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Rich and Nancy Kinder — 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
Kinder Foundation
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
06-03-2024
How the Philanthropy of Nancy and Rich Kinder Has Shaped Houston
— Houstonia
Kinder Foundation
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
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
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
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 GIFTS LOCAL NON-PROFIT, LUCILLE’S 1913, OVER $1.3 MILLION TO EXPAND FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER
Lucille's 1913
Quality of Life
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
02-01-2021
Houston philanthropists donate $5 million to SPARK Park effort
— Houston Chronicle
SPARK
Urban Green Space
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
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
01-13-2020
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
12-09-2019
Does Charity Still Start at Home? Exploring the State of Place-Based Giving
— Inside Philanthropy
Kinder Foundation
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
,
Other