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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Airbnb.orgHill Country Conservancy IncThe Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryFriends of Pumpkin ParkAustin Bat CaveHouston Museum of Natural SciencePreservation HoustonUrban Harvest IncWildpathTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionEcho Hill Outdoor School IncCathedral High SchoolExperience CampsDonorsChooseAbadie Academy, Inc.The Women's CenterThe 5 Gyres InstituteK9s For WarriorsJackson WildNew StoryUpcycled Food AssociationScenic WaltonAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtCoastal Prairie ConservancyRecipe for Success FoundationRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.Farm&CityBoys and Girls Country of HoustonGalveston Bay FoundationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceMoving WatersPortfolio SchoolArboretum San AntonioNARROW GATE EFL INCFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncIsland PressFayetteville Community Center GroupConservation Dogs Collective IncWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesSeaside School FoundationGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationWings for LearningOur Climate Education FundHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyCultivate Community GardensFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.The Houston SPCAConservation LegacyBaylor College of MedicineAir Force Enlisted VillageNeuhaus Education CenterWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterCommunities In Schools of New MexicoFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationPoint Washington Medical ClinicHines Center for Spirituality and PrayerRed Bridge EducationAlaqua Animal RefugeCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Monarch School IncEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.The Saint Constantine SchoolMenil FoundationFlorida State Parks FoundationLone Star Flight MuseumRevive & RestoreMemorial Park Conservancy IncGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationAgape DevelopmentHope and Healing Center & InstituteSnake River FundBeta AcademySustainable Food CenterTexas Children's HospitalCamp AllenSouth Walton Montessori AcademySea Turtle ConservancyKIPP Texas, IncAdventure For AllThe Houston Audubon SocietyThe Unbreakable OrganizationThe Nature SchoolDiscovery Green ConservancyMendocino Land TrustSmile-A-MilenonPareil InstituteInstitute for Humane EducationFree2LuvAustin Urban Technology MovementThe Climate CenterThe Food DepotVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeThe Center for Humane TechnologyThe Gentle BarnMaine GearShareCoral Reef AllianceHeroes & HorsesThe Nature ConservancyThe Farmlink ProjectCovenant House TexasMighty Oaks FoundationGreat Springs ProjectScreen SanityEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeThe Heritage SocietyFuelEd Schools Inc.The Houston ArboretumBuffalo Bayou PartnershipGreater Houston Community FoundationEpiscopal High SchoolNokuse Education IncPatriot PAWS Service DogsPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramIDEA Public SchoolsGirls Incorporated of San AntonioLawyers for Good Government Inc.World Central KitchenMemorial Hermann FoundationScenic AmericaMontessori For AllHouston Botanic GardenNational Geographic SocietyTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationSanctuary Foster Care ServicesE.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncChasing the TideShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterEducated Choices ProgramThe Rise School of HoustonHouston Parks BoardBattleship Texas FoundationSaint Michael Archangel Charities IncCharity:WaterCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationCamp For AllSeaShareGlacier InstituteAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationAvian Conservation CenterHemisfair ConservancyHelping Rhinos USAWELLKINDSanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationJackson Hole Conservation AllianceHouston ZooThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncKids' Meals, Inc.St. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchOn River TimeDegree PartnersAirbnb.orgHill Country Conservancy IncThe Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryFriends of Pumpkin ParkAustin Bat CaveHouston Museum of Natural SciencePreservation HoustonUrban Harvest IncWildpathTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionEcho Hill Outdoor School IncCathedral High SchoolExperience CampsDonorsChooseAbadie Academy, Inc.The Women's CenterThe 5 Gyres InstituteK9s For WarriorsJackson WildNew StoryUpcycled Food AssociationScenic WaltonAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtCoastal Prairie ConservancyRecipe for Success FoundationRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.Farm&CityBoys and Girls Country of HoustonGalveston Bay FoundationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceMoving WatersPortfolio SchoolArboretum San AntonioNARROW GATE EFL INCFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncIsland PressFayetteville Community Center GroupConservation Dogs Collective IncWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesSeaside School FoundationGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationWings for LearningOur Climate Education FundHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyCultivate Community GardensFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.The Houston SPCAConservation LegacyBaylor College of MedicineAir Force Enlisted VillageNeuhaus Education CenterWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterCommunities In Schools of New MexicoFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationPoint Washington Medical ClinicHines Center for Spirituality and PrayerRed Bridge EducationAlaqua Animal RefugeCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Monarch School IncEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.The Saint Constantine SchoolMenil FoundationFlorida State Parks FoundationLone Star Flight MuseumRevive & RestoreMemorial Park Conservancy IncGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationAgape DevelopmentHope and Healing Center & InstituteSnake River