major naming rights deal
— Houston Business Journal
HSPVA Friends
Education
12-09-2016
Houston’s Secret Underground Super Bowl Art: Historic Relic Serves as the Eerie Setting
— Paper City
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Urban Green Space
12-08-2016
Two-mile trail extension on White Oak Bayou Greenway opens Friday
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
12-01-2016
Dallas’ Trinity River Park will be massive, looks a lot like Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
11-14-2016
Groups provide ‘spark’ to create park
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
Urban Green Space
11-10-2016
Stop Relying on Philanthropy to Fix Bad Government: A Timely Viewpoint from Texas
— Inside Philanthropy
HSPVA Friends
Education
11-01-2016
Rain: Magdalena Fernández at the Houston Cistern
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
11-01-2016
Buffalo Bayou Cistern about to light up
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
10-31-2016
Stern and Marks: Philanthropy isn’t the answer to bad government
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Other
10-22-2016
Closing gaps
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
10-17-2016
Kinder Foundation contributes $7.5 million lead gift to HSPVA Friends capital campaign
— HSPVA Friends
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
10-14-2016
HISD will accept $7.5 million gift, rename arts campus
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Education
10-13-2016
New park gives Westchase families reason to cheer
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
Urban Green Space
10-12-2016
Chronicle 115 Series: Houston has long enjoyed a wealth of philanthropists
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Other
09-26-2016
Houston Educators Earn the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award, Granted a Collective $240,000
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-21-2016
$5 million gift to fund 30 SPARK parks around Houston
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
Urban Green Space
09-21-2016
SPARK receives record donation of $5 million to invest in ‘park deserts’ throughout the Houston region
SPARK
Urban Green Space
08-29-2016
MU Kinder Institute Names Oxford Scholar as New Chair in Constitutional Democracy
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
08-29-2016
Jay Sexton chosen as inaugural Kinder Institute Chair in Constitutional Democracy
— Columbia Missourian
Kinder Forum on Constitutional Democracy
Education
08-18-2016
Home-grown Spring Branch ISD teacher wins $20,000 award
— Memorial Examiner
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
08-09-2016
Houston pension liability has doubled since 2008 to $3.9 billion — Report from Rice’s Kinder Institute provides overview of Houston pensions and options for reform
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-09-2016
How Houston got into a $4 billion pension mess
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-09-2016
Here’s how Houston can fix its pension problem
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-02-2016
Paradise under the expressway
— Curbed
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
07-14-2016
Despite a year of turmoil, University of Missouri is making progress
— The Kansas City Star
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
07-12-2016
At interdisciplinary conference, Houston highlights its new relationship to the natural landscape
— The Architect's Newspaper
Bayou Greenways
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Kinder Foundation
Quality of Life
07-08-2016
Two Interesting Things about Kinder’s Million-Dollar Charter School Grant
— Inside Philanthropy
The Lawson Academy
Education
07-05-2016
Third Ward Plan
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
,
Emancipation Park
Quality of Life
06-24-2016
Kinder Foundation gives $1M to build new charter school near UH
— Houston Business Journal
The Lawson Academy
Education
06-23-2016
WALIPP announces $1 million matching gift from the Kinder Foundation for construction of The Lawson Academy
The Lawson Academy
Education
05-09-2016
City leadership 1,200 strong applauds Kinder Institute’s Stephen Klineberg
— CultureMap
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-04-2016
Google launches new views of Houston parks
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways
,
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
04-25-2016
New Houston Area Survey Shows Houstonians Want An Equal Rights Ordinance
— Houston Public Media
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-25-2016
Houstonians fairly upbeat despite oil price crash
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-10-2016
Bayou Bend Garden Party soars with perfect weather, blue bloods and serious greenbacks
— CultureMap
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
04-08-2016
Houston’s Wealth Drives A Culture Of Philanthropy
— Forbes
Bayou Greenways
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
04-01-2016
Houston Parks Board hires a nationally known president
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways
Urban Green Space
03-28-2016
Outstanding Faculty – Becoming our best selves (Dr. Justin Dyer)
— Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
03-25-2016
Undisclosed donor helps University of Missouri fundraising rebound from bad months
— Columbia Missourian
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
03-11-2016
Ups and Downs (green space)
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
03-10-2016
Houston stakes a claim as the nation’s Emerald City
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways
,
buffalo
,
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
03-08-2016
How Houston got beautiful. (At least in places.)
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
Quality of Life
02-15-2016
Houston City Parks “Hidden Gems”: Inside some must-see green spaces
— KTRK ABC 13
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
02-11-2016
36 Hours in Houston
— New York Times
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
02-04-2016
Former SBISD Leaders Announce New Career Transitions
— Spring Branch ISD Online News Room
Kinder Foundation
Other
02-01-2016
Rice’s Kinder Institute receives major donation
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
02-01-2016
Kinder grant seeks solutions to ‘complex issues’
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
02-01-2016
Rice to receive $7 million from Houston Endowment for urban research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
01-31-2016
People In the News – 01/31/2016
— Philanthropy News Digest
Kinder Foundation
Other
01-27-2016
Kinder Foundation adds top execs, finance team to leadership
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Foundation
Other
01-26-2016
Kinder Foundation appoints chief of staff, financial team
Kinder Foundation
,
staff
Other
01-22-2016
Mayor Turner Names Transition Team (N. Kinder)
Other
01-22-2016
Mayor names executive committee for transition team, you’ll never guess who’s on board
— CultureMap
Kinder Foundation
Other
01-21-2016
Houston’s Big Green Transformation
— Huffington Post
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
01-11-2016
Kinder Foundation brings high-level players on board
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Foundation
Education
,
Urban Green Space
01-11-2016
Kinder Foundation names directors of parks and civic projects and education
Kinder Foundation
,
staff
Other
01-11-2016
6 Cities Designing for Health
— YES Magazine
Bayou Greenways
Urban Green Space
12-31-2015
GUEST COMMENTARY: Financial support for university centers helps fuel research, add faculty
— Columbia Missourian
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
12-14-2015
Big donor Richard Kinder has power, influence far beyond MU
— Columbia Missourian
Kinder Foundation
,
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Other
12-14-2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Setting record straight on Kinder bankruptcy
— Columbia Missourian
Kinder Foundation
Other
12-02-2015
BORN ON THE BAYOU: Houston’s $215 million Bayou Greenways project shows progress.
— The Architect's Newspaper
Bayou Greenways
,
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
11-20-2015
Houston Goes Global With New World-Class Parks And Bayous
— Forbes
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
11-09-2015
Record-breaking Buffalo Bayou Partnership gala celebrates new park and those who made it happen
— CultureMap
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
10-27-2015
Gary Tinterow, Hometown Boy Made Good, Goes Home to Houston
— New York Times
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-16-2015
New York is “boring” while Houston art scene thrives, architect tells crowd at MFAH groundbreaking
— Culture Map
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-14-2015
Memorable week at the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
10-12-2015
Gifts roundup: University of Missouri
— Chronicle of Philanthropy
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
10-08-2015
Houston billionaire donates $25 million to university for study of democracy
— CultureMap
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
10-08-2015
Kinder Foundation gives $25M to major university
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
10-08-2015
MU gets third largest gift ever
— Kansas City Star
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Education
10-08-2015
MU Receives $25 Million Gift from the Kinder Foundation
— University of Missouri
KICD
,
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
,
MU
,
University of Missouri
Education
10-07-2015
The Texas Miracle wasn’t just economic; it was philanthropic
— Philanthropy Roundtable
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Urban Green Space
10-06-2015
Partying starts early, goes late for official opening of $58 million Buffalo Bayou Park
— CultureMap
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
10-04-2015
Buffalo Bayou becomes prime city destination
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
10-03-2015
Photos: Buffalo Bayou Park Grand Opening
— KHOU Channel 11
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
10-02-2015
Editorial: Buffalo Bayou
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
10-01-2015
Buffalo Bayou Park gives Houstonians a new perspective on the city
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
09-28-2015
Teachers honored with Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award and collective $240,000 in grants
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
09-23-2015
Green Acres
— Texas Monthly
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Houston Parks Board
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
09-22-2015
Walk in the park at Lost Lake reserved for donors and partners at $58 million Buffalo Bayou Park
— CultureMap Houston
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
09-18-2015
America’s city rankings set for Texas-sized shake up; Houston to edge past Chicago
— Reuters
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Urban Green Space
09-15-2015
Buffalo Bayou Park is getting ready to open
— Houston Press
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Quality of Life
08-25-2015
Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Urban Edge – Director’s Addess
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-13-2015
Allen Parkway renovations to widen bayou park access
— Your Houston News
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
08-01-2015
Ups and Downs (Buffalo Bayou Park)
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
07-30-2015
The Interview: Billionaire Rich Kinder On Leadership, Legacy And Energy Security
— Forbes
Kinder Foundation
Other
06-18-2015
The Emancipation Park project marks a special place in the celebration of Juneteenth
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Park
Urban Green Space
05-28-2015
Bayou park weathers flood well, but grand opening delayed
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
05-18-2015
Pairing Business Discipline with Philanthropy in Houston (with video)
— Urban Land Institute - uli.org
Kinder Foundation
Other
05-13-2015
Richard Kinder: Houston needs more public-private investment to attract talent
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Houston
,
Kinder Foundation
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Other
05-04-2015
The Bayou City
— Urban Land Magazine (May)
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Houston Parks Board
Quality of Life
04-15-2015
School’s collaboration with Opera and Minecraft gaming technology improves college readiness
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School
Education
04-12-2015
Celebrity music legend builds the anticipation for The Art Car Parade: Close encounters with a star
— CultureMap
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
04-05-2015
First ‘Bayou Greenway Day’ highlights Houston’s waterways
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
03-31-2015
“Buffalo Bayou’s Back” — Buffalo Bayou Park complete in June 2015
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
03-29-2015
Houston-area top foundations
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Other
03-29-2015
Capital campaigns attract large donations for Houston arts groups
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
03-29-2015
As the Buffalo Bayou Partnership finishes projects, it presses on with others
— Houston Chronicle
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
03-28-2015
Why Houston is spending millions to take a walk in the park
— Houston Business Journal
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
03-03-2015
Rich and Nancy Kinder open up on foundation’s biggest projects
— Houston Business Journal
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Kinder Foundation
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
02-27-2015
What Dallas can learn from Houston’s Buffalo Bayou for the Trinity River project
— Dallas Morning News
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
01-23-2015
Museum of Fine Arts Houston Expands Its Campus and Steven Holl’s Reputation
— Blouin
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-22-2015
Kinder Morgan plans $3 billion purchase, leadership moves
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Other
01-22-2015
Can a Massive Museum Expansion Get Texans Walking?
— The Atlantic - City Lab
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-17-2015
Planned expansion of Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts is a bright idea
— Dallas Morning News
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-16-2015
Big Donors Power $450-Million Makeover for Houston Museum
— Chronicle of Philanthropy
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-16-2015
Transformational: Campus expansion of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will reflect the city’s spirit
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-15-2015
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Unveils Designs for Campus Redevelopment, with more than 70 Percent of Funding Goal Secured
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-15-2015
Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts Reveals Expansion Plans
— Wall Street Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2015
Texan billionaires shell out for $450m MFA Houston expansion
— The Art Newspaper
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2015
Museum of Fine Arts to undergo $450M redevelopment, chaired by Rich Kinder
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2015
Museum of Fine Arts unveils $450 million expansion plan with new buildings, roof garden, top-tier restaurant
— CultureMap
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2015
Museum of Fine Arts Houston unveils dramatic $450 million redevelopment plan
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
12-29-2014
Rice’s expanding Kinder Institute to use ‘Houston laboratory’ to elevate city
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
12-29-2014
15 in 15: Houston’s top business leaders look forward to next year (Rich Kinder)
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Foundation
Other
12-09-2014
How Richard Kinder, the Warren Buffet of Energy, Approaches Philanthropy
— Inside Philanthropy
Kinder Foundation
Other
12-05-2014
The Business Journal interview with Rich Kinder, founder, chairman and CEO of Kinder Morgan (subscriber only preview)
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Foundation
Other
12-01-2014
Give back: In charity, our city has always shown it has a big heart
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Other
11-28-2014
Beloved city-changing cowboy priest dies at age 44, sending Houston into mourning
— CultureMap
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School
Education
11-28-2014
Martinez, energetic priest behind Cristo Rey school, dies at 44
— Houston Chronicle
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School
Education
11-25-2014
The Kinders Have $11B, and They Love Parks. Mostly in Houston
— Inside Philanthropy
Kinder Foundation
Other
11-21-2014
Kinder Morgan Announces Shareholder and Unitholder Approval of the Merger Transactions; Transactions Expected to Close Nov. 26
Kinder Foundation
Other
11-11-2014
Conde Nast – Is Houston the New ‘It’ City?
— Conde Nast
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space
11-05-2014
Construction Progress on Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park
Urban Green Space
01-12-2012
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Announces $5 Million Transformational Gift from the Kinder Foundation
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Education