Education programs at Rienzi receive generous funding from the Sterling-Turner Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; Carroll Sterling and Harris Masterson III Endowment Fund; and the Caroline Wiess Law Endowment Fund for Rienzi.

Education programs at Bayou Bend receive generous funding from Mrs. Evelyn Houstoun Chew; The Hamill Foundation; Susanne M. and Melbern G. Glasscock; Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; The Susan Vaughan Foundation; The Americana Foundation; Tara and S. Stacy Eastland; The Ray C. Fish Foundation; The John M. O'Quinn Foundation; the William A. and Madeline W. Smith Foundation; Toni Wallingford; Mrs. Nancy Glanville Jewell; the Strake Foundation; the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation; Polly and Murry Bowden; Nancy and James Gordon; and The Julia and Albert Smith Foundation.

The education programs also receive endowment income from funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard and Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate.

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