The Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation is a private foundation established in 1961. It aims to improve the quality of life in Southeast Texas by encouraging, promoting, and assisting education, the arts, and health and human services. It carries out its mission through the Stark Museum of Art, W.H. Stark House, Lutcher Theater, and Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center. These programs offer the community a rich resource for study and enjoyment of the arts, history, and nature. The Foundation also seeks to encourage and assist education through grants and the scholarship programs of the Miriam Lutcher Stark Reading and Declamation Contest and the Texas Interscholastic League Foundation. It also strives to achieve the intent of its founders through grants to organizations seeking to improve area health care and to local organizations with a focus on special community and social needs.
Address
601 W Green Avenue
Orange, TX 77630
