Kinder基金会五年捐赠密苏里大学2,500万美元：累计支持逾8,500万美元，研究所捐赠基金将成该校最大
密苏里州布恩县哥伦比亚市，密苏里大学 11 月 3 日宣布，Kinder 基金会承诺在五年内向该校 Kinder 宪政民主研究所（Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy）捐赠 2,500 万美元。这笔捐赠将使该研究所的捐赠基金成为密苏里大学最大的捐赠基金，并使该基金会对该研究所的累计支持超过 8,500 万美元。
据密苏里大学公告，这笔五年期捐赠将加强该研究所的研究、扩充师资并支持研究生，还将扩大研究所与英国牛津大学 Rothermere 美国研究所的合作，使学生可以赴牛津学习一整年。该捐赠属于密苏里大学「Power the Roar」筹款活动的一部分。
Kinder 基金会由 Rich 与 Nancy Kinder 创办。据慈善行业资讯机构 Inside Philanthropy 的资料，该基金会 2025 年国税局申报资产为 2.13 亿美元，主要在休斯顿地区支持城市绿地、教育与生活质量项目，Kinder 研究所为其长期支持对象之一。
Kinder 宪政民主研究所为密苏里大学下属的学术机构，2015 年在 Kinder 基金会支持下成立，聚焦美国宪政民主的研究与教学。
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Kinder Foundation Commits $25 Million over Five Years to the University of Missouri's Kinder Institute, Bringing Its Total Support to More Than $85 Million
In Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, the University of Missouri announced on November 3 that the Kinder Foundation has committed $25 million over five years to the university's Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. The gift will make the institute's endowment the university's largest and will bring the foundation's total support for the institute to more than $85 million.
According to the university's announcement, the five-year commitment will strengthen research, expand faculty expertise and support graduate students at the institute. It will also expand the institute's partnership with the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford in England, allowing students to spend a full year studying abroad. The grant is part of Power the Roar, the university's fundraising campaign.
The Kinder Foundation was founded by Rich and Nancy Kinder. According to Inside Philanthropy's foundation data, the foundation reported $213 million in assets in its 2025 IRS filing and makes large grants for urban green space, education and quality of life, primarily in the Houston area, with the Kinder Institute among its long-standing commitments.
The Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy is an academic institute at the University of Missouri, founded in 2015 with support from the Kinder Foundation, focused on the study and teaching of constitutional democracy.
(Source: University of Missouri)
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