FundBeta AcademySustainable Food CenterTexas Children's HospitalCamp AllenSouth Walton Montessori AcademySea Turtle ConservancyKIPP Texas, IncAdventure For AllThe Houston Audubon SocietyThe Unbreakable OrganizationThe Nature SchoolDiscovery Green ConservancyMendocino Land TrustSmile-A-MilenonPareil InstituteInstitute for Humane EducationFree2LuvAustin Urban Technology MovementThe Climate CenterThe Food DepotVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeThe Center for Humane TechnologyThe Gentle BarnMaine GearShareCoral Reef AllianceHeroes & HorsesThe Nature ConservancyThe Farmlink ProjectCovenant House TexasMighty Oaks FoundationGreat Springs ProjectScreen SanityEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeThe Heritage SocietyFuelEd Schools Inc.The Houston ArboretumBuffalo Bayou PartnershipGreater Houston Community FoundationEpiscopal High SchoolNokuse Education IncPatriot PAWS Service DogsPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramIDEA Public SchoolsGirls Incorporated of San AntonioLawyers for Good Government Inc.World Central KitchenMemorial Hermann FoundationScenic AmericaMontessori For AllHouston Botanic GardenNational Geographic SocietyTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationSanctuary Foster Care ServicesE.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncChasing the TideShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterEducated Choices ProgramThe Rise School of HoustonHouston Parks BoardBattleship Texas FoundationSaint Michael Archangel Charities IncCharity:WaterCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationCamp For AllSeaShareGlacier InstituteAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationAvian Conservation CenterHemisfair ConservancyHelping Rhinos USAWELLKINDSanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationJackson Hole Conservation AllianceHouston ZooThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncKids' Meals, Inc.St. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchOn River TimeDegree PartnersAirbnb.orgHill Country Conservancy IncThe Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryFriends of Pumpkin ParkAustin Bat CaveHouston Museum of Natural SciencePreservation HoustonUrban Harvest IncWildpathTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionEcho Hill Outdoor School IncCathedral High SchoolExperience CampsDonorsChooseAbadie Academy, Inc.The Women's CenterThe 5 Gyres InstituteK9s For WarriorsJackson WildNew StoryUpcycled Food AssociationScenic WaltonAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtCoastal Prairie ConservancyRecipe for Success FoundationRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.Farm&CityBoys and Girls Country of HoustonGalveston Bay FoundationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceMoving WatersPortfolio SchoolArboretum San AntonioNARROW GATE EFL INCFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncIsland PressFayetteville Community Center GroupConservation Dogs Collective IncWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesSeaside School FoundationGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationWings for LearningOur Climate Education FundHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyCultivate Community GardensFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.The Houston SPCAConservation LegacyBaylor College of MedicineAir Force Enlisted VillageNeuhaus Education CenterWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterCommunities In Schools of New MexicoFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationPoint Washington Medical ClinicHines Center for Spirituality and PrayerRed Bridge EducationAlaqua Animal RefugeCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Monarch School IncEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.The Saint Constantine SchoolMenil FoundationFlorida State Parks FoundationLone Star Flight MuseumRevive & RestoreMemorial Park Conservancy IncGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationAgape DevelopmentHope and Healing Center & InstituteSnake River FundBeta AcademySustainable Food CenterTexas Children's HospitalCamp AllenSouth Walton Montessori AcademySea Turtle ConservancyKIPP Texas, IncAdventure For AllThe Houston Audubon SocietyThe Unbreakable OrganizationThe Nature SchoolDiscovery Green ConservancyMendocino Land TrustSmile-A-MilenonPareil InstituteInstitute for Humane EducationFree2LuvAustin Urban Technology MovementThe Climate CenterThe Food DepotVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeThe Center for Humane TechnologyThe Gentle BarnMaine GearShareCoral Reef AllianceHeroes & HorsesThe Nature ConservancyThe Farmlink ProjectCovenant House TexasMighty Oaks FoundationGreat Springs ProjectScreen SanityEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeThe Heritage SocietyFuelEd Schools Inc.The Houston ArboretumBuffalo Bayou PartnershipGreater Houston Community FoundationEpiscopal High SchoolNokuse Education IncPatriot PAWS Service DogsPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramIDEA Public SchoolsGirls Incorporated of San AntonioLawyers for Good Government Inc.World Central KitchenMemorial Hermann FoundationScenic AmericaMontessori For AllHouston Botanic GardenNational Geographic SocietyTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationSanctuary Foster Care ServicesE.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncChasing the TideShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterEducated Choices ProgramThe Rise School of HoustonHouston Parks BoardBattleship Texas FoundationSaint Michael Archangel Charities IncCharity:WaterCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationCamp For AllSeaShareGlacier InstituteAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationAvian Conservation CenterHemisfair ConservancyHelping Rhinos USAWELLKINDSanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationJackson Hole Conservation AllianceHouston ZooThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncKids' Meals, Inc.St. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchOn River TimeDegree Partners

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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