Spreading Good Fortune in the World

We partner with extraordinary nonprofits to protect what matters most — preservation, education, and wellness for future generations.

We Keep Good Company

Girls Incorporated of San AntonioThe Food DepotGlacier InstituteFriends of Pumpkin ParkDiscovery Green ConservancyBuffalo Bayou PartnershipGalveston Bay FoundationGreat Springs ProjectRecipe for Success FoundationFree2LuvSaint Michael Archangel Charities IncSea Turtle ConservancyFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.Preservation HoustonNew StoryLawyers for Good Government Inc.Hines Center for Spirituality and PrayerHemisfair ConservancyScenic WaltonOn River TimeScenic AmericaGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationExperience CampsThe Monarch School IncTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionThe Unbreakable OrganizationRevive & RestoreThe 5 Gyres InstituteCommunities In Schools of New MexicoPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeRed Bridge EducationThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtHouston Botanic GardenNeuhaus Education CenterBattleship Texas FoundationThe Climate CenterAdventure For AllUrban Harvest IncMake-A-Wish Central & South TexasCovenant House Texas30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Nature ConservancyCoastal Prairie ConservancyKIPP Texas, IncFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationHelping Rhinos USAAlaqua Animal RefugeSouth Walton Montessori AcademyAgape DevelopmentHope and Healing Center & InstituteAirbnb.orgCoral Reef AllianceNational Geographic SocietyEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeMendocino Land TrustLone Star Flight MuseumThe Gentle BarnPatriot PAWS Service DogsK9s For WarriorsEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.E.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationSeaside School FoundationNARROW GATE EFL INCFlorida State Parks FoundationThe Center for Humane TechnologyEpiscopal High SchoolThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncEducated Choices ProgramThe Houston ArboretumBaylor College of MedicineThe Houston SPCASustainable Food CenterOur Climate Education FundCamp For AllThe Rise School of HoustonConservation LegacynonPareil InstituteTexas Children's HospitalSeaShareNokuse Education IncFuelEd Schools Inc.The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryThe Nature SchoolMoving WatersAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceMemorial Hermann FoundationShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationAbadie Academy, Inc.Kids' Meals, Inc.Cultivate Community GardensSnake River FundHeroes & HorsesPoint Washington Medical ClinicSt. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchWorld Central KitchenHouston Parks BoardCamp AllenIDEA Public SchoolsThe Saint Constantine SchoolMontessori For AllMaine GearShareMighty Oaks FoundationArboretum San AntonioCathedral High SchoolSanctuary Foster Care ServicesThe Women's CenterAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumDegree PartnersChasing the TideJackson WildPortfolio SchoolHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyUpcycled Food AssociationHouston Museum of Natural ScienceWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationWildpathSmile-A-MileWELLKINDHouston ZooScreen SanitySanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncJackson Hole Conservation AllianceCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationAustin Urban Technology MovementAvian Conservation CenterIsland PressWings for LearningAustin Bat CaveHill Country Conservancy IncAir Force Enlisted VillageCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)Greater Houston Community FoundationMenil FoundationDonorsChooseInstitute for Humane EducationBeta AcademyCharity:WaterThe Farmlink ProjectBoys and Girls Country of HoustonRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.The Houston Audubon SocietyMemorial Park Conservancy IncFarm&CityWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterConservation Dogs Collective IncThe Heritage SocietyFayetteville Community Center GroupEcho Hill Outdoor School IncGirls Incorporated of San AntonioThe Food DepotGlacier InstituteFriends of Pumpkin ParkDiscovery Green ConservancyBuffalo Bayou PartnershipGalveston Bay FoundationGreat Springs ProjectRecipe for Success FoundationFree2LuvSaint Michael Archangel Charities IncSea Turtle ConservancyFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.Preservation HoustonNew StoryLawyers for Good Government Inc.Hines Center for Spirituality and PrayerHemisfair ConservancyScenic WaltonOn River TimeScenic AmericaGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationExperience CampsThe Monarch School IncTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionThe Unbreakable OrganizationRevive & RestoreThe 5 Gyres InstituteCommunities In Schools of New MexicoPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeRed Bridge EducationThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtHouston Botanic GardenNeuhaus Education CenterBattleship Texas FoundationThe Climate CenterAdventure For AllUrban Harvest IncMake-A-Wish Central & South TexasCovenant House Texas30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Nature ConservancyCoastal Prairie ConservancyKIPP Texas, IncFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationHelping Rhinos USAAlaqua Animal RefugeSouth Walton Montessori AcademyAgape DevelopmentHope and Healing Center & InstituteAirbnb.orgCoral Reef AllianceNational Geographic SocietyEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeMendocino Land TrustLone Star Flight MuseumThe Gentle BarnPatriot PAWS Service DogsK9s For WarriorsEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.E.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationSeaside School FoundationNARROW GATE EFL INCFlorida State Parks FoundationThe Center for Humane TechnologyEpiscopal High SchoolThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncEducated Choices ProgramThe Houston ArboretumBaylor College of MedicineThe Houston SPCASustainable Food CenterOur Climate Education FundCamp For AllThe Rise School of HoustonConservation LegacynonPareil InstituteTexas Children's HospitalSeaShareNokuse Education IncFuelEd Schools Inc.The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryThe Nature SchoolMoving WatersAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceMemorial Hermann FoundationShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationAbadie Academy, Inc.Kids' Meals, Inc.Cultivate Community GardensSnake River FundHeroes & HorsesPoint Washington Medical ClinicSt. