Spreading Good Fortune in the World

We partner with extraordinary nonprofits to protect what matters most — preservation, education, and wellness for future generations.
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Coral Reef AllianceDegree PartnersAustin Urban Technology MovementLone Star Flight MuseumPortfolio SchoolThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumCamp For AllMaine GearShareAbadie Academy, Inc.Mendocino Land TrustThe Women's CenterJackson WildE.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationNeuhaus Education CenterRevive & RestoreRecipe for Success FoundationFriends of Pumpkin ParkCoastal Prairie ConservancyInstitute for Humane EducationUpcycled Food AssociationFarm&CityWildpathNARROW GATE EFL INCMighty Oaks FoundationSeaside School FoundationEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryBuffalo Bayou PartnershipPreservation HoustonNokuse Education IncShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterTexas Children's HospitalThe Heritage SocietySanctuary Foster Care ServicesOur Climate Education FundAirbnb.orgKIPP Texas, IncScenic AmericaThe 5 Gyres InstituteWings for LearningRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.The Houston Audubon SocietySouth Walton Montessori AcademyCathedral High SchoolCovenant House TexasFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationThe Saint Constantine SchoolCharity:WaterIDEA Public SchoolsHines Center for Spirituality and PrayerScenic WaltonAlaqua Animal RefugeThe Climate CenterFree2LuvSt. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchSanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationDonorsChooseFuelEd Schools Inc.Lawyers for Good Government Inc.Episcopal High SchoolThe Food DepotThe Unbreakable OrganizationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceHope and Healing Center & InstituteCommunities In Schools of New MexicoOn River TimeHouston Museum of Natural ScienceHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyThe Nature SchoolWELLKINDSeaShareMemorial Hermann FoundationGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationSmile-A-MileHouston Botanic GardenMake-A-Wish Central & South TexasGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationBoys and Girls Country of HoustonAustin Bat CaveDiscovery Green ConservancyThe Gentle BarnPatriot PAWS Service DogsBeta AcademynonPareil InstituteArboretum San AntonioPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesGreat Springs ProjectAvian Conservation CenterThe Center for Humane TechnologyBattleship Texas FoundationGreater Houston Community FoundationCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)The Farmlink ProjectAir Force Enlisted VillageCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationNational Geographic SocietyMenil FoundationEducated Choices ProgramHouston ZooWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterSnake River FundWorld Central KitchenFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.The Monarch School IncJackson Hole Conservation AllianceThe Houston SPCAFayetteville Community Center GroupAgape DevelopmentThe Houston ArboretumMemorial Park Conservancy IncConservation LegacyNew StoryConservation Dogs Collective IncVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeThe Nature ConservancyAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationChasing the TideHouston Parks BoardFlorida State Parks FoundationHill Country Conservancy IncBaylor College of MedicineTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationUrban Harvest IncRed Bridge EducationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncCamp AllenMoving WatersSustainable Food CenterHelping Rhinos USASaint Michael Archangel Charities IncScreen SanityCultivate Community GardensAdventure For AllGalveston Bay FoundationGlacier InstituteKids' Meals, Inc.Echo Hill Outdoor School IncTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeK9s For WarriorsHeroes & HorsesGirls Incorporated of San AntonioThe Rise School of HoustonExperience CampsPoint Washington Medical ClinicHemisfair ConservancySea Turtle Conservancy30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncIsland PressMontessori For AllCoral Reef AllianceDegree PartnersAustin Urban Technology MovementLone Star Flight MuseumPortfolio SchoolThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumCamp For AllMaine GearShareAbadie Academy, Inc.Mendocino Land TrustThe Women's CenterJackson WildE.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationNeuhaus Education CenterRevive & RestoreRecipe for Success FoundationFriends of Pumpkin ParkCoastal Prairie ConservancyInstitute for Humane EducationUpcycled Food AssociationFarm&CityWildpathNARROW GATE EFL INCMighty Oaks FoundationSeaside School FoundationEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryBuffalo Bayou PartnershipPreservation HoustonNokuse Education IncShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterTexas Children's HospitalThe Heritage SocietySanctuary Foster Care ServicesOur Climate Education FundAirbnb.orgKIPP Texas, IncScenic AmericaThe 5 Gyres InstituteWings for LearningRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.The Houston Audubon SocietySouth Walton Montessori AcademyCathedral High SchoolCovenant House TexasFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationThe Saint Constantine SchoolCharity:WaterIDEA Public SchoolsHines Center for Spirituality and PrayerScenic WaltonAlaqua Animal RefugeThe Climate CenterFree2LuvSt. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchSanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationDonorsChooseFuelEd Schools Inc.Lawyers for Good Government Inc.Episcopal High SchoolThe Food DepotThe Unbreakable OrganizationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceHope and Healing Center & InstituteCommunities In Schools of New MexicoOn River TimeHouston Museum of Natural ScienceHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyThe Nature SchoolWELLKINDSeaShareMemorial Hermann FoundationGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationSmile-A-MileHouston Botanic GardenMake-A-Wish Central & South TexasGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationBoys and Girls Country of HoustonAustin Bat CaveDiscovery Green ConservancyThe Gentle BarnPatriot PAWS Service DogsBeta AcademynonPareil InstituteArboretum San AntonioPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesGreat Springs ProjectAvian Conservation CenterThe Center for Humane TechnologyBattleship Texas FoundationGreater Houston Community FoundationCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)The Farmlink ProjectAir Force Enlisted VillageCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationNational Geographic SocietyMenil FoundationEducated Choices ProgramHouston ZooWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterSnake River FundWorld Central KitchenFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.The Monarch School IncJackson Hole Conservation AllianceThe Houston SPCAFayetteville Community Center GroupAgape DevelopmentThe Houston ArboretumMemorial Park Conservancy IncConservation LegacyNew StoryConservation Dogs Collective IncVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeThe Nature ConservancyAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationChasing the TideHouston Parks BoardFlorida State Parks FoundationHill Country Conservancy IncBaylor College of MedicineTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationUrban Harvest IncRed Bridge EducationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncCamp AllenMoving WatersSustainable Food CenterHelping Rhinos USASaint Michael Archangel Charities IncScreen SanityCultivate Community GardensAdventure For AllGalveston Bay FoundationGlacier InstituteKids' Meals, Inc.Echo Hill Outdoor School IncTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeK9s For WarriorsHeroes & HorsesGirls Incorporated of San AntonioThe Rise School of HoustonExperience CampsPoint Washington Medical ClinicHemisfair ConservancySea Turtle Conservancy30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncIsland PressMontessori For AllCoral Reef AllianceDegree PartnersAustin Urban Technology MovementLone Star Flight MuseumPortfolio SchoolThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumCamp For AllMaine GearShareAbadie Academy, Inc.Mendocino Land TrustThe Women's CenterJackson WildE.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationNeuhaus Education CenterRevive & RestoreRecipe for Success FoundationFriends of Pumpkin ParkCoastal Prairie ConservancyInstitute for Humane EducationUpcycled Food AssociationFarm&CityWildpathNARROW GATE EFL INCMighty Oaks FoundationSeaside School FoundationEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryBuffalo Bayou PartnershipPreservation HoustonNokuse Education IncShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterTexas Children's HospitalThe Heritage SocietySanctuary Foster Care ServicesOur Climate Education FundAirbnb.orgKIPP Texas, IncScenic AmericaThe 5 Gyres InstituteWings for LearningRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.The Houston Audubon SocietySouth Walton Montessori AcademyCathedral High SchoolCovenant House TexasFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationThe Saint Constantine SchoolCharity:WaterIDEA Public SchoolsHines Center for Spirituality and PrayerScenic WaltonAlaqua Animal RefugeThe Climate CenterFree2LuvSt. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchSanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationDonorsChooseFuelEd Schools Inc.Lawyers for Good Government Inc.Episcopal High SchoolThe Food DepotThe Unbreakable OrganizationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceHope and Healing Center & InstituteCommunities In Schools of New MexicoOn River TimeHouston Museum of Natural ScienceHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyThe Nature SchoolWELLKINDSeaShareMemorial Hermann FoundationGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationSmile-A-MileHouston Botanic GardenMake-A-Wish Central & South TexasGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationBoys and Girls Country of HoustonAustin Bat CaveDiscovery Green ConservancyThe Gentle BarnPatriot PAWS Service DogsBeta AcademynonPareil InstituteArboretum San AntonioPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesGreat Springs ProjectAvian Conservation CenterThe Center for Humane TechnologyBattleship Texas FoundationGreater Houston Community FoundationCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)The Farmlink ProjectAir Force Enlisted VillageCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationNational Geographic SocietyMenil FoundationEducated Choices ProgramHouston ZooWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterSnake River FundWorld Central KitchenFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.The Monarch School IncJackson Hole Conservation AllianceThe Houston SPCAFayetteville Community Center GroupAgape DevelopmentThe Houston ArboretumMemorial Park Conservancy IncConservation LegacyNew StoryConservation Dogs Collective IncVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeThe Nature ConservancyAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationChasing the TideHouston Parks BoardFlorida State Parks FoundationHill Country Conservancy IncBaylor College of MedicineTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationUrban Harvest IncRed Bridge EducationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncCamp AllenMoving WatersSustainable Food CenterHelping Rhinos USASaint Michael Archangel Charities IncScreen SanityCultivate Community GardensAdventure For AllGalveston Bay FoundationGlacier InstituteKids' Meals, Inc.Echo Hill Outdoor School IncTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeK9s For WarriorsHeroes & HorsesGirls Incorporated of San AntonioThe Rise School of HoustonExperience CampsPoint Washington Medical ClinicHemisfair ConservancySea Turtle Conservancy30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncIsland PressMontessori For All

