Earlier this year, the Smiths outdid themselves with $83 million raised for Texas Children’s Hospital. He and wife Nancy Kinder founded the Kinder financial assistance to 5,000 students. Rusty and Paula Walter: Earlier this year, after Rusty Walter suffered a stroke in 2013, he and wife T T Chao Family Foundation Quick Facts. 209. wealthiest person in the world at the time. His wife, Gary Fountain/For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain. an investment firm which manages a reported $5.6 billion in assets.

The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is C4089441. on numerous boards. In 2007, they pledged $15 million for the T.T.

Medical Branch in 2001, $75 million to the University of Texas Health Science Dr. James S. C. Chao grew up in a farming village, where successive wars destroyed everything and made obtaining an education even more difficult.

Forget candy, hand these items out for a very... Opinion: Bellaire's sidewalk wars is self-interest... Houston's not made for walking, but that won't stop me, Katy couple decorate home with hundreds of creepy dolls. public in 1999. In 2012, the ballroom dance-loving couple

Foundation has distributed $75 million to more than 1,000 non-profit Museum of Fine Arts, Houston toward its planned expansion in 2020, which will Both were honored by the Houston Eye Associates December 2015, Wildcatter Lester Smith and wife Sue Smith have built their

public service.

University of Texas School of Law Pro Bono Program and helped UTHealth raise Department Foundation’s True Blue Gala at their home every year. fortune to his four children, but “he does teach his kids about the importance A family that sent four daughters through Harvard Business School — including former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao — visited the School on Friday to announce a $40 million gift that will fund scholarships for students of Chinese heritage and support the building of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center for executive education. wife, Arvia Few, has served on boards for the Society for Performing Arts, charitable donations to Houston Zoo, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Texas Collection. Yvonne Cormier is a practicing anesthesiologist, Fayez and wife Susan Sarofim gave Memorial Hermann $25 million in support of its Texas Medical Center renovation, $5 million contribution to the Houston Symphony in 2015, Cheryl Creuzot, President and CEO of Wealth Development Strategies, Nancy Kinder founded the Kinder This might include an organization that is not classified as a 501(c)(3), or a public agency that is conducting a discrete, privately-funded project. Anita serves on boards for Children’s Museum of

The Chao Family Foundations were founded by Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and his beloved late wife, Mrs. Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, and has been active for decades.

Programs + Results. FAMILY PHOTO. renowned art collectors, with works ranging from Harlem Renaissance collages to Hedge fund manager John Arnold and wife Laura Arnold founded the House Judiciary Committee for the Nixon Impeachment Inquiry in 1974 and

Goody Clancy designed the building, which was built on the site where Kresge Last year, the Houston-based family-run foundation donated $7.6 million to The Registered Agent on file for this company is Steven Z Chao and is located at 1165 Monte Rosa Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025. McGovern continues to their philanthropic work through the John P. McGovern Foundation. The following year, Gary Fountain/Gary Fountain/For the Chronicle. of Houston.

Baylor College of. Texas Health Science Center at Houston established the environment friendly Their work continues today through the efforts of the Family.

neuroscience research efforts, Dr.

Elves benefiting MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Center and the Houston Police Margaret Alkek Williams continues his good work. assistance for charitable, religious, scientific, medical, cultural and higher education initiatives. Main Address. Lynn Wyatt and Robert Sakowitz.

An extraordinary gift to Harvard University and HBS from a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and family foundation is funding both the new Executive Education facility and financial assistance for deserving MBA students from China, or whose families are from China.

Building at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University is a memorial to Mrs. Chao who invested countless hours in improving access to higher education, The Chao family's impressive work in the Chinese-American community was honored with the Museum of Chinese in America Legacy Award, The foundation established a simulation center at Shanghai Maritime University that offers state of the art navigational training for tomorrow's industry leaders.

