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Houston Landing Launches Its Full News Platform Featuring Robust Daily Storytelling Driven by Community Input and a Mission ‘To Strengthen Democracy and Improve the Lives of All Houstonians, One Story at a Time’

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Friday, June 9, 2023
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BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCES KINDER FOUNDATION'S $100M CATALYST GIFT TO ACCELERATE BUFFALO BAYOU EAST MASTER PLAN

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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HOUSTON, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The non-profit Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) announces that its Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan will become a reality thanks to a historic public-private partnership anchored by a $100 million gift from Kinder Foundation, which is leveraging another $210 million of public and private investments. This visionary plan integrates new bayou parks, trails, housing, cultural destinations, and infrastructure improvements into Houston's Greater East End and Fifth Ward neighborhoods.

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  • HOUSTON, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The non-profit Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) announces that its Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan will become a reality thanks to a historic public-private partnership anchored by a $100 million gift from Kinder Foundation, which is leveraging another $210 million of public and private investments.
  • "Buffalo Bayou Partnership is honored that the Kinder Foundation is entrusting our organization to steward this extraordinary gift," says Anne Olson, Buffalo Bayou Partnership President.
  • "There is a rich history and a valued culture along Buffalo Bayou east of downtown, and Buffalo Bayou Partnership is to be commended on the decades spent in the community laying the groundwork for this plan," stated Rich Kinder, Chairman, Kinder Foundation.
  • "The City of Houston is grateful to the Kinder Foundation for this generous investmentthat will accelerate the Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan, pending City Council approval.The visionary plan will enhance our community for Houstoniansand visitors.

Houston's Oldest Park Celebrates 150th Anniversary and Commemorates Juneteenth

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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HOUSTON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston's Emancipation Park Conservancy is hosting a summer celebration to commemorate its sesquicentennial anniversary and honor Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday. The holiday recognizes June 19, 1865, the date that enslaved people across Texas learned that they were free, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.  

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  • Additionally, the event will culminate with a spectacular two-day festival on June 18 and 19 at Emancipation Park.
  • "The Emancipation Park 150th Juneteenth celebration will be a grand event to honor the past, embrace the present and look to the future."
  • "We look forward to celebrating the 150th birthday of the park during this Juneteenth event."
  • Emancipation Park Conservancy is a non-profit 501c3 charitable corporation established in 2014 to restore, manage and enhance Houston's Emancipation Park.

120 Arts Groups Serving Greater Houston's Communities of Color Awarded A Combined $2 Million in Grants from the BIPOC Arts Network and Fund

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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"When there is an investment in us, there is an investment in our cultural communities.

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  • "When there is an investment in us, there is an investment in our cultural communities.
  • BANF was publicly announced Sept. 21, 2021 as an initiative created to provide resources and networks that will support Greater Houston's BIPOC arts communities in fully displaying their power, values and traditions.
  • Fifty-one percent of BANF's inaugural grantees are 501c3 organizations and 49 percent are fiscally-sponsored artist collectives in communities of color.
  • The BIPOC Arts Network & Fund (BANF) is a multi-year initiative dedicated to providing resources that support the vibrant BIPOC arts community of Greater Houston in fully displaying their power, values and traditions.

ProUnitas Partners With Thoughtworks to Extend Innovative Software and Service Platform to Mobile Devices

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021
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The expansion to mobile is made possible through significant private investment, including a one-time transformational gift of $440,000 from the Kinder Foundation.

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  • The expansion to mobile is made possible through significant private investment, including a one-time transformational gift of $440,000 from the Kinder Foundation.
  • The faster a childs need is identified and support is arranged, the greater the odds the child will reach their fullest potential.
  • The expansion of PurpleSENSE to mobile is a critical step for ProUnitas to effectively support more schools and students.
  • ProUnitas had a demand to move fast and launch a mobile app that drives immediate impact and value to student support teams.

Kinder Foundation's $70 Million Gift Accelerates Visionary Plan for Houston's Memorial Park

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
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This gift has energized the Park's public and private partners to invest up to $205 million in the Park over ten years.

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  • This gift has energized the Park's public and private partners to invest up to $205 million in the Park over ten years.
  • This gift also catalyzed a public-private park operations model to provide for park care and maintenance for decades to come.
  • "Kinder Foundation's historic gift will bring Memorial Park to its full potential, and improve Houston's mobility, connectivity, economic vitality, and resiliency," said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.
  • Kinder Foundation chairman Rich Kinder said, "Through a carefully designed public-private partnership, Memorial Park will reach its true potential.