Fowler Family Foundation

Giving Feels Great™

Formed November 1, 2020 as a Texas nonprofit organization and IRS tax exempt public charitable corporation, FOWLER FAMILY FOUNDATION actively supports and through its directors participates in a surprisingly diverse group of local charitable and community organizations.

FOWLER FAMILY FOUNDATION
is located at:
3301 Northland Drive Suite 101
Austin, Texas, 78731
512-441-1411

Office space and administrative support are provided at no charge by The Fowler Law Firm PC.

About Our Charitable Leaders

Four voting directors, a chief executive officer and a Fine Arts Director/Art Judge lead Fowler Family Foundation, each an accomplished and well respected professional with diverse skills and experience as well as a long history of civic and charitable involvement. All serve without compensation, donating their honorariums.

Laura Sanders Fowler

Founding Chair, FOWLER FAMILY FOUNDATION, award winning for her accomplishments and community contributions, Laura delights in teaching anyone who will listen, the principles of charitable leadership that help charitable organizations thrives. Laura considers GIVING FEELS GREAT™ to be the culmination of a long career in which she has advised and defended many wonderful charitable and civic organizations. Laura presents GIVING FEELS GREAT™ a no charge to many audiences and students, including some which are surprising. Business owners and start-ups yearning to include charitable and community good into their daily business operations are Laura’s greatest enthusiasts.

Featured below are several of Laura’s favorite charitable organizations:
LOVING IT LAWYERS CLUB, a practice section of AUSTIN BAR ASSOCIATION, which Laura founded in 2016 and which she has served as chair and donor since that time, hosts YOUTH JUSTICE ALLIANCE Annual Lunch at Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility.

In May of 2024 THE AUSTIN CLUB designated Laura ‘OFFICIAL HISTORIAN’ for her service for many years including most recently as author of:
A Complete History of The Austin Club®.
Laura takes great delight in giving tours of MILLETT’S OPERA HOUSE , a downtown Austin treasure and historic site on the National Register of Historic Places whose primary tenant is THE AUSTIN CLUB . Shown here, Laura presents some of the more significant architectural features of Millett’s Opera House to members of AUSTIN MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP, in which Laura is an active member and donor. Laura serves as pro bono legal counsel to MILLETT’S OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION, which owns Millett’s Opera House.

AUSTIN BAR ASSOCIATION: VETERANS LEGAL ASSISTANCE (VLAP) meets monthly at Austin Veterans Administration Outpatient Building on Metropolis Drive to serve veterans and their families pro bono. A retired Navy Commander (JAGC), Laura continues to help veterans through several charitable organizations. Featured here are a veteran and her family including ‘Lady the Support Dog’ receiving legal advice about many issues including estate planning for beloved pets. Douglas R. ’Doug’ Lawrence Managing Director VLAP, shares his insights with Lady and her family.

To anyone who will listen, Laura preaches the value of certification as a minority, woman or veteran owned business. Helping start up business owners succeed, particularly first generation American families, is important to Laura. Featured here are ECONOMIC GROWTH BUSINESS INCUBATOR (EGBI) Executive Director Larrissa Davila and Community and Development Coordinator David Fuentes, FOWLER FAMILY FOUNDATION CEO Robert Hoofman and Laura, discussing participation in upcoming EGBI events which are both fun and informative.

John G. Pearce

Jointly licensed as an attorney and CPA in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Kentucky, many in Austin turn to John for his skill and experience in taxation. John’s impressive history of service through charitable and civic organizations is well known in the Austin area. John serves as director and CFO-Treasurer of FOWLER FAMILY FOUNDATION.

 Carrying forward a multigenerational tradition of active service in ROTARY CLUBS, John currently is an active member of NORTHWEST AUSTIN ROTARY CLUB and serves as pro bono legal counsel to NORTHWEST AUSTIN ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION which John formed in 2023. John proudly pins each NORTHWEST AUSTIN ROTARY CLUB member who earns the prestigious Paul Harris Fellow award and is seen here with Robert Hoofman who recently earned a second Paul Harris award.

John’s participates actively as pro bono legal counsel and treasurer to ANGEL FLIGHT CENTRAL SOUTHWEST which transports critically ill and medically fragile patients as well as blood and medicines to and from remote locations to major medical centers.

John flew the Angel Flight beneficiary featured here from a remote area of Texas to Houston to enable the patient to receive some of the best medical care in the world and then return to the comfort of his home in the same day.

Cindy Smiley

A distinguished environmental and water law attorney, Cindy Smiley serves as a director, grant writer and editor for the FOWLER FAMILY FOUNDATION. Cindy often says her years of working with wonderful colleagues in a major corporation, a state agency and Austin law firms, enabled her to form SMILEY LAW FIRM in 2012.

While continuing to practice law full time with SMILEY LAW FIRM, Cindy began training as a puppy raiser for future service dogs with GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND and CANINE COMPANIONS.  Cindy regularly presents on various topics of Animal Rights, often bringing one or more four legged co-presenters. Cindy also serves as an unpaid advisor and volunteer to TEXAS HUMANE LEGISLATION NETWORK which advocates the passage of humane legislation that makes a huge difference to animals in the State of Texas.