Our Mission

Empowering the Human Spirit Through Charitable Partnership

The J.W. Couch Foundation is dedicated to spreading good fortune in the world, carrying on the legacy of Jesse W. Couch through meaningful investment in nonprofits that are changing lives and communities.

Focus Areas

Our Three Pillars

Preservation pillar

Preservation

Protecting our natural and historical world — wildlife, land, architecture, and the ecosystems that sustain life.

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Education pillar

Education

Investing in forward-thinking schools, teachers, and programs that build the next generation of thinkers and leaders.

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Wellness pillar

Wellness

Championing mental health, digital wellbeing, and access to nature so communities can thrive whole-heartedly.

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Impact

Stories of Change

Through a Panther's Eyes: Florida's Wild Future
preservation

Through a Panther's Eyes: Florida's Wild Future

Wildpath's Emmy Award-winning Path of the Panther initiative is bringing the story of Florida's most iconic predator into classrooms across the state. With support from the J.W. Couch Foundation, this 2025 grant fuels a statewide educational rollout designed to inspire the next generation to protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

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Where the Southside Grows Healthier
wellness

Where the Southside Grows Healthier

Arboretum San Antonio is transforming 200 acres of former golf course into South Texas' first arboretum, bringing nature-based wellness to one of the city's most underserved communities. With support from the J.W. Couch Foundation's 2025 capital campaign grant, ASA is expanding its team, opening an on-site office, and launching immediate health programming for surrounding neighborhoods.

From Vacant Land to Lasting Legacy
wellness

From Vacant Land to Lasting Legacy

In communities across Latin America, New Story is transforming vulnerable families into first-time landowners and homeowners through an innovative market-based model. With support from the J.W. Couch Foundation's Program Storytelling Grant, the organization is sharing these powerful journeys to build trust, attract investment, and accelerate change.

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We're always searching for extraordinary organizations doing meaningful work.

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