Operating Endowment

Tejas Foundation

Alongside the Tejas Club’s 100th anniversary, we are pleased to announce a successful launch of The Tejas Foundation Operating Endowment with the Texas Exes. This endowment will support operating costs of the Tejas Foundation establishing a path to sustainability for the Club and Foundation for another 100 years. Gifts may be pledged over a period of five years and are tax-deductible.

1925 FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Recognizes the impact of the endowment’s first benefactors who give $10,000 or more.

CENTENNIAL SOCIETY

Celebrates a select group of members who give $100,000 or more.

FIRES OF FRIENDSHIP

Honors the generous members pledging $1M or more to secure another 100 years of the Tejas Club.

Gifts at all levels will be acknowledged publicly on the Tejas Foundation’s website, unless otherwise directed.

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A Message From Rex Tillerson

“Growing up in small town, TX it was a big adjustment coming to Austin for undergrad. My freshman year was filled with financial challenges, even with the help of scholarship funds. If it weren’t for my invitation to the Tejas Club, I might not have been able to complete the remainder of my degree at UT. The subsidized housing and meal plan made it possible for me to continue at the university…

…The moment I stepped foot in that house, my worldview was challenged on just about everything and I strongly believe in the importance of ensuring another 100 years of Tejas.

I urge you to contemplate where you would (or wouldn’t) be in life if it weren’t for your time spent at 2600 Rio Grande and consider joining me in financially supporting the endowment.”

—Rex Tillerson, ’75

Ways to give

The Texas Exes accepts a variety of gifts such as cash, stocks, IRA gifts, QCDs, and estate-related gifts. Please contact Laura Nettleton for gifts not made online. Gifts may be pledged over a period of five years and are tax-deductible.

For gifts under $10,000, please make your gift online or you may send a check to the address below payable to “Texas Exes” and indicate in the memo: “Tejas Foundation Operating Endowment”.

Texas Exes

P.O. Box 142309

Austin, TX 78714

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FAQs

Amplify Your Impact

We are pleased to announce that the Steve Parsons Memorial Challenge has been entirely fulfilled and created an amplified impact of $50,000 of matching funds. If you would like to discuss amplifying your impact through a challenge or matching funds, please reach out to president@tejasalumni.org.

“Recently, I lost my husband, Steve, to cancer. The shock and pain of that is harder than anything I have ever experienced, but one thing that has helped is the tremendous outpouring of love from the Tejas Club family. Over the years, Steve became good friends with many of the members both old and new, the Club voted to make Steve the eighth Honorary Member in its history. It was obvious to me that the best way to honor Steve was to do something for our Tejas family, and so I have created a challenge grant that includes not only a current gift but also a legacy commitment. I hope you will join me in doing the same to honor not only Steve but all of those who have meant so much to us. May the fires of friendship forever burn.”

—JOHN FEATHER, ’72