David Oliver

A decorated United States Marine Corps veteran, licensed as an attorney in Texas for two decades, with an LLM , David Oliver is an accomplished and extremely popular probate and estate planning lawyer.

David also finds time to contribute to many charitable and civic organizations. At this time David devotes significant time and resources to ISAIAH 117 HOUSE which provides physical and emotional support in a safe, loving home environment to children awaiting placement and is actively expanding its outreach to children in need in Williamson County.

Robert S. Hoofman

An accomplished creditor’s rights and bankruptcy attorney, jointly licensed in Texas and Florida, Robert has been active in many civic and charitable organizations his entire professional life. Robert graciously donates all his time serving as Chief Executive Officer, Fowler Family Foundation, waiving any compensation or honorarium.

In recognition of Robert’s70th birthday, Robert funded a fully endowed scholarship to SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA which several of Robert’s family attended. Robert believes students struggling to find affordable higher educational opportunities benefit greatly from SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE programs.

Robert delights in service to NORTHWEST AUSTIN ROTARY CLUB and serves on the program committee. Robert takes particular delight in introducing local charitable leaders whose unique missions include preservation of bats, humane treatment of cats, conservation of mermaid habitat as well as more traditional social services, arts and preservation societies.

Anna Martinez Boling

An accomplished, experienced practicing attorney, former Hays County Court at Law No 1. Judge, associate professor at TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (TSU) MCCOY BUSINESS SCHOOL -Go Bob Cats!- and founding owner of THE BOLING LAW FIRM PLLC, Anna’s earliest memories are of growing up in south Texas and revolve around family, gardening and creating art.
Anna earned an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from  TSU (then Southwest Texas State University) while also working as a graphic artist and attended St. Mary’s University School of Law after receiving her undergraduate degree, becoming a Texas licensed Attorney in 1994.  Anna’s volunteer contributions to the Hays County community have been recognized, including those involving her artistic talents, particularly those in which themes of social justice and cultural heritage are concerned. 

Anna graciously donates all her time serving as Fine Arts Director/ Art Judge for FOWLER FAMILY FOUNDATION: NAKED WALLS ERADICATION PROGAM™, waiving any compensation or honorarium. Anna also currently donates her time to serve on the Hays County Family Law Section board and on the Central Texas Dispute Resolution Center board.

The Fowler Law Firm PC recently celebrated its 17th Anniversary. At the celebration, Fowler Family Foundation announced its new Naked Walls Eradication Program (TM). The paintings and sculpture highlighted at the event are by local artist Anna Martinez Boling, who is also an accomplished practicing attorney, delighted everyone. Laura Fowler discussed with Anna her inspiration for the creation of the sculpture “PRAYING MANTIS,” the beaded snail “GARY” and other beaded fantasy creations.

Gifts and Service

The following is a representative list of charitable, civic, and social welfare organizations with which Fowler Family Foundation and one or more of its directors and officers actively participate through service and donations:

Appearing in alphabetical order:

Special Programs and Initiatives

Naked Walls Eradication Program ™

August 16,2024, THE FOWLER LAW FIRM PC celebrated its 17th Anniversary at which time NAKED WALLS ERADICATION PROGRAM™ debuted the evocative work of artist ANNA MARTINEZ BOLING former Hays County Court at Law Judge and Texas licensed attorney was featured. 

Seen here is the conversion of a conventional interior office space transformed at minimal cost in a few hours into something which made visitors to the space exclaim.

NAKED WALLS ERADICATION PROGRAM ™ is inspired by U.S. TREASURY Section of Fine Arts programs which between 1934 and 1943 commissioned more than 1600 works in an effort to help struggling visual artists. Muralist Diego Rivera, abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner and Willem de Kooning, American regionalist John Steuart Curry, social realist Harry Gottlieb, and celebrated Texas artists Jerry Bywaters, Thomas Lea III and Julius Woertz to name only a few of the more than 10,000 participating artists, were able to continue in a time of severe economic distress.

NAKED WALLS ERADICATION PROGRAM ™ encourages local commercial tenants and property owners with an interest in beautifying one wall of their offices, to help young- in -experience artists of any age to thrive. Artists receive at no charge an entertaining upbeat course of virtual instruction prepared by experienced practicing Texas lawyers, accountants, appraisal experts and risk managers, designed to help the artist avoid costly mistakes in ownership, promotion, sale and conservation of the artist’s work and name. The young artist will be given an opportunity to curate and exhibit their work in welcoming commercial settings to which the public is invited.

ALL COSTS WILL BE UNDERWRITTEN BY FOWLER FAMILY FOUNDATION.

You are welcome to inspect a NAKED WALLS ERADICATION PROGRAM ™ exhibition in the Austin offices of The Fowler Law Firm PC, 3301 Northland Drive Suite 101 Austin TX 78731, by appointment, during business hours.
Contact Robert Hoofman CEO Fowler Family Foundation at rshoofman@gmail.com or Laura Fowler Chair Fowler Family Foundation at 512-441-1411 to schedule a personal tour.

Be prepared to exclaim in delight!
MORE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES COMING SOON!