Giving Back
November 13, 2023
Heroes Among Us
With governments increasingly incapable of addressing everything from homelessness to veterans’ needs, ordinary Texans are stepping into the breach.
Charity
Food & Drink
September 7, 2022
Can This Houston Chef Transform a Food Desert Into Thriving Farmland?
James Beard Award nominee Chris Williams wants to give the residents of Kendleton, a historically Black town in southeast Texas, job opportunities in agriculture.
Texas Country Reporter
April 18, 2022
This Texas Caterer Is Taking on Childhood Hunger, One Meal at a Time
Seeing a need in the community, Willa Johnson started Feeding Kids Right, a mobile meal delivery service in Athens.
Best Thing in Texas
July 9, 2021
A Fort Worth 10-Year-Old Has Collected 40,000 Books for Kids in Need
Orion Jean has also donated 100,984 meals and 619 toys, making the rest of us look lazy.
Libations
November 20, 2019
Dine Out and Do Good at These Three Texas Spots
When eating here, you can do far more with your money than enjoy great food and drinks.
Best Thing in Texas
September 30, 2017
The Best Thing in Texas: Reporter Reunited With the Truck Driver She Saved During Harvey on Ellen
KHOU’s Brandi Smith got a pleasant surprise.
The Daily Post
August 27, 2017
Here Are Ways You Can Help People During Hurricane Harvey
As our hearts break for Houston, the Gulf Coast, and other affected areas, here are ways to contribute.
The Daily Post
August 7, 2017
Matthew McConaughey’s Just Keep Livin Foundation is Selling Limited Edition T-Shirts
The shirts are intended to raise awareness. For what? Livin.
Music
March 30, 2017
EP Premiere: Radney Foster and Kyle Hutton Shine a Light on the Texas Foster Care System
With their forthcoming EP, the singer-songwriters seek to raise awareness for an issue that hits both of them close to home.
Business
December 1, 1997
Thanks a Million
From the Altshulers to the Zales, the state’s top philanthropists support a range of causes but have at least one thing in common: their selflessness.
Books
December 1, 1997
James Michener
He gave millions—and he did it in a novel way.
Art
December 1, 1997
Raymond Nasher
His artful gift to the city of Dallas ensures his legacy.
Business
December 1, 1997
The Top 10 Foundations
They give to the neediest Texans.
Politics & Policy
September 1, 1995
Texas Twenty: Carol Porter
A hunger for feeding children.
Being Texan
August 1, 1995
Santa Fête
When rich Texas hostesses want to put on the biggest charity bash of the summer, where do they go? New Mexico, of course.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1988
Can Ross Perot Save America?
One day in 1962 Ross Perot read Thoreau’s insight that the “mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” The country hasn’t been the same since.
Business
March 1, 1986
A Trust Corrupted, a City Betrayed, Part Two
The continuing saga of the Hermann estate scandal was a shocking lesson in how Houston’s most-respected philanthropists, civic leaders, and biggest deal makers had abused their power.
Business
February 1, 1986
A Trust Corrupted, a City Betrayed, Part One
The Hermann estate scandal exposed Houston’s most powerful deal makers, most respected philanthropist, and leading lawvers to the harsh glare of publicity. It was a shocking lesson in the abuses of power.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1983
Friends In Deed
Meet some of Texas' secular latter-day saints: volunteers.