Friends of the Kinder Institute

Benefactor's Circle

Nancy and Rich Kinder |
Kinder Foundation
Laura and Tom Bacon*
Baxter Trust
Anne and Albert Chao |
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong
Chao Foundation*
Chevron
EduDream LLC
Gates Foundation
The George Foundation

Houston Endowment
PNC
The Powell Foundation
The Samuels Family Foundation*
Simón Bolívar Foundation
United Way of Greater Houston
The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston
Verizon
Wallace Foundation
William T. Grant Foundation

Founder’s Circle

Annie E. Casey Foundation
CenterPoint Energy |
CenterPoint Energy Foundation
The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation

Reinnette and Stan Marek^*
J.P. Morgan Chase
Wells Fargo

Chairman's Circle

Bracewell LLP
Camden

H-E-B

Visionary Circle

Anchorage Foundation of Texas
Everett Family Fund
Greater Houston Partnership
Hines
Houston Methodist
Sis and Hasty Johnson
Rob and Georgiana Ladd
Westmont Hospitality Group |
Sultana and Moez Mangalji

MD Anderson
Memorial Hermann
John L. Nau, III
Sue Smith
Torras Foundation
Jason Wells and Jenny Koehler

Leadership Circle

BakerRipley
Beth Robertson
Community Health Choice
George W. Connelly
James and Molly Crownover
Deloitte
Frost Bank
HAR.com
Houston First Corporation

Jenny and Jim Elkins Family Fund
Marek Family
MyCHN
Near Northwest Management District
Regina Rogers
Dick Weekley
Dr. Ruth López Turley and
Dr. Steven Turley

Legacy Circle

ABC13
Claire and Eric Anyah
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
Coalition for the Homeless
of Houston/Harris County
Comerica
Communities in Schools of Houston
Downtown Houston+
Elmore
Gensler
Hon. Vanessa D. Gilmore
Good Reason Houston
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Harris County Department of Education
Harris County Precinct 2
Harris County Precinct 2 - Policy Team
Harris Health
Houston Chronicle
Houston Community College
Houston Zoo

Tracy and Ken Janda
Joan and Stanford Alexander
Family Fund
Carla Knobloch
Phuong and George Levan
Franci Neely
Neighbors in Action
New Hope Housing
Page
Port Houston
Kathy and Bill Rose
Rose M. Rougeau
Jeri and Marc Shapiro
Southwest Management District
Jane and Charles Szalkowski
Texas Medical Center
Phoebe and Bobby Tudor
Walter P Moore
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
YMCA of Greater Houston

Current as of June 30, 2025
*Denotes multiyear commitments

Mailing Address

6100 Main St. MS-208
Houston, TX 77005-1892

kinder@rice.edu
713-348-4132

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Physical Address

Rice University
Kraft Hall
6100 Main Street, Suite 305
Houston, TX 77005-1892

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