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Date
Title/Source
Organization
Category
02-25-2021
Kinder Foundation donates $1M to Houston Food Bank for winter storm relief
— Houston Business Journal
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
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
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
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
08-05-2020
Houston adds $20 million to its rent relief program
— Houston Chronicle
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
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
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 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
01-15-2020
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
12-17-2019
Lights, Dragons, Action: Get Ready for MFAH’s Kinder Building Next Fall
— Houston Press
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
12-09-2019
Does Charity Still Start at Home? Exploring the State of Place-Based Giving
— Inside Philanthropy
Kinder Foundation
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
,
Other
11-07-2019
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
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Announces 7 Site-Specific Installations
— New York Times
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
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
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
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
05-13-2019
Public concern about flooding ebbs in area, Kinder survey shows
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
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
08-23-2018
Houston Is the New Capital Of Southern Cool
— GQ
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
07-02-2018
Houston needs more parks. Are school playgrounds the answer?
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
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
02-04-2017
Super Bowl shining spotlight on Houston park success story
— Houston Chronicle
Discovery Green
Urban Green Space