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The Sid W. Richardson Foundation is a philanthropic organization, founded in 1947 by Sid W. Richardson (1891 - 1959), a Texan who earned his fortune in the oil industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Founder )〕 The foundation was primarily funded after his death. Today, the foundation focuses on public-private partnerships in the area of education, health, human services, and arts groups, to which it has donated about $300 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sid W. Richardson Foundation )〕 The charter of the foundation stipulated that recipients be in the state of Texas.〔 The foundation was led from 1973 to 2011 by Valleau Wilkie Jr,〔 and its current president is Pete Geren.〔(Leadership in the Sid W. Richardson Foundation ), Official website, accessed Jan 8, 2012〕 The foundation is housed in the same building as the Sid Richardson Museum which features Remington and Russell paintings collected by Sid W. Richardson. ==Grants== *UTeach Dallas received a $200,000 gift from the Foundation in 2008. *The Foundation donated $250,000 toward a new building for the Aransas County (Texas) EMS.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ribbon Cut on New EMS Facility )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sid W. Richardson Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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