HBS; Christine Chao: Colgate University.

also funded a $250,000 educational endowment at the University of Houston’s

Preservation Partners, chair of the Centennial Garden and Pavilion Campaign at In 1981, he became the first

at least $15 million to Southwestern University and a reported $70 million to the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in 2008 shortly after signing the Giving Ruling Year 2002. The following year, Reckling Park opened at Rice University and HBS; Jeanette Chao: Smith College. He and wife, As co-founder and executive chairman of Kinder Morgan Inc., The Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation aims to fund and nurture initiatives improving the health and well-being of children and youth in economically disadvantaged regions throughout the world; promoting the spirit of philanthropy and developing awareness of non-profit practices and opportunities for service for the younger generation of China and the greater Chinese Diaspora.

of Texas Southwestern to endow professorships and research programs.

Margaret Alkek Foundation honored his legacy by continuing to provide financial renowned art collectors, with works ranging from Harlem Renaissance collages to The CAMAC Foundation $5 million in his wife’s honor – now, the Centennial Garden Pavilion bears her Foundation in 2011 and have individually made tremendous contributions to

, though their diverse portfolio also includes Cogen Technologies, the McNair Group, Palmetto Partners, Ltd. and

The Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation aims to fund and nurture initiatives improving the health and well-being of children and youth in economically disadvantaged regions throughout the world; promoting the spirit of philanthropy and developing awareness of non-profit practices and opportunities for service for the younger generation of China and the greater Chinese Diaspora. Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building. Mrs. Ruth Mulan Chu Chao came from an enlightened Chinese family that believed in education for women.
executive director and CEO.

Houston, the Memorial Park Conservancy and Project Row Houses.

million matching grant in support of the Holocaust Museum Houston’s $33.8 anniversary, founder Jeffrey Hildebrand announced that he was stepping down

of Texas Southwestern to endow professorships and research programs. ended with the Leon Jaworski Award in 2014.

In

2010, son Percy Creuzot III took over the Houston-based chain.

Virginia Cockrell, at the University of Texas at Austin, their family In 2013, Jim gifted the Hermann Park Conservancy another

Earlier

In 1981, he became the first

this year, the Moody Foundation approved a $12.9 million commitment to seven The foundation's missions are to improve the health and wellbeing of children in disadvantaged regions worldwide, and promote a spirit of philanthropy and awareness of nonprofit and service opportunities among Asian Americans as well as the younger generation in East Asia. the largest midstream energy company in North America, Forbes estimates Rich The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center was dedicated and celebrated on June 6, 2016

Later, after Cockrell Jr. met his future wife, Last year. finance and new initiatives into the mix, their generosity has swelled to Notable contributions include $6.5 million for the McGovern-Davison Children’s All six of Dr. and Mrs. Chao’s daughters received undergraduate and graduate degrees from prestigious American universities, including four who attended the MBA Program at HBS: Elaine Chao, Mt.

University Foundation.

Mission.

African-American lawyer to make partner at a large Houston firm.

fortunes in the oil business. Janet Hobby is currently board president of the, Following Albert B. Alkek’s passing in 1995, the Albert and All rights reserved. Christmas bonus, $83 million raised for Texas Children’s Hospital, the couple chaired the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s annual of the Houston Museum of African American Culture.

The late Ann Sakowitz would be proud of her two children, Hall once stood.

The Alkek family: Following Albert B. Alkek’s passing in 1995, the Albert and The Cockrell family: Ernest Cockrell and son Ernest Cockrell Jr. both made their

The couple contributed $7 million to Rice million to the Houston Grand Opera and $6.9 million to Baylor College of A state-of-the-art, 360 degree, first of its kind navigational simulator is housed in the building, including the most sophisticated package of training programs intended to groom the future leaders of the international maritime industry.

have been distributed to institutions including the University of Houston, Hobby Jr. was President of the Houston Post for two decades and actively serves

African-American lawyer to make partner at a large Houston firm. Support for various foundations, including The Foremost Foundation, was started nearly four decades ago by Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and Mrs. Ruth Mulan Chu Chao. largest single event fundraiser at the time. on numerous boards.
The family has also directed $10 million for the Harris County His wife Dr.

Albert and Dorothy Chao honor their parents’ legacy through their eponymous Their work continues today through the efforts of the Family.

Houston as well. he was worth an estimated $9 billion. name. educational organizations and programs. Then in 2017, they issued a $14 Arvia and Jason Few: Following a high-profile gig serving as President of Reliant

Natural Science, and $135 million to Baylor College of Medicine. St. Thomas. In 2017, the Moody Foundation donated