2008 Paid Grants

Request Primary Organization Name Grantee City Grantee State Fund/Notes Request Project Title Amount
AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY Austin TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Location, Location $5,000
AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY Austin TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Fall Awake Productions - Burned: Real Life Inside Texas' Youth Prisons $2,500
BLESSING HISTORICAL FOUNDATION Blessing TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Hotel Restoration $15,000
CAMARATA CELLISTA McAllen TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Summer 2008 Feature Performances $3,000
EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORP/THIRTEEN/WNET New York NY ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Critical Condition Outreach Campaign $6,000
FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, INC. Austin TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Preserving La Belle: The Quest Continues $5,000
GRAND 1894 OPERA HOUSE Galveston TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Preserving Grand Entertainment-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow $2,500
HERITAGE SOCIETY MUSEUM OF WEIMAR, INC. Weimar TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Glass Door Tinting and Audio/Speaker System Installation $2,000
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON Houston TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Curriculum Trunks $3,000
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE Houston TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES 2008 Annual Fund - Youth Education $2,500
JAMES DICK FOUNDATION Round Top TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES The International Festival-Institute at Round Top $15,000
LEAGUE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY League City TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Hands-on-History Program $5,000
McALLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM McAllen TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES "Smart About Water" Outreach Program $6,500
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON Houston TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Eye on Third Ward: Jack Yates High School Photography Program $2,500
PALACIOS AREA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Palacios TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Phase II Museum Restoration $35,000
POLLYANNA THEATRE COMPANY Austin TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES A Midsummer Night's Dream, a new adaptation for children $2,500
SOUTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. Corpus Christi TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Challenge! Academic Tournament 2008-2009 School Year $6,000
SOUTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. Corpus Christi TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Membership support drive $1,000
TEXAS BLACK HISTORY PRESERVATION PROJECT Austin TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Research and writing of a five-volume series of books ''The History of African Americans in Texas" $1,500
TEXAS SETTLEMENT REGION Victoria TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Matagorda County Support $950
THE CHINATI FOUNDATION Marfa TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Summer Art Classes $1,000
THE POWER HOUSE Victoria TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Repair & Paint The Power Home $3,000
THEATRE ACTION PROJECT Austin TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES The Heroes/Los Heroes $2,000
TREEHOUSE PRODUCTIONS Brownsville TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Do the Write Thing - 2008 radio project $5,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN/SHAKESPEARE AT WINEDALE Round Top TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Camp Shakespeare "08 $2,500
VICTORIA ART LEAGUE, INC. Victoria TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Major renovation of the Community Art Center to effectively accommodate visual arts programs $1,000
VICTORIA REGIONAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION Victoria TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Portraits of Victoria/Photography and Oral History Project $2,250
ZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER Austin TX ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES Project InterAct $7,500
ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE Pippa Passes KY EDUCATION Student Work Program $5,000
ALPINE PUBLIC LIBRARY Alpine TX EDUCATION Family Readalong $3,700
AUSTIN COLLEGE Sherman TX EDUCATION Medical Experience in Mexico $6,500
AUSTIN PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AUSTIN TX EDUCATION Void rescheduled Child Care Center $25,000
AUSTIN PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AUSTIN TX EDUCATION Void of Payment [2458] for $25,000, paid on 1/10/2008. Child Care Center -$25,000
BEREA COLLEGE Berea KY EDUCATION Full-tuition scholarship program $12,500
CITY OF LA FERIA La Feria TX EDUCATION Bailey H. Dunlap Memorial Library Expansion Project $2,500
CUMBERLAND COLLEGE Williamsburg KY EDUCATION Scholarship Program $5,000
EAST GATE NEW PROSPERITY BAPTIST CHURCH/MARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION Wharton TX EDUCATION Martin Luther King Scholarship Program $1,000
ESPANOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST. #45 Espanola NM EDUCATION Cultural Heritage Videos $3,000
FRANK NEWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY Cotulla TX EDUCATION Science is Golden $5,000
GANADO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT GANADO TX EDUCATION 2006,2007,2008 Scholarships $9,000
HEALY-MURPHY CENTER San Antonio TX EDUCATION Caring for Every Child $4,000
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Edna TX EDUCATION Literacy Program: Collection Development Materials Education - Reading Encouragement Program $4,000
JOHNSON C. SMITH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Atlanta GA EDUCATION Scholarship and financial support for seminary students $7,500
JOHNSON CITY LIBRARY Johnson City TX EDUCATION New Library Building $5,000
LOUISE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT LOUISE TX EDUCATION 2006, 2007, 2008 Scholarships $8,000
LOUISE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT LOUISE TX EDUCATION TI-83 calculators for students in grades 9-12 $3,000
MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE Nashville TN EDUCATION The Vision Fund $7,500
NORTHSIDE HEALTH CENTER, INC. El Campo TX EDUCATION For Phase II Auditorium $7,000
O.H. HERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL Van Vleck TX EDUCATION Computers on Wheels COWS for Kids $4,000
PALACIOS HIGH SCHOOL Palacios TX EDUCATION AP Exams and AP Scholarship $4,620
PALACIOS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PALACIOS TX EDUCATION 2006, 2007, 2008 Scholarships $20,000
PALACIOS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PALACIOS TX EDUCATION 2008-09 School Supplies $1,000
PALACIOS ISD/EAST SIDE INTERMEDIATE Palacios TX EDUCATION PISD Teacher Exchange/Japanese Intern $1,500
PALACIOS ISD/EAST SIDE INTERMEDIATE Palacios TX EDUCATION Teacher/student exchange with Hizen and Karatsu Japan $3,000
PALACIOS LIBRARY, INC. Palacios TX EDUCATION Jean T. Herlin Memorial Grant $8,350
PRESBYTERIAN PAN AMERICAN SCHOOL KINGSVILLE TX EDUCATION Capital Campaign Consultants $10,000
SAN MARCOS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT San Marcos TX EDUCATION School-Age Pregnant and Patenting Education Program Follow Up $3,500
SCHREINER COLLEGE Kerrville TX EDUCATION Scholars Program $7,000
ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY Austin TX EDUCATION College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) $6,000
T.L.L. TEMPLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Diboll TX EDUCATION 2009 Operating Expenses $1,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA-RIO GRANDE VALLEY McAllen TX EDUCATION Expanding Educational Equity in the Rio Grande Valley $5,000
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Matagorda TX EDUCATION Texas Floating Classroom Program Support $4,000
TEXAS AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE Bay City TX EDUCATION Earth Kind: Environment Stewardship Programs for the Urban Landscape $4,000
TEXAS INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND Fort Worth TX EDUCATION Scholarship Support $5,000
TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE/PALACIOS Palacios TX EDUCATION Scholarships for Associate Degrees $15,000
THE CHINQUAPIN SCHOOL Highlands TX EDUCATION Environmental Science Stewardship Project - "Protecting the Ecosystem of Banana Bend Preserve" $3,000
THE VICTORIA COLLEGE/FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT Victoria TX EDUCATION Field Trip to Mexico City $3,000
TIDEHAVEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT EL MATON TX EDUCATION 2006, 2007, 2008 Scholarships $10,000
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Richmond VA EDUCATION Ministry Fund $8,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE OZARKS Clarksville AR EDUCATION Annual Scholarship Fund $3,000
VALLEY INITIATIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT Weslaco TX EDUCATION Basic Skills $6,000
VICTORIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC. Victoria TX EDUCATION Health Sciences Center $5,000
WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE Wharton TX EDUCATION Fundraiser $2,500
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY The Plains VA ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Implementing Conservation Projects at Targeted AZE Sites $3,500
ARMAND BAYOU NATURE CENTER Houston TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Martyn Farm Fall Festival and Farm Signage $2,000
COASTAL BEND WILDLIFE HABITAT EDUCATION PROGRAM INC. Corpus Christi TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Kritters 4 Kids $5,000
CROWE'S NEST FARM, INC. Manor TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Walking & Nature Trails $4,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. Memphis TN ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Texas Prairie Wetlands $10,000
FRIENDS OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK Big Bend National Park TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Restoration of Rio Grande Riparian Bird Habitat $6,500
HILL COUNTRY ALLIANCE Austin TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Educational Hill County Online Map Viewer $2,000
MATAGORDA COUNTY NATURE CENTER, INC. Bay City TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Earth Week Fair $3,300
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY Austin TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Island Habitat Management & Restoration $4,000
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION Austin TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Texas Living Waters $20,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF TEXAS San Antonio TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Conservation, Education and Outreach at Mad Island Marsh Preserve $10,000
RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES Arlington VA ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS 4th National Conference and Expo on Coastal Estuarine Habitat Restoration $8,000
SUNNY BEACHES Corpus Christi TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Padre Island National Seashore Clean-up $3,000
TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE Austin TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Adopt A Beach Cleanups 2008 $5,000
TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE Austin TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Calhoun County Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup-Tami Atkins $1,000
TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION Dallas TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Texas Inshore Commercial Shrimp License $10,000
THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NATURE CENTER Weslaco TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS 2008 Operating Grant $5,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND Houston TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS Program support of the TPL Coastal & Southeast Texas Office $15,000
TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK Houston TX ENVIRONMENT/ANIMALS After-Ike Sea Turtle Education $6,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Bay City TX HEALTH 2008 Matagorda County Relay for Life $500
ARANSAS COUNTY COUNSELING & EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES Rockport TX HEALTH Counseling & Educational Support Services for Children $3,000
BILLY T. CATTAN RECOVERY OUTREACH, INC. Victoria TX HEALTH Special-Needs Outreach Treatment Group $30,000
BREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER THE Austin TX HEALTH Innovation For Rural Access $2,500
CANCER PATIENT SERVICES, INC. Laredo TX HEALTH Transporation Program $2,500
CHILD STUDY CLINIC/SOUTH TEXAS ASSESSMENT & REFERRAL SERVICES Victoria TX HEALTH Synagis $5,000
CHRIST'S HOME PLACE MINISTRIES, INC. Wichita Falls, TX HEALTH Play Therapy $2,000
