The following represents only a selection of the total 232 grants given in 2006.
ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES
Children’s Discovery Museum
Victoria, TX
Educational Programming $2,500
Danish Heritage Preservation Society of Danevang, Inc.
Danevang, TX
Hans Christian Andersen school presentations $3,500
Friends of the Texas Historical Commission, Inc.
School Children’s Museum
Austin, TX
The Texas In World War II Historic Sites Survey $5,000
Pollyanna Theatre Company
Elgin, TX
Too Many Frogs-A New Play for Children $1,835
South Texas Public Broadcasting Service
Corpus Christi, TX
South Texas Challenge $6,000
EDUCATION
American Indian College Fund
Denver, CO
Trull Foundation Tribal College Scholarship $5,000
Friends of the Elgin Library
Elgin, TX
Champion Crime Investigators $3,000
Fund For Theological Education
Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate Fellowships Program $3,000
Ganado Independent School District
Ganado, TX
Ganado ISD: 2006 Scholarship(s) $9,000
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN
The Vision Fund $7,500
University of Houston-Victoria
Victoria, TX
Letting Education Achieve Dreams LEAD $5,000
ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Houston, TX
Environmental and Cultural Education Programs $3,500
Environmental Defense Fund, Texas
Austin, TX
Managing & Protecting the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery $8,000
Friends of the Colorado River Foundation
Austin, TX
River Stewards-Year Two $5,000
Gulf of Mexico Foundation
Corpus Christi, TX
Science & Spanish Club Network 2006 Summer Program
$4,000
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Austin, TX
Nature Nights 2006 $4,000
Westcave Preserve Corp
Round Mountain, TX
Environmental Education Program-Rural Communities $7,000
HEALTH
Citizens Promoting Medical Excellence
Beeville, TX
Assistance with Charity Care and Equipment $4,300
Coastal Bend Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Center
Corpus Christi, TX
Sunrise Recovery House Matching Funds $7,500
Palacios Community Medical Center
Palacios, TX
Safe Patient Handling and Movement $7,000
Palmer Drug Abuse Program of Corpus Christi, Inc.
Corpus Christi, TX
Reaching Out to the Rural Areas of South Texas $5,000
Planned Parenthood Association of Cameron & Willacy Co.
Brownsville, TX
Family Planning and Women’s Health Services $5,000
HUMAN SERVICES
Baptist Harvest Reapers Mission
Bay City, TX
New Roof Matching Funds $10,000
Bastrop County Womens Shelter, Inc.
Bastrop, TX
Sexual Assault Nurse-Examiners Program $4,000
Bay Area Habitat For Humanity-Houston
Dickenson, TX
Construction Grant for Low Income Families $5,000
Bluebonnet Casa
Mason, TX
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate $3,500
Boys and Girls Club of McAllen
McAllen, TX
Targeted Outreach-Gang Prevention $5,000
Rainbow Land Day Care Center
Palacios, TX
Teen Mother Assistance Program $8,750
INTERNATIONAL
Church World Service
Elkhart, IN
Indonesia Earthquake Appeal $5,000
Floresta USA, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Community Tree Nursery in Oazaca, Mexico $3,000
Presbyterian Church USA Border Ministry
San Antonio, TX
Just Trade Center $10,000
World Neighbors, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK
Integrated Reproductive Health for Indigenous Communities in North Potosi $5,000
PUBLIC AFFAIRS / SOCIETY BENEFIT
City of Palacios Beautification Committee
Palacios, TX
Palacios Skateboard Park $10,000
The Foundation Center
New York, NY
General support for 2006 $2,000
Palacios Medical Foundation
Palacios, TX
“Growing Our Own” Scholarship Program $1,500
Population Resource Center
Princeton, NJ
General Support for the Congressional Education Initiative $6,000
Texans Care For Children
Austin, TX
Children’s Campaign: An Agenda for the Decade-Public Awareness $5,000
RELIGION
Ferncliff Presbyterian Camp & Conference Center
Little Rock, AR
Footsteps in Faith Program $5,000
First Baptist Church Carancahua Chapel
Palacios, TX
Used Van $1,500
First United Methodist Church
Palacios, TX
Renovation of Weimer Fellowship Hall to meet American Disabilities Act Requirements $5,000
Mission Presbytery Outdoor Ministries
Fischer, TX
Summer Camp Scholarship Fund $15,000
Presbyterian Camps at Gilmont, Inc.
Gilmer, TX
Circle of Friends Family Retreat $5,000
The Foundation's average giving range is between $2,000 and $5,000.
