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Title/Source
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06-09-2022
Houston Parks Board Celebrates Groundbreaking of Final Brays Bayou Greenway Trail Segment
Bayou Greenways 2020
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
04-14-2022
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
03-24-2022
KINDER FOUNDATION GIFTS LOCAL NON-PROFIT, LUCILLE’S 1913, OVER $1.3 MILLION TO EXPAND FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER
Lucille's 1913
Quality of Life
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
Local Coalition to Launch Nonprofit Newsroom in Houston
American Journalism Project
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
Ruth López Turley named next director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
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
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
09-21-2021
$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
08-18-2021
PROUNITAS PARTNERS WITH THOUGHTWORKS TO EXTEND INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND SERVICE PLATFORM TO MOBILE DEVICES
ProUnitas
Education
04-22-2021
Trees For Houston announces plans for new, permanent campus, expanding capacity to serve constituents
Trees for Houston
Urban Green Space
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
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
12-10-2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
01-15-2020
Kinder Foundation names Patra Brannon-Isaac as Director of Education
Kinder Foundation
Education
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
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
11-06-2019
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
09-30-2019
TWELVE HOUSTON EDUCATORS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS KINDER EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
08-06-2019
The Montrose Center Receives $1.5 Million from Kinder Foundation to Establish Senior Housing Complex in Third Ward
Quality of Life
07-11-2019
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
05-08-2019
Study shows MD Anderson-developed drug effective in overcoming ibrutinib resistance in mantle cell lymphoma
— EurekAlert!
MD Anderson
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
09-22-2018
Twelve Houston educators receive prestigious Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award
Kinder Excellence in Teach Awards
Education
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
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
05-14-2018
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
04-25-2018
Memorial Park accelerates visionary plan with $70 million gift from Kinder Foundation
Memorial Park
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
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
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
05-19-2017
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
05-01-2017
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
04-20-2017
Houston Community College launches Z-degree pilot program with $300,000 grant from the Kinder Foundation
Houston Community College
Education
04-18-2017
Rice to receive $10.7 million from Kinder Foundation for education research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
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
01-09-2017
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
Leadership ISD to expand public education advocacy programs to Harris County
Leadership Harris County
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
11-01-2016
Rain: Magdalena Fernández at the Houston Cistern
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
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
09-26-2016
Houston Educators Earn the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award, Granted a Collective $240,000
Kinder Excellence in Teach Awards
Education
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
08-09-2016
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
06-23-2016
WALIPP announces $1 million matching gift from the Kinder Foundation for construction of The Lawson Academy
The Lawson Academy
Education
02-01-2016
Rice to receive $7 million from Houston Endowment for urban research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
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
01-11-2016
Kinder Foundation names directors of parks and civic projects and education
Kinder Foundation
,
staff
Other
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
09-28-2015
Teachers honored with Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award and collective $240,000 in grants
Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards
Education
04-15-2015
School’s collaboration with Opera and Minecraft gaming technology improves college readiness
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School
Education
03-31-2015
“Buffalo Bayou’s Back” — Buffalo Bayou Park complete in June 2015
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
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
11-21-2014
Kinder Morgan Announces Shareholder and Unitholder Approval of the Merger Transactions; Transactions Expected to Close Nov. 26
Kinder Foundation
Other
08-14-2014
University of Missouri Launches Initiative to Promote Knowledge of American Political System and Constitutional Democracy
Kinder Forum on Constitutional Democracy
Education
08-01-2014
Nationally recognized urban planner William Fulton named director of Kinder Institute
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
01-06-2014
Kinder Foundation commits $1 million for mantle cell lymphoma resesearch
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
10-25-2013
$33 Million Emancipation Park Renovation Project Will Celebrate the History of Oldest Park in the City of Houston
Emancipation Park
Urban Green Space
10-22-2013
Rich and Nancy Kinder Announce Plans to Donate $50 Million to Houston Parks Board for Bayou Greenways 2020 Project
Houston Parks Board
Urban Green Space
06-18-2013
Cornelia Long Announces Richard D. Kinder as Her Successor to Chair the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Education
03-18-2013
Houston Food Bank announces $1 million gift from the Kinder Foundation to provide for chronically hungry children
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
10-04-2012
American Planning Association Designates Buffalo Bayou a Top 10 Great Public Space for 2012
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
07-03-2012
Mayor Parker Makes Juneteenth Announcement About Donations for Renovation of Emancipation Park
City of Houston Parks & Recreation Department
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
12-20-2011
Buffalo Bayou Park Project Achieves Milestone; Groundbreaking Set for Mid-2012
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Urban Green Space
11-15-2011
Gift to KIPP Houston provides funding for UIL upgrade to athletic fields in Southwest and North Houston
KIPP
Education
04-28-2011
The Giving Pledge Rich and Nancy Kinder Letter
Other
Other
04-28-2011
The Giving Pledge News Release
Other
Other
11-17-2010
Rice announces the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-11-2010
Texas Heart Institute, Houston ISD Announce Medical Research Program to Screen/Study 10,000 Houston Students/Athletes for Heart Conditions Associated With Sudden Cardiac Death
Texas Heart Institute
Quality of Life