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST/ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTER Mt. Vernon TX HEALTH Outreach Fellowship Ministries $6,000
CITIZENS PROMOTING MEDICAL EXCELLENCE (OATH) Beeville TX HEALTH Grant to assist with program expansion and website enhancements. $8,000
CITY OF EDNA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) Edna TX HEALTH Portable Digital Radios 3 $4,000
COLORADO COUNTY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, INC. Columbus TX HEALTH Drug and Alcohol Intervention Services $6,000
DONUM DEI (THE RIDING THERAPY CENTER) Nursery TX HEALTH Replenishing Our Most Valuable Assets $3,000
DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Corpus Christi TX HEALTH Hospital's Most Critical Needs $2,500
HOPE OF SOUTH TEXAS, INC. Victoria TX HEALTH Detar Hospital Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Project $5,000
JOHNSON INSTITUTE FOUNDATION/RUSH CENTER Austin TX HEALTH National Religious Leaders' Summit $7,000
MATAGORDA EPISCOPAL HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM CORP/MEHOP Bay City TX HEALTH Fundraiser $500
MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION Houston TX HEALTH Prevention and Recovery Center - Patient Extended Care Fund $10,000
MINISTRY OF CHALLENGE Austin TX HEALTH Operational Funding and Women Home Renovation $10,000
NAMI GULF COAST/NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS Alvin TX HEALTH Education Program $3,000
PALACIOS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER Palacios TX HEALTH CT Scan and Indigent Care Assistance $25,000
PALACIOS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER Palacios TX HEALTH Jean T. Herlin Memorial Grant $16,650
PALACIOS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER Palacios TX HEALTH Operating Support $50,000
PALMER DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM OF CORPUS CHRISTI, INC. Corpus Christi TX HEALTH Reaching out to the rural areas of South Texas $7,000
PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC Austin TX HEALTH Adolescent Medicine: Phoenix Academy Services $3,500
SAMARITAN CENTER FOR COUNSELING AND PASTORAL CARE Austin TX HEALTH Counseling Scholarship Funds for Low Income Individuals and Families $4,000
SOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION, INC. Gainesville TX HEALTH Coastal Bend Camperships $3,000
WEST WHARTON COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT/EL CAMPO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL El Campo TX HEALTH Purchase EKG Machine for ICU and two exercise bikes for therapy department $5,000
WIDOWED PERSONS SERVICE Wyoming MI HEALTH Grantwriting Service and Training $2,000
ARROW PROJECT OF TEXAS Spring TX HUMAN SERVICES Clothing Nueces County Area Foster Children $2,500
BANDINA CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP, INC Sugar Land TX HUMAN SERVICES Camper-Ship Assistance for Disadvantaged Children $5,000
BASIC ECONOMIC STABILIZATION TRAINING INSTITUTE Palacios TX HUMAN SERVICES The X-Pod Project - Financial Literacy Spoke-Hub $9,000
BEXAR COUNTY DETENTION MINISTRIES, INC. San Antonio TX HUMAN SERVICES Staff Development and Strategic Planning $1,500
BLUEBONNET CASA Mason TX HUMAN SERVICES Produce and mail direct mail campaign letter $3,500
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SOUTH TEXAS COUNCIL Corpus Christi TX HUMAN SERVICES Soccer and Scouting $5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BLOOMFIELD, NM Bloomfield NM HUMAN SERVICES Afterschool Adventures Program $5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EL CAMPO, TEXAS El Campo TX HUMAN SERVICES Palacios Summer Program $20,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EL CAMPO, TEXAS El Campo TX HUMAN SERVICES Matching Grant - Operations $5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MCALLEN McAllen TX HUMAN SERVICES Street Smarts - Youth Gang Prevention $5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RUSK COUNTY Henderson TX HUMAN SERVICES Family Plus $4,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WHARTON Wharton TX HUMAN SERVICES Program Support $5,000
BRIDGEHAVEN CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER Dayton TX HUMAN SERVICES Children First $2,500
CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS, INC Brownsville TX HUMAN SERVICES "Where Healing Begins" $5,000
CAMP FIRE GIRLS OF NORTH TEXAS Wichita Falls TX HUMAN SERVICES Special Services After School Program $3,500
CHILDREN'S CRISIS PREVENTION NETWORK INC/DOGS AGAINST DRUGS Athens TX HUMAN SERVICES Expansion of Existing Programs in Rural Texas $3,000
