Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Pledges Historic $28 Million to Student Success in 2025
This historic commitment will bring the rodeo’s total commitment to Texas education to more than $632 million since 1932.
This historic commitment will bring the rodeo’s total commitment to Texas education to more than $632 million since 1932.
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials are awarding 29 graduate-level college students $484,790 in educational funding through the Rodeo’s Graduate Assistantship Program.
Seventy Future Farmers of America members representing 57 FFA chapters from across Texas were presented with $1.4 million in scholarships from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo during the 96th Annual Texas FFA State Convention.
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials awarded several Houston-area community colleges and technical institutions with $400,000 in vocational scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year.
The Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation hosted its 20th Annual International Women’s Leadership Summit at Hotel ZaZa in the Museum District, co-chaired by founder Deavra Daughtry and philanthropist Reggie Van Lee. The sold-out event, featuring special guest Tyra Banks, raised over $300,000 for the TWEF Eagle Scholar Program, providing scholarships to deserving students.
The Delta Education and Charitable Foundation hosted its Carnivale Mystique Mardi Gras Scholarship Gala in February.