Partners, Founders & Supporters

The success of the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders and our students depends upon the generous support of individuals, foundations and companies. Thanks to our Partners, Founders and Supporters for making our school possible.

Partners

Special thanks to our partners for in kind contributions of goods and professional services.

Founders

The Ann Richards School would like to thank the following founding donors for their generous contributions to the school:

  • Stanford and Joan Alexander
  • Austin Architectural Graphics
  • Austin Film Society
  • Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation
  • The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston
  • Brown-Sauter Family Fund
  • Sandra Bullock - Fortis Films
  • Sophia Collier
  • The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation
  • Roy and Patricia Disney
  • Andrew Dunigan
  • Phillip Donahue and Marlo Thomas
  • Gabrielle de Kuyper
  • Finke Family
  • The Foundation for the Education of Young Women
  • Foundation for Women's Resources
  • Harman Family Foundation
  • Joan Hohlt and J. Roger Wich
  • Gold Communications Company
  • Stacey Hadash
  • Harman Family Foundation
  • Jane Hickie
  • J C Penney Corporation, Inc.
  • The Kiehl-Friedman Family
  • Sarah Lake
  • The Lauder Foundation
  • Emily Little
  • Heather McKinney
  • Ann R. McMullan
  • Sarah, Edie, Louy and Sam Meacham
  • Irene Mecchi
  • Midler Family Foundation
  • Michele and Brad Moore
  • National Cable & Telecommunications Association
  • New York Community Trust - Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund
  • New York Community Trust - Wallace Special Project Fund
  • Niland Family Fund
  • Maconda B. O'Connor
  • Posey Family Foundation
  • Public Strategies, Inc.
  • Marcia Purvis
  • Bernard and Audre Rapoport
  • Michael and Pamela Reese
  • Resnick Foundation
  • Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation
  • RGK Foundation
  • Cecile Richards and Kirk Adams, Lily, Hannah and Daniel
  • Celina Romero and Paul Williams
  • Edward Z. Safady
  • John McAllen Scanlan
  • Thomas Schumacher
  • Robert F. Smith
  • Smothers Foundation
  • Colleen and Tom Terkel
  • Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner through The Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund
  • Topfer Family Foundation
  • Tottenham Family Fund
  • Wasserman Foundation
  • Whataburger, Inc.

Supporters

Thank you to our many supporters who have contributed to the support of the school. (The lists below are in PDF format. If you cannot read a file, see our accessibility page for information on file formats and downloads.)

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Grants

  • A+ Federal Credit Union
  • AT&T Foundation
  • Austin Community Foundation
  • 3M
  • IBM
  • KDK-Harman Foundation
  • Newman's Own Foundation
  • The Junior League of Austin
  • Motorola Foundation