Ray C Fish Foundation

**Our Mission** Mission of Ray C. Fish Foundation is to assist in the support and/or advancement of qualified educational, scientific, and other charitable organizations to achieve their charitable purposes. **Our Vision** We envision Texas as a vibrant state with a history where opportunity and "can do" encouragement are "norms" in pursuing healthy community activities. **About Us** Ray C. Fish respected the qualities of knowledge, success, and decency; and in last few years of his life discovered the importance of spirituality in a person’s life. Throughout his business career, he constantly encouraged his associates and employees to set goals on “the horizons” and go on to achieve them with boldness and purpose. In 1957, Ray established the Ray C. Fish Foundation to benefit present and future generations of Texans in their pursuit of the American Dream through supporting the establishment, operation or advancement of qualified educational, scientific, and other charitable organizations that assist others in developing their entrepreneurial spirit and achieve their goals in life through individual effort and hard work. Since its inception, over 300 different Texas institutions have received support from the Ray C. Fish Foundation. The diverse group includes universities and colleges, hospitals, medical research programs, children’s aid groups, museums, schools, libraries, parks, and many others. **Giving History** Past Major and Significant grants by the Ray C. Fish Foundation: - M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute(Houston, Tx) - Austin College (Sherman, Tx) - The Center for Hearing and Speech (Houston, Tx) - Cowboys Artists of America Museum (Kerrville, Tx) - Hill Country Youth Ranch (Ingram, Tx) - Houston Museum of Natural Science (Houston, Tx) - The Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, Tx) - Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy (Houston, Tx) - St. John’s School (Houston, Tx) - Schreiner University – Library and Nursing School (Kerrville, Tx) - The Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research(Houston, Tx) - Texas A&M University – George Bush Presidential - Library, founding grant (College Station, Tx) - Texas Heart Institute – founding grant (Houston, Tx) - Wortham Theatre – founding grant (Houston, Tx).