Incorporated in 1954 as a 501 (c) (3) organization, the Texas Historical Foundation provides funds to preservationists who are saving the buildings, artifacts, documents, and traditions of the Lone Star past.
This work is done using privately raised money.
The organization also publishes an award-winning quarterly that tells the stories of the events and the people who shaped this state—and of those working today to make sure the next generation knows what it means to be a Texan.
Given Since 1990
Received Funding
of Texas Heritage Magazine and Counting
Women in Texas History Book Series Support
The Ruthe Winegarten Foundation for Texas Women’s History and Texas A&M University Press have partnered to produce the first in their “Women in Texas History” book series. The first title, Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas, by Light Townsend Cummins, was recently published, supported in part by a grant from the Texas Historical Foundation.
If being a Texan is part of your identity, and you think that saving the Lone Star heritage is important, join THF today. Business memberships are also available.
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Gifts and memorial donations are used for grants to hard-working preservationists. A contribution to THF touches the past...and the future.
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Provide a lifetime of help by including THF in your estate planning, naming the organization in your will or insurance policies.
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Don Frost, center, representing Frost Bank, 2012
The THF Star of Texas Award honors exceptional contributions to historic preservation in the state.
J.P. Bryan, preservationist and businessman, 2014
The THF Star of Texas Award honors exceptional contributions to historic preservation in the state.
Charline and Red McCombs, preservationists and philanthropists, 2017
The THF Star of Texas Award honors exceptional contributions to historic preservation in the state.