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND-SOUTH TEXAS Pharr TX HUMAN SERVICES SPROUT (Student Poverty Reduction OUTreach) an initiative to support the Campaign for Working Families-Building Family Assets and Community Wealth $5,000
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE Elkhart IN HUMAN SERVICES Hurricane Dolly Response #627-E $5,000
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF VICTORIA Victoria TX HUMAN SERVICES Meal Programs $3,000
COMMUNITY ACTION, INC. OF HAYS, CALDWELL & BLANCO COUNTIES San Marcos TX HUMAN SERVICES Relocation of Kyle Early Head Start Program $3,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF VICTORIA Victoria TX HUMAN SERVICES Conference & Training Funding $5,000
CORPUS CHRISTI HOPE HOUSE, INC. Corpus Christi TX HUMAN SERVICES Bathroom/Plumbing Renovations & Repairs. Matching funds $5,000
COUNCIL ON AT-RISK YOUTH Austin TX HUMAN SERVICES Development Director (Match to Austin Community Foundation) $5,000
EL BUEN PASTOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER Austin TX HUMAN SERVICES Student Tuition Scholarships $8,000
EL CAMPO HERITAGE CENTER, INC. El Campo TX HUMAN SERVICES Renovation of Building for Elderly Program Use $5,000
EL CAMPO LITTLE LEAGUE El Campo TX HUMAN SERVICES Lighting Improvement for Little League Fields $2,000
EXTEND-A-CARE,INC. Austin TX HUMAN SERVICES The Family Hardship Subsidy Program $5,000
FEEDING AMERICA Chicago IL HUMAN SERVICES Food, Grocery Product and Fresh Produce Acquisition $3,500
FOSTER PARENTS OF VICTORIA Victoria TX HUMAN SERVICES "We Make a Difference" $3,000
FRIENDS OF ELDER CITIZENS, INC. Palacios TX HUMAN SERVICES Robert Duran Caring & Sharing Food Pantry - One year rice/spaghetti project $10,000
FRIENDS OF ELDER CITIZENS, INC. Palacios TX HUMAN SERVICES 2008 Nutrition Operations $25,000
FRIENDS OF ELDER CITIZENS, INC. Palacios TX HUMAN SERVICES 2008 Nutrition Operations $25,000
FRIENDS OF ELDER CITIZENS, INC. Palacios TX HUMAN SERVICES Purchase and Installation of New Heating and Air Conditioning System for Thrift Store $8,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS Austin TX HUMAN SERVICES Destiny Success and Transitions Program $4,000
GOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION Corpus Christi TX HUMAN SERVICES Support for 203-bed Homeless Shelter and Diner $5,000
GOODLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOME, INC. Hugo OK HUMAN SERVICES General Operating Expenses $5,000
GULF COAST BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS, INC. Galveston TX HUMAN SERVICES School-Based Mentoring $7,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EAST WHARTON COUNTY Wharton TX HUMAN SERVICES House #4 Boling, Texas $2,500
HOLY NAME PASSIONIST RETREAT CENTER Houston TX HUMAN SERVICES Financial Aid for 12 Step Retreatants $2,500
HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE San Antonio TX HUMAN SERVICES A Future for Our Elderly $5,000
HUNTS FOR HEROES El Campo TX HUMAN SERVICES New Van $5,000
KERR COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACTION COUNCIL/ALPHA OMEGA LIFE CENTER Kerrville TX HUMAN SERVICES Love Endures Project $2,000
K'STAR, INC Kerrville TX HUMAN SERVICES July 5th Music Festival $1,500
LOAVES & FISHES OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, INC. Harlingen TX HUMAN SERVICES Job Shop $5,000
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE DAY NURSERY, INC. Corpus Christi TX HUMAN SERVICES Child Care for Homeless Children $4,000
MATAGORDA COUNTY 4-H HORSE PROJECT Blessing TX HUMAN SERVICES Horse Project Educational Programs $1,000
MATAGORDA COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Bay City TX HUMAN SERVICES Matagorda County Fund Replenishment $10,000
MATAGORDA COUNTY UNITED WAY Bay City TX HUMAN SERVICES 2007-08 Campaign $10,000
MATAGORDA COUNTY WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER Bay City TX HUMAN SERVICES Professional Counseling $8,000
ODYSSEY AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM Rockport TX HUMAN SERVICES Doubling the Impact-Expanding Program $5,000
PERPETUAL HELP HOME, INC. Victoria TX HUMAN SERVICES Victoria Area Homeless Management Information System $5,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTH TEXAS, INC. Corpus Christi TX HUMAN SERVICES Male Responsibility Project: Reducing Teen Pregnancy in Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio and Victoria Counties by Focusing on Adolescent Males $5,000