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchWorld Central KitchenHouston Parks BoardCamp AllenIDEA Public SchoolsThe Saint Constantine SchoolMontessori For AllMaine GearShareMighty Oaks FoundationArboretum San AntonioCathedral High SchoolSanctuary Foster Care ServicesThe Women's CenterAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumDegree PartnersChasing the TideJackson WildPortfolio SchoolHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyUpcycled Food AssociationHouston Museum of Natural ScienceWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationWildpathSmile-A-MileWELLKINDHouston ZooScreen SanitySanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncJackson Hole Conservation AllianceCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationAustin Urban Technology MovementAvian Conservation CenterIsland PressWings for LearningAustin Bat CaveHill Country Conservancy IncAir Force Enlisted VillageCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)Greater Houston Community FoundationMenil FoundationDonorsChooseInstitute for Humane EducationBeta AcademyCharity:WaterThe Farmlink ProjectBoys and Girls Country of HoustonRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.The Houston Audubon SocietyMemorial Park Conservancy IncFarm&CityWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterConservation Dogs Collective IncThe Heritage SocietyFayetteville Community Center GroupEcho Hill Outdoor School IncGirls Incorporated of San AntonioThe Food DepotGlacier InstituteFriends of Pumpkin ParkDiscovery Green ConservancyBuffalo Bayou PartnershipGalveston Bay FoundationGreat Springs ProjectRecipe for Success FoundationFree2LuvSaint Michael Archangel Charities IncSea Turtle ConservancyFeeding Santa Fe, Inc.Preservation HoustonNew StoryLawyers for Good Government Inc.Hines Center for Spirituality and PrayerHemisfair ConservancyScenic WaltonOn River TimeScenic AmericaGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation FoundationExperience CampsThe Monarch School IncTexas Wildlife Rehabilitation CoalitionThe Unbreakable OrganizationRevive & RestoreThe 5 Gyres InstituteCommunities In Schools of New MexicoPrison Entrepreneurship ProgramVETPAW - Veterans Empowered to Protect African WildlifeRed Bridge EducationThe Orange Show Center for Visionary ArtHouston Botanic GardenNeuhaus Education CenterBattleship Texas FoundationThe Climate CenterAdventure For AllUrban Harvest IncMake-A-Wish Central & South TexasCovenant House Texas30A SeaLife Discovery CenterThe Nature ConservancyCoastal Prairie ConservancyKIPP Texas, IncFlorida Keys Children's Shelter IncTexas Parks and Wildlife FoundationHelping Rhinos USAAlaqua Animal RefugeSouth Walton Montessori AcademyAgape DevelopmentHope and Healing Center & InstituteAirbnb.orgCoral Reef AllianceNational Geographic SocietyEmerald Coast Wildlife RefugeMendocino Land TrustLone Star Flight MuseumThe Gentle BarnPatriot PAWS Service DogsK9s For WarriorsEmerald & Forgotten Coast Adventures, Inc.E.O. Wilson Biodiversity FoundationSeaside School FoundationNARROW GATE EFL INCFlorida State Parks FoundationThe Center for Humane TechnologyEpiscopal High SchoolThe Pilgrimage Foundation, IncEducated Choices ProgramThe Houston ArboretumBaylor College of MedicineThe Houston SPCASustainable Food CenterOur Climate Education FundCamp For AllThe Rise School of HoustonConservation LegacynonPareil InstituteTexas Children's HospitalSeaShareNokuse Education IncFuelEd Schools Inc.The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryThe Nature SchoolMoving WatersAmerican Friends of The Ocean Cleanup FoundationChoctawhatchee Basin AllianceMemorial Hermann FoundationShumla Archaeological Research & Education CenterFlorida Wildlife Corridor FoundationAbadie Academy, Inc.Kids' Meals, Inc.Cultivate Community GardensSnake River FundHeroes & HorsesPoint Washington Medical ClinicSt. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchWorld Central KitchenHouston Parks BoardCamp AllenIDEA Public SchoolsThe Saint Constantine SchoolMontessori For AllMaine GearShareMighty Oaks FoundationArboretum San AntonioCathedral High SchoolSanctuary Foster Care ServicesThe Women's CenterAmerican Airpower Heritage MuseumDegree PartnersChasing the TideJackson WildPortfolio SchoolHeritage Foundation of Williamson CountyUpcycled Food AssociationHouston Museum of Natural ScienceWyoming Wildlife AdvocatesGrandfather Mountain Stewardship FoundationWildpathSmile-A-MileWELLKINDHouston ZooScreen SanitySanta Fe Youth Symphony AssociationMarion Therapeutic Riding Association IncJackson Hole Conservation AllianceCoalition to Salute America's Heroes FoundationAustin Urban Technology MovementAvian Conservation CenterIsland PressWings for LearningAustin Bat CaveHill Country Conservancy IncAir Force Enlisted VillageCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)Greater Houston Community FoundationMenil FoundationDonorsChooseInstitute for Humane EducationBeta AcademyCharity:WaterThe Farmlink ProjectBoys and Girls Country of HoustonRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc.The Houston Audubon SocietyMemorial Park Conservancy IncFarm&CityWolf Ridge Environmental Learning CenterConservation Dogs Collective IncThe Heritage SocietyFayetteville Community Center GroupEcho Hill Outdoor School Inc

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.

Education pillar

Education

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

Wellness pillar

Wellness

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

Ready to make an impact?

Let's Do Something Great

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

Applications are by invitation — share your story for our team to review, or we may prospect your organization directly.

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