Buffalo Bayou Partnership
HOUSTON, TX
$19.4MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan
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Kinder Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 76-0519073 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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- Contact
- Nancy G Kinder President Ceo
- Phone
- (713) 529-5537
- Deadlines
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
- Application materials
- Preselected applications, when notified by the foundation, should be submitted in writing and contain the name and address of the charitable organization as well as a discussion of the purpose of the grant
- Restrictions
- The kinder foundation is primarily, but not exclusively, focused on the greater houston community. The foundation only makes contributions to pre-selected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
Original filing text
- Contact
- NANCY G KINDER PRESIDENT CEO
- Address
- 2229 SAN FELIPE SUITE 1700 HOUSTON, TX, 77019
- Phone
- 7135295537
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- PRESELECTED APPLICATIONS, WHEN NOTIFIED BY THE FOUNDATION, SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING AND CONTAIN THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS A DISCUSSION OF THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT
- Restrictions
- THE KINDER FOUNDATION IS PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOCUSED ON THE GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY. THE FOUNDATION ONLY MAKES CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRE-SELECTED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND DOES NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED REQUESTS FOR FUNDS.
Reported organization name: KINDER FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | $66.9M |
| 2024 | 83 | $58.5M |
Where Kinder Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
HOUSTON, TX
$15.8MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan
Rice University
HOUSTON, TX
$11.9MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for urban research
Rice University
HOUSTON, TX
$11.9MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Enhancement and expansion of the kinder institute for urban research
Memorial Park Conservancy
HOUSTON, TX
$5.4MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Park design & construction - 10 year master plan & memorial groves
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Figures are aggregated from Kinder Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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