PORT CITIES RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES Port Arthur TX HUMAN SERVICES Magdalene Transitional Housing and Training Project $10,000
POSITIVE BEGINNINGS, INC. San Antonio TX HUMAN SERVICES Family Emergency Assistance Grant Program $3,000
PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES AND SERVICES Austin TX HUMAN SERVICES General Operating $6,000
PREVENT CHILD ABUSE TEXAS Austin TX HUMAN SERVICES Preventing Child Abuse in Schools and Day Cares $5,000
RAINBOW LAND DAY CARE CENTER Palacios TX HUMAN SERVICES Facility Repair and Upgrade/Operating Expenses $20,000
RAINBOW LAND DAY CARE CENTER Palacios TX HUMAN SERVICES Jean T. Herlin Memorial Grant $25,000
SALVATION ARMY/CORPUS CHRISTI Corpus Christi TX HUMAN SERVICES Homeless Prevention Program $3,500
SERVICE CORPS. OF RETIRED EXECUTIVES/SCORE Austin TX HUMAN SERVICES Essentials for Starting a Small Business Workshop in Spanish $2,500
SHELTER AGENCIES FOR FAMILIES IN EAST TEXAS, INC. / SAFE-T Mount Pleasant TX HUMAN SERVICES Ounce of Prevention $3,000
SOUTH TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND Corpus Christi TX HUMAN SERVICES Scholarship Program and Adaptive Technology Training Program $4,000
SPAULDING FOR CHILDREN Houston TX HUMAN SERVICES South Texas Adoption Program Corpus Christi Office $3,500
SU CASA DE ESPERANZA, INC Pharr TX HUMAN SERVICES General Operating Support for Early Childhood Development $10,000
THE WOMEN'S HOME Houston TX HUMAN SERVICES Residential Program $3,000
TIDEHAVEN LITTLE LEAGUE Blessing TX HUMAN SERVICES Gold Sponsor $500
TULSA BOY'S HOME Tulsa OK HUMAN SERVICES Medical Supplies and Visits $3,500
VIETNAMESE CULTURE AND SCIENCE ASSOCIATION Houston TX HUMAN SERVICES Vietnamese Youth Tobacco Prevention Summit $2,000
WHARTON COUNTY 4-H CLUBS Wharton TX HUMAN SERVICES 4-H Exchange Club Program $3,000
WHARTON-MATAGORDA CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES UNIT Bay City TX HUMAN SERVICES 2008 Christmas $2,000
WOMAN'S ROOTS (THE) Spring TX HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse Management and Recovery Program $4,000
WOMEN TOGETHER FOUNDATION, INC. McAllen TX HUMAN SERVICES Family Justice Center $4,000
WOMEN'S SHELTER OF SOUTH TEXAS Corpus Christi TX HUMAN SERVICES Emergency Shelter and Supportive Services $3,500
ACCION INTERNATIONAL Boston MA INTERNATIONAL Helping Millions Help Themselves through Microfinance $7,500
ASSOCIATION HAITIENNE DE DEVELOPMENT HUMAIN INC. La Place LA INTERNATIONAL Upgrading the Dispensary/Hospital St. Joseph to the level of a Medical Center $5,000
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE Elkhart IN INTERNATIONAL Myanmar Cyclone Response $10,000
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE Elkhart IN INTERNATIONAL Roma Pre-School Children Program - Belgrade, Serbia $6,000
COALITION FOR JUSTICE IN THE MAQUILADORAS San Antonio TX INTERNATIONAL General Support $5,000
FLORESTA USA INC. San Diego CA INTERNATIONAL Family Gardens for Oaxacan Farmers $5,000
FOOD FOR THE POOR Coconut Creek FL INTERNATIONAL Hurricane Relief - Gonaives, Haiti $10,000
FREEDOM FROM HUNGER Davis CA INTERNATIONAL Reach for Three Million $3,000
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN Washington DC INTERNATIONAL General support $7,000
MAP INTERNATIONAL, INC. Scottsdale AZ INTERNATIONAL Replication of MAP International's Total Health Training Model in Honduras $6,000
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL Watertown MA INTERNATIONAL Global HIV/AIDS Program $7,000
PCI-MEDIA IMPACT INC. New York NY INTERNATIONAL My Community 2008 $8,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA New York NY INTERNATIONAL Yo! Lead in the Philippines $10,000
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) BORDER MINISTRY San Antonio TX INTERNATIONAL Website Redesign $7,000
PRO MUJER (PROGRAM FOR WOMEN) New York NY INTERNATIONAL General Operating Support $8,000
RESOURCE FOUNDATION, INC New York NY INTERNATIONAL Women's Microenterprise and Training Program $7,000
SEXUALITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES New York NY INTERNATIONAL Expand Sexuality Education Programs in Mexico $6,000
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/ SUGLO N-NYA BEHIGU WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Educating Children and Women $3,500
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/CENTER FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CMR Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Economic Empowerment for Women in Tampio-Kukuo Tamale $1,500
