2012 Grants
The following grants represent only a selection of the 240 total grants given in 2010. However, a complete listing can be viewed at 2012 Paid Grants List.
ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES
Children’s Discovery Museum – $3,000
Victoria, TX
Texas Our Texas
Gonzales Crystal Theatre - $4,500
Gonzales, TX
Summer Workshop & Shakespeare Ninja Project
Port Lavaca Mainstreet, Inc. - $1,000
Port Lavaca, TX
Watering System and Planting for Main Street Park
Texana Arts Council/Texana Center for the Arts - $2,000
Edna, TX
Operating Support
Twentieth Century Technology Museum - $10,000
Wharton, TX
Expansion Project
Victoria Art League, Inc. - $1,000
Victoria, TX
Renovation of Community Art Center
EDUCATION
Bay City Library Association - $2,500
After School Edge
Central Texas Library System, Inc. - $5,000
Austin, TX
Library Lifeline
Communities in Schools of the Coastal Bend - $5,000
Corpus Christi, TX
Drop-Out Prevention
Ganado Independent School District - $10,000
Ganado, TX
Scholarships
Riviera ISA - $3,500
Riviera, TX
Updating Library Collection
Schulenburg Weimar in Focus Together - $6,000
Schulenburg, TX
SWIFT AmeriCorps Texas Program
ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS
Coastal Bend Bays Foundation - $5,000
Corpus Christi, TX
Earth Day Bay Day
Environmental Stewardship - $10,000
Bastrop, TX
Gain-Loss Streamflow Survey Along Colorado River
Galveston Baykeeper - $5,000
Seabrook, TX
Galveston Bay Area Wetland Watch
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Inc. - $4,000
Lake Jackson, TX
American Oystercatcher Stewardship
Pines and Prairies Land Trust - $4,000
Bastrop, TX
All Access Trail Extension of the Colorado River Refuge
Valley Zoological Society/Gladys Porter Zoo - $3,000
Brownsville, TX
Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle Recovery Project
HEALTH
Citizens Promoting Medical Excellence - $8,000
Beeville, TX
Sustainability of Medication Access and Critical Building Improvements.
Devereux Texas Treatment Network - $2,000
Victoria, TX
Remembering the Forgotten Child
City of Edna Emergency Medical Services - $4,600
Edna, TX
EMS Multi Frequency Radio
Palmer Drug Abuse Program of Corpus Christi - $15,000
Corpus Christi, TX
Younger Group Programs
San Antonio Lifetime Recovery - $5,000
San Antonio, TX
Support
Texas Association for Infant Mental Health - $ 7,000
Austin, TX
Building a Brighter Future for Texas Infants & Toddlers
HUMAN SERVICES
Beyond The Fences, Inc. - $5,000
Wharton, TX
Blessings in an Backpack
Boys & Girls Club of El Campo - $10,000
El Campo, TX
After School Programs
Child Welfare Alliance of Calhoun County - $5,000
Port Lavaca, TX
Community Education and Outreach Program
Children’s Association for Maximum Potential - $ 5,000
San Antonio, TX
CamperShip Project
Community Action Committee of Victoria - $4,000
Victoria, TX
Meal Programs
Texas Council on Family Violence - $ 2,500
Austin, TX
Support Programs in South Texas and Surrounding Rural Communities
INTERNATIONAL
Food for the Poor - $10,000
Coconut Creek, FL
Haiti School Reconstruction Program
Free Wheelchair Mission - $1,200
Irvine, CA
Wheelchairs for Vietnam
Freedom From Hunger - $10,000
Davis, CA
Advancing the Economic Empowerment of Rural Poor
International Rescue Committee - $4,000
New York, NY
Drought & Famine Crisis in Africa Sahel Region
Planned Parenthood Federation of America - $8,000
New York, NY
Integrated Youth Reproductive Health Project in Peru
Thirst No More - $8,000
Cedar Park, TX
Provide Water in Africa – Tanzania
PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT
Austin Community Foundation - $5,000
Austin, TX
Statewide Survey of School Districts on Education Cuts
Coastal Bend Community Foundation - $5,000
Corpus Christi, TX
Coastal Bend Day of Giving
Matagorda County United Way - $16,000
Bay City, TX
Campaign
Texas Care for Children - $10,000
Austin, TX
Building Support for Texas Children
Victoria Area Homeless Coalition, Inc. - $2,000
Victoria, TX
Bridges Out of Poverty
RELIGION
First Baptist Church of Marble Falls - $2,500
Marble Falls, TX
Home Outreach and Ministry Event
Covenant Christian Church - $2,000
Paris, TX
Annual Trip to Palacios
Divine Redeemer Presbyterian Church - $6,000
San Antonio, TX
Multi Educational Youth Outreach
First United Methodist Church - $3,400
Seadrift, TX
Feed My Sheep
Mission Presbytery - $8,000
San Antonio, TX
Lay Leadership Institute