Overview
- The commitment covers more than $10 billion, with giving planned during their lifetimes and through their estate.
- The announcement coincided with plans for an $18.5 million expansion of Emancipation Park in Houston’s Third Ward.
- Forbes and the Houston Chronicle place the couple’s combined wealth at roughly $11.2–$11.3 billion.
- The Kinder Foundation, established in 1997, reports $621.4 million distributed out of more than $850 million in committed grants as of December 31, 2024.
- Past gifts highlighted in coverage include Discovery Green, $77 million to Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, nearly $86 million to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and $150 million for a new pediatric cancer hospital effort by Texas Children’s and MD Anderson.