HOUSTON – The Ford Foundation awarded $3.5 million to Project Row Houses (PRH) and named the Third Ward cultural institution one of America’s Cultural Treasures.
Led by an initial investment of $50 million from the Ford Foundation — with leadership support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Barbara and Amos Hostetter, and additional support from the Abrams Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation, and Tom and Lisa Blumenthal— the national component of the $81 million initiative will provide unrestricted operational and general support funds to an initial cohort of 20 organizations that are significant national anchors for artistic and cultural diversity in America.
“Transformational. There is simply no other word for this gift and this initiative,” said Eureka Gilkey, PRH Executive Director.
