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07-16-2018
Rice to break ground on new School of Social Sciences building this summer
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
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