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/CHILDREN IN DEVELOPMENT (CHIDEV) Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Unearthing the Talents of Blind Guides $3,300
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/GIRLS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (GIGDEV) Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Professional Volunteers for Development-The Library Project $4,000
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/GIRLS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (GIGDEV) Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Emergency replacement of roof of main building $3,500
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/LITERACY & DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PARTNERSHIP LDP Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Construction & Installation of Beehives & Training on Beekeeping Practices $4,000
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/LONG TERM HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (LOTHDEF) Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Support for Orphaned School Children $3,000
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/MINBIPOLA LEBGIMSIM ASSOCIATION PAGBILA Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Integrated Gender Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights $3,000
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/YOUTH HOME CULTURAL GROP YHCG Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Improving the Artistic, Visibility and Sustainability of Youth Home Cultural Group $2,500
SISTER CITIES OF LOUISVILLE/YOUTH IDLENESS CONTROL CENTRE YICC Louisville KY INTERNATIONAL Women Economic Empowerment (Petty Trading) $2,500
SUSTAINABLE HARVEST INTERNATIONAL Surry ME INTERNATIONAL Support of 3 Central American Communities $7,000
SYNOD OF LIVING WATERS Franklin TN INTERNATIONAL Water of Life newsletter $3,000
THE KASUMISOU FOUNDATION Menlo Park CA INTERNATIONAL In Memory of Elaine Rosasco $1,000
THIRST NO MORE Cedar Park TX INTERNATIONAL Sudan Water Well Projects $5,000
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF New York NY INTERNATIONAL Emergency Appeal for Humanitarian Relief in Iraq $6,000
WORLD NEIGHBORS, INC. Oklahoma City OK INTERNATIONAL Building Key Capacities of Community Organizations and Villages in Rural Haiti $20,000
BAY CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Bay City TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Regional Training Center $20,000
CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES Austin TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT 2008 William P. Hobby Policy Conference: A Prosperity Agenda for Texas $5,000
CITY OF PALACIOS Palacios TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Palacios Skateboard Park $20,000
CITY OF PALACIOS Palacios TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Save the Streets $25,000
CITY OF PALACIOS Palacios TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Christmas Seawall Lighting $1,000
COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS Washington DC PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT 2008 Membership Dues $3,000
ENVIRONMENT TEXAS RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER Austin TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Stopping Global Warming $4,000
GLOBAL POPULATION EDUCATION Basye VA PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Global Population Education $5,000
LAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER El Paso TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Justice for Women and Children Program $4,000
PALACIOS AREA FUND Palacios TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Lions Club Storage Facility Matching Grant $10,000
PALACIOS AREA FUND Palacios TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT 2008 Operation Santa Claus $2,000
PALACIOS CHAMBER FOUNDATION Palacios TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Texas Fisherman's Seafood Festival $2,000
POPULATION RESOURCE CENTER Washington DC PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Rethinking Global Population $6,000
TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN Austin TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT General Operations $5,000
TEXAS HEALTH FOUNDATION Austin TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Reduce Uninsured