hindesky Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Nancy and Rich Kinder ranked in at No. 315 on Forbes' 38th annual World Billionaires List. With an estimated wealth of $8.1 billion, the couple have become synonymous with transformational arts, education, green space and quality-of-life initiatives in Houston. Over the past two decades, the Kinder Foundation has donated more than $20.2 million to downtown urban park non-profit. The Kinder Foundation pledged $50 million in 2013 toward the Houston Parks Board's Bayou Greenways Project. Additional lead gifts include $100 million donation to Buffalo Bayou Partnership, $50 million to the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, $70 million to Memorial Park, $30 million to Buffalo Bayou Park, $5 million to 50 SPARK Parks, $4.7 million to Emancipation Park, $4 million to Willow Waterhole, $3 million to Trees for Houston and $2 million to Hermann Park. The Kinders gave nearly $75 million to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where Rich Kinder serves as a chairman on the board of trustees. Their gift led to the naming of what is now the Kinder Building, a permanent home for the museum's international collection of modern and contemporary art. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/who-are-nancy-and-rich-kinder-19404941.php 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbg.50 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 If only they cared about The Astrodome! Alas, neither of them is from Houston. 😒 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtiger Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (I've met both of them, and have been in their house as a +1 for a casual reception they held graciously. Won't tell too many tales out of school, but their house itself is not enormous as you'd think - just a massive amount of land on which it's situated. A great setup within the urban/suburban area.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbg.50 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Speaking of the Kinders. I was driving west bound on Memorial on my way to the Arboretum (closed, by the way) and noticed KINDER LAND BRIDGE in gold lettering on a low profile monument before passing through the tunnel. Has this always been there? I don’t recall ever seeing it before today. P.S.: hope the arboretum did not sustain too much damage… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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