Houston Endowment Inc. was founded in 1937 by Jesse H. Jones and Mary Gibbs Jones to facilitate the expansion of their philanthropic work. The charter...
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Jones transferred ownership of the paper to the newly established Houston Endowment Inc. Jones retained the title of publisher until his death in 1956....
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received its initial funding in 1974 through a major gift from the Houston Endowment Inc., a philanthropic foundation established by Jones and his wife,...
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Allen's Landing (category History of Houston)
Bayou. In 2006, Houston Endowment, Inc., a philanthropic foundation dedicated to improving life for the people of the greater Houston area, approved a...
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Jack S. Blanton (category Lamar High School (Houston) alumni)
1955). Blanton was a civic leader in Houston, where he served as the chairman of the board of Houston Endowment Inc. He also served on the boards of The...
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Texas at Austin from 1998 to 2006, and as the president of the Houston Endowment Inc. from 2006 to 2012. Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, Faulkner...
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City of Houston and the Houston Arts Alliance; contributions from all participating museums; foundation support from The Houston Endowment, Inc.; The John...
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many organizations, including the Houston Art Alliance, the National Endowment For The Arts, Houston Endowment, Inc., the Texas Commission on The Arts...
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John W. Mecom Sr. (category Businesspeople from Houston)
buy the Houston Chronicle, its building, the Rice Hotel and a 35 percent interest in Texas Commerce National Bank from Houston Endowment Inc. The offer...
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Former president of the University of Texas, former president of Houston Endowment Inc. Ricardo Romo - President of the University of Texas at San Antonio...
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Jones Hall (redirect from Houston Jones Hall)
Temple of Sound'). Construction of the hall was underwritten by Houston Endowment, Inc., a foundation endowed by Jones and his wife Mary Gibbs Jones. Upon...
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in downtown Houston, Texas was formed by the Brown Foundation, the Kinder Foundation, the Wortham Foundation, the Houston Endowment, Inc., and the City...
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them to make them feel as though they are equals. In early 2016, Houston Endowment Inc. announced a three-year, $7 million grant to the Kinder Institute...
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build a new building began in 1997 with a $12 million gift from the Houston Endowment, Inc. in honor of its then-chairman, Jack S. Blanton. The museum was...
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College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). Major grants from the Houston Endowment Inc., the Lumina Foundation for Education, the MetLife Foundation, the...
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Audrey Jones Beck (category Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
the Roosevelts at the White House," said Steven Fenberg, of the Houston Endowment Inc. "Will Rogers was her grandfather's best friend." According to Beck...
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The Ensemble Theatre (category Theatres in Houston)
the Houston Endowment Inc., with which it retired its original capital campaign debt and made some improvements to the facility. Since 1991, Houston Endowment...
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Discovery Green (category Parks in Houston)
the effort, including the Wortham Foundation and the Houston Endowment, Inc. The City of Houston purchased the remainder of the land in 2004 and created...
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Arte Público Press (category University of Houston)
numerous other foundations including Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc., and the Ford Foundation. Over 18,000 pamphlets and books written...
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William P. Steven (category Houston Chronicle people)
sole owner of the Houston Chronicle. In 1937, he transferred ownership of the paper to the newly established Houston Endowment Inc. Jones retained the...
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of regents is Tilman J. Fertitta, CEO of Landry's, Inc. Fertitta attended the University of Houston, and was a student in the Hilton College. He was appointed...
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Shooting & National Championships Endowment" and challenged other firearms manufacturers to donate to the endowment. In 2017, the company faced controversy...
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The Fifth Ward is a community of Houston, Texas, United States, derived from a historical political district (ward), about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast...
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year...
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Lambert Hall (category Buildings and structures in Houston)
lighting and sound equipment were installed in 2005. Grants from Houston Endowment Inc. have been instrumental in making Lambert Hall the architectural...
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Blue, a research professor at the University of Houston, applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to improve the center; she did...
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and from 1987 to 1994. The National Endowment for the Humanities has online searchable past issues of the Houston Post from 1893 to 1903 in the newspaper...
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Menil Collection (category Museums in Houston)
public funds granted by the City of Houston, the State of Texas, and the federal government through the National Endowment for the Arts. The museum's holdings...
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Omega Psi Phi (redirect from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc)
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (ΩΨΦ) is a historically African-American fraternity. The fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911, the first at a historically...
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(equivalent to $54.8 million in 2023) to expand facilities and increase endowment. That gift led to the construction of the South Wing, which opened in...
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