Funding search · EIN 760519073 · Houston, TX

Kinder Foundation

$233.7M
in grants paid: 299
grants: 57
recipients: 2022–2025
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$19.4M
Buffalo Bayou Partnership · Houston, TX · 2025
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan
$11.9M
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2025
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for urban research
$5.4M
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan & memorial groves
$5.2M
Houston Parks Board · Houston, TX · 2025
Macgregor park design & construction
$4.7M
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2025
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for constitutional democracy
$2.4M
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Endowed chair in landscape architecture
$2.4M
Emancipation Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Stage and endowmenet
$1.4M
Coalition for the Homeless of Houstonharris County · Houston, TX · 2025
Mayor whitmire's homelessness plan
$1.4M
Depelchin Children'S Center · Houston, TX · 2025
Texas foster care transition to the cbc model
$1.4M
Cristo Rey Jesuit · Houston, TX · 2025
Capital campaign/steam building
$1.0M
Emancipation Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Stage and endowment
$1.0M
Harris Health Strategic Fund · Bellaire, TX · 2025
Campaign for harris health 2025
$1.0M
United Way · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$938,233
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Endowment fund
$695,053
Buffalo Bayou Partnership · Houston, TX · 2025
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan
$650,000
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
Hisd strategic fund
$500,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Houston next (5 year strategic plan)
$454,515
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2025
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for urban research
$333,333
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Center for health and nature
$300,000
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2025
Postsecondary gift
$300,000
Kipp · Houston, TX · 2025
Postsecondary gift
$277,500
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Spring 2026 jazzy sundays series
$263,286
Houston Parks Board · Houston, TX · 2025
Macgregor park design & construction
$253,804
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan & memorial groves
$202,100
Teach for America · Houston, TX · 2025
50% of stipend - 2024-2026 houston core members
$200,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Director's donor advised funds
$200,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
Exhibitions
$183,054
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2025
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for constitutional democracy
$150,000
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Endowment fund
$150,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit · Houston, TX · 2025
Postsecondary gift
$120,000
Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2025
Teacher awards
$120,000
Kipp · Houston, TX · 2025
Teacher awards
$114,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit · Houston, TX · 2025
Corporate work study program
$100,000
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Endowment fund
$100,000
Depelchin Children'S Center · Houston, TX · 2025
Foster care
$100,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$100,000
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$98,762
Coalition for the Homeless of Houstonharris County · Houston, TX · 2025
Mayor whitmire's homelessness plan
$90,554
Emancipation Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Stage and endowmenet
$87,039
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Endowed chair in landscape architecture
$75,965
Cristo Rey Jesuit · Houston, TX · 2025
Capital campaign/steam building
$75,000
Emancipation Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Juneteenth and general fund
$74,801
Kipp · Houston, TX · 2025
Teacher awards
$68,088
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$60,000
Archdiocese of Galveston Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
Teacher awards
$54,331
Depelchin Children'S Center · Houston, TX · 2025
Texas foster care transition to the cbc model
$50,000
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$35,000
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
Support of public education in houston
$30,000
Hisd Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Teacher awards
$30,000
Aldine Education Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Teacher awards
$25,000
Buffalo Bayou Partnership · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Buffalo Soldiers Museum · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Project Row Houses · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2025
Urban studies & general fund
$25,000
Texas Business Hall of Fame · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Trees for Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Hspva Friends · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Houston Parks Board · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$20,000
Central Houston Civic Improvement · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Houston Cinema Arts Society · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund - support of arts & education
$10,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
The c. Hastings johnson memorial fund
$10,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$7,500
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
Blossom plaza brick campaign
$6,701
Kipp · Houston, TX · 2025
Teacher awards
$5,000
Project Row Houses · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Margaret sheedy memorial fund
$5,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2025
Sue & steve shaper scholarship fund
$4,500
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2025
Support students participating in the kinder scholars sc program
$2,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Rocc scholarship fund
$1,500
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2025
Support students participating in the kinder scholars sc program
$1,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2025
Baker institute
$1,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2025
General fund
$15.8M
Buffalo Bayou Partnership · Houston, TX · 2024
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan
$11.9M
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for urban research
$4.7M
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for constitutional democracy
$2.5M
Houston Local Information Initiative · Houston, TX · 2024
Support of an independent news publication in houston
$2.4M
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Memorial groves
$2.4M
Houston Parks Board · Houston, TX · 2024
Macgregor park design & construction
$1.9M
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support of public education in houston
$1.9M
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Endowment fund & strategic plan
$1.5M
Spark Parks · Houston, TX · 2024
Greenspace in public schools
$1.4M
Buffalo Soldiers Museum · Houston, TX · 2024
Capital campaign and junteenth celebration
$1.1M
Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan
$1.0M
Hisd Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Students trip abroad - japan and washington dc
$954,113
Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support of public education in houston
$945,137
United Way · Houston, TX · 2024
General fund
$940,531
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General fund
$721,050
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for urban research
$533,893
Buffalo Bayou Partnership · Houston, TX · 2024
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan
$500,000
Trees for Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General fund
$455,000
Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Spring 2025 jazzy sunday series
$351,000
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Freedmen's town
$333,333
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Center for health and nature
$315,000
Teach for America · Houston, TX · 2024
50% of stipend - 2024-2026 houston core members
$291,030
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for constitutional democracy

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.