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Greenspaces

Announcements

SPARK Announces 40th Year Celebration with $10 million Campaign to Build/“reSPARK” 40 School Parks in Four Years

To commemorate 40 years of building community parks, SPARK School Park Program today announced a $10 million campaign to build 40 school parks in four years in the Greater Houston area, including 20 new and 20 “reSPARK’ed” parks.
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Houston Endowment Donates $8M to Local Organizations to Improve Parks, Fight Heat Islands(external source, opens in a new tab)

Houston Endowment is boosting its efforts when it comes to reducing Houston’s “urban heat islands” — a term used to describe strips of concrete and cement with no trees in sight — with $8 million in funding to two local partners.
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SPARK Parks Increase Park Access in Houston

Supported by lead grants from Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation, SPARK, the Houston-based nonprofit organization that transforms public school playgrounds into community parks for out-of-school time use, has successfully introduced 25 new parks and updated, or ‘re-SPARKed,’ five at campuses across 12 independent school districts and three charter schools since 2016.
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SPARK receives $5 million from Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation to build and improve parks at 30 Houston-area schools

SPARK, a Houston-based non-profit organization that helps public schools develop their playgrounds into community parks, today announced its commitment to 30 additional park projects, supported by grants of $2.5 million each from Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation.