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; Mary and Michael Epps in memory of Ralph E. Wallingford; The Ray C. Fish Foundation; the Ralph H. and Ruth J. McCullough Foundation; The John M. O´Quinn Foundation; the William A. and Madeline W. Smith Foundation; Toni Wallingford; Mrs. Nancy Glanville Jewell; the Strake Foundation; Humanities Texas; Polly and Murry Bowden; Nancy and James Gordon; and Mrs. Sara E. White.

Education programs at Bayou Bend 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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