The Sid W. Richardson Foundation is a philanthropic

Philanthropy

Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...

 organization, founded in 1947 by Sid W. Richardson

Sid W. Richardson

Sid Williams Richardson was a Texas oilman, cattleman, and philanthropist known for his association with the city of Fort Worth....

 (1891 - 1959), a Texan who earned his fortune in the oil industry. The foundation was primarily funded after his death.

Today, the foundation focuses on public-private partnerships in the area of education, health, human services, and arts groups, to which it has donated about $300 million. The charter of the foundation stipulated that recipients be in the state of Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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The foundation was led from 1973 to 2011 by Valleau Wilkie Jr.

Grants

• UTeach
  UTeach
  The UTeach teacher certification program is a collaborative effort on the part of the College of Natural Sciences and the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin...
  
   Dallas received a $200,000 gift from the Foundation in 2008.
• The Foundation donated $250,000 toward a new building for the Aransas County (Texas) EMS.