Kinder Foundation — News and Press Releases

Date Title/Source Organization Category
03-04-2025 America’s Mega Donors Stuck to their Giving Strategies in 2024 — Chronicle of Philanthropy , ,
06-03-2024 How the Philanthropy of Nancy and Rich Kinder Has Shaped Houston — Houstonia , ,
02-01-2024 Persons of the Year – Philanthropy: Richard Kinder — InTown Magazine , ,
10-07-2023 Houston deserves better parks. Here’s how to pay for them. (Opinion) — Houston Chronicle
10-28-2021  Get to Know the Kinder Foundation Team: Kathryn Dollins
10-04-2021 Get to Know the Kinder Foundation Team: Guy Hagstette
06-24-2021 Get to Know the Kinder Foundation Team: Gary Dudley
06-14-2021 Meet Patra Isaac, a 40 Under 40 honoree who works to unite education and nonprofit endeavors — Houston Business Journal
04-21-2021 Houston Business Journal names 40 Under 40 Class of 2021 honorees — Houston Business Journal
04-21-2021 Get to Know the Kinder Foundation Team: Aarti Garehgrat
03-26-2021 Get to Know the Kinder Foundation Team: Sarah Newbery
03-01-2021 Fraudulent email scam involves Kinder Foundation
02-26-2021 Get to Know the Kinder Foundation Team: Sabrina Kirwin
04-17-2020 Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Establishing Strike Force To Open Texas — Office of the Texas Governor
03-25-2020 COVID-19 and Houston
02-28-2020 Houston 2030 — Houston CityBook ,
01-15-2020 Kinder Foundation names Patra Brannon-Isaac as Director of Education
12-09-2019 Does Charity Still Start at Home? Exploring the State of Place-Based Giving — Inside Philanthropy , ,
02-06-2019 Ismaili Muslims hire rising architect Farshid Moussavi to design first U.S. cultural center in Houston — Houston Chronicle
10-24-2018 The Greening of Houston: Q&A with Park Visionary Guy Hagstette — Realty News Report , , ,
06-08-2018 News and Analysis: Kinder Foundation — The Chronicle of Philanthropy
06-06-2018 People in Business — Houston Chronicle
06-01-2018 Kinder Foundation names Sarah Newbery as Director of Parks
05-17-2018 HAMILTON Will Bring EduHam Program to Houston — Broadway World Houston
04-17-2018 A historic zoo gift in the city with the most robust “overall philanthropic culture” in the US — Inside Philanthropy
11-22-2017 Bayou City’s philanthropic legacy — Houston Chronicle , ,
11-12-2017 Lessons From Hurricane Harvey: Houston’s Struggle Is America’s Tale — New York Times
10-03-2017 Strong public-private partnerships key to rebuilding after Harvey , , ,
08-29-2017 $5.3 Million Raised and Growing Hourly for United Way of Greater Houston Relief Fund to Help Those Devastated by Harvey
12-29-2016 The time to start building Houston 2036 is now — Houston Chronicle , , , , , ,
10-31-2016 Stern and Marks: Philanthropy isn’t the answer to bad government — Houston Chronicle
10-12-2016 Chronicle 115 Series: Houston has long enjoyed a wealth of philanthropists — Houston Chronicle
07-12-2016 At interdisciplinary conference, Houston highlights its new relationship to the natural landscape — The Architect's Newspaper , , ,
02-05-2016 Kinder Foundation Director of Parks and Civic Projects to join panel discussion at The Cultural Landscape Foundation conference
02-04-2016 Former SBISD Leaders Announce New Career Transitions — Spring Branch ISD Online News Room
01-31-2016 People In the News – 01/31/2016 — Philanthropy News Digest
01-27-2016 Kinder Foundation adds top execs, finance team to leadership — Houston Business Journal
01-26-2016 Kinder Foundation appoints chief of staff, financial team ,
01-26-2016 Foundation appoints chief of staff, financial team
01-22-2016 Mayor names executive committee for transition team, you’ll never guess who’s on board — CultureMap
01-11-2016 Kinder Foundation brings high-level players on board — Houston Business Journal ,
01-11-2016 Kinder Foundation names directors of parks and civic projects and education ,
01-10-2016 Kinder Foundation names directors of parks and civic projects and education
12-14-2015 Big donor Richard Kinder has power, influence far beyond MU — Columbia Missourian ,
12-14-2015 LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Setting record straight on Kinder bankruptcy — Columbia Missourian
07-30-2015 The Interview: Billionaire Rich Kinder On Leadership, Legacy And Energy Security — Forbes
05-18-2015 Pairing Business Discipline with Philanthropy in Houston (with video) — Urban Land Institute - uli.org
05-14-2015 How to make sure philanthropy pays off , , ,
05-13-2015 Richard Kinder: Houston needs more public-private investment to attract talent — Houston Chronicle , , , ,
03-29-2015 Houston-area top foundations — Houston Chronicle
03-03-2015 Rich and Nancy Kinder open up on foundation’s biggest projects — Houston Business Journal , , , ,
01-22-2015 Kinder Morgan plans $3 billion purchase, leadership moves — Houston Chronicle
12-29-2014 15 in 15: Houston’s top business leaders look forward to next year (Rich Kinder) — Houston Business Journal
12-09-2014 How Richard Kinder, the Warren Buffet of Energy, Approaches Philanthropy — Inside Philanthropy
12-05-2014 The Business Journal interview with Rich Kinder, founder, chairman and CEO of Kinder Morgan (subscriber only preview) — Houston Business Journal
12-01-2014 Give back: In charity, our city has always shown it has a big heart — Houston Chronicle
11-25-2014 The Kinders Have $11B, and They Love Parks. Mostly in Houston — Inside Philanthropy
11-21-2014 Kinder Morgan Announces Shareholder and Unitholder Approval of the Merger Transactions; Transactions Expected to Close Nov. 26
08-12-2014 Consolidated Kinder Morgan plans to be nation’s top dividend payer in energy — Houston Business Journal
06-02-2014 Kinder Morgan: The energy boom’s mighty middleman — Fortune
05-25-2014 Our Challenge: With Houston ‘hitting on all cylinders,’ time is ripe to make the city even better — Houston Chronicle
03-30-2014 Local foundations, singly and together, create a culture of giving — Houston Chronicle
02-10-2014 The Philanthropy 50 — Chronicle of Philanthropy
02-10-2014 Three Houstonians Top Philanthropy 50 list of most generous donors — Houston Business Journal
12-22-2013 Nancy and Rich Kinder have a passion for transforming Houston — Houston Chronicle
12-04-2013 5 Texas billionaires on list of Americans who give away most money — Houston Chronicle
11-18-2013 Philanthropic 50 – #50 Richard and Nancy Kinder — Forbes
11-15-2013 Who’s given away the most money in Houston this year? — Houston Business Journal
10-28-2013 $230 million given—counting: How Nancy and Rich Kinder are determinedly changing Houston forever — CultureMap
09-20-2013 The 41 Wealthiest Texans — No. 3: Richard Kinder — Texas Monthly
07-28-2013 Wise investments – Building on a legacy of philanthropy will will ensure opportunity for all Houstonians — Houston Chronicle
11-21-2012 Rich Kinder’s Energy Kingdom — Forbes
11-16-2012 Houston’s massive wealth propels city to top of national philanthropy ranking — Houston Business Journal