Press Releases

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March 6, 2026

Memorial Park Conservancy Breaks Ground on Memorial Groves

March 5, 2026

Rice’s Kinder Institute secures future and advances solutions for Houston with $55M Kinder Foundation grant

February 12, 2026

New university professorship will support design excellence and the public good through landscape architecture

October 13, 2025

Emancipation Park Conservancy Embarks on Dynamic Expansion Project

September 22, 2025

Twelve exceptional Houston-area educators honored with 2025 Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award

May 14, 2025

Texas Children’s Hospital and UT MD Anderson Announce $150 Million Gift from Kinder Foundation to Launch Kinder Children’s Cancer Center

April 24, 2025

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Presents Juneteenth @160: A Three-Day Commemoration of Liberation, Legacy, and Living History

April 22, 2025

Memorial Park Conservancy Unveils Plans for Memorial Groves





News Coverage

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July 1, 2026

Emancipation Park unveils stage to celebrate Black history, culture
Defender

June 11, 2026

Fourth Ward Church Turns Freedmen’s Town Bricks Into Living History Pavilion
Hoodline

May 20, 2026

Emancipation Park: The heart of Third Ward
Houston Chronicle

May 14, 2026

TIME100 Philanthropy 2026: Nancy Kinder & Richard Kinder
Time

April 22, 2026

$332M Buffalo Bayou East improvement effort kicks into high gear (GALLERY)
Houston Business Journal

March 11, 2026

Memorial Park project honoring World War I soldiers breaks ground
Houston Business Journal

February 19, 2026

New stretch of Kinder Trail opens along Buffalo Bayou East
CW 39

January 13, 2026

Memorial Park previews new playground and visitor’s center coming in 2027
CultureMap

November 24, 2025

How Houston Became One of America’s Most Generous Cities
Houstonia