Texas Architectural Foundation

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The Texas Architectural Foundation (TAF) was established June 4th, 1952 to make possible the dream of an architectural education to deserving students and to enhance the quality of the academic experience at Texas universities. To date, TAF has awarded hundreds of scholarships to assist students pursuing careers in architecture and helped fund architectural programs in Texas schools of architecture. Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate students according to the criteria established by each scholarship donor and in accordance with the policies adopted by the TAF Board of Directors.

TAF's success and strength has come from the generosity and goodwill of architects, architecture firms, and TSA components, as well as other associations, organizations, and individuals dedicated to academic excellence. With this success, the Board of Directors has created the "TAF Tomorrow" initiative whereby the Directors are exploring ways to significantly grow Foundation funds that would entail a broadening of the Foundation's mission beyond exclusively funding architectural scholarships. While TAF remains committed to the original purpose of endowed gifts, by following the wishes of donors and their instructions for those endowments, the Foundation seeks to broaden the concept of architectural education beyond academia. Accordingly, the Board has set the following goals for the Foundation:

To broaden and enhance architectural education.
To promote responsible stewardship of the urban and rural Texas environments.
To support community initiatives for good planning and design.
To foster understanding of architecture's power to enhance our state and our lives.

The directors suggest and encourage the following methods for the expansion of the foundation's assets:

By memorial gifts to TAF from architects and interested individuals, groups, or corporations in memory of deceased friends, or in commemoration of outstanding events or persons.
By bequest in the wills of architects and other interested persons.
By regular contributions from architects, AIA chapters, and other interested persons and organizations.
By endowments or special designated grants by architectural firms, businesses, industry, and interested foundations.

Gifts and grants to TAF have been approved by the Internal Revenue Service as non-taxable donations when calculating personal or corporate income tax. The Internal Revenue Service also has ruled that non-profit foundations may properly make gifts to TAF. To make a gift to the Texas Architectural Foundation click here to download a donation form. Fill out the form and mail it with your check to TAF. You will receive a receipt by mail.

Eligibility

TAF scholarships are awarded to undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate students in the accredited departments or schools of architecture in Texas according to the criteria established by each donor and in accordance with the policies adopted by the Board of Directors of TAF. All applications for TAF scholarships are made through the office of the dean. An alphabetical list of scholarship programs currently administered by TAF is available in Public Resources / Scholarships.

TAF Board of Directors
(Dates in parenthesis indicate last year of term)

David H. Watkins, FAIA President (2013) email vcard 1111 Louisiana Street, 26th Floor Houston, TX 77002 phn: 713-852-3625 fax: 713-852-3755	John V. Nyfeler, FAIA Vice President (2013) email vcard PO BOX 4479 Austin, TX 78765 phn: 512-477-6469	David Richter, FAIA Secretary (2011) email vcard 201 South Upper Broadway Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401 phn: 361-882-1288 fax: 361-882-1388
Richard H. Bundy, AIA Treasurer (2013) email vcard 1005 Ninth Street Suite 200 Wichita Falls, TX 76301 phn: 940-761-2404 fax: 940-761-2119	Jan G. Blackmon, FAIA Director (2011) email vcard 8923 Vista View Dr Dallas, TX 75243 phn: 214-505-0139	Don Gatzke, AIA Director (2011) email vcard Box 19108 601 Nedderman Drive Arlington, TX 76019 phn: 817-272-1498 fax: 817-272-2733
Elaine Petrus, Honorary TSA Director (2013) email vcard 3736 Country Club Cir. Fort Worth, TX 76109 phn: 817-924-8898	Ron Skaggs, FAIA Director (2010) email vcard 1919 McKinney Avenue Dallas, TX 75201 phn: 214-969-5599 fax: 214-969-3379	Frederick Steiner, Assoc. AIA Director (2013) email vcard 1 University Sta Stop B7500 Austin, TX 78712 phn: 512-471-1922 fax: 512-471-0716
Heather McKinney, FAIA TSA President email vcard 1301 East 7th Street Austin, TX 78702 phn: 512-476-0201 fax: 512-476-0216	Dan Hart, AIA TSA President-elect email vcard 1700 West Wall Street Suite 100 Midland, TX 79701 phn: 432-697-1447 fax: 432-697-9758	Tommy N. Cowan, FAIA TSA Interim Executive Vice-President email vcard 1412 Collier Street, Suite C Austin, TX 78704 phn: 512-762-5317 fax: 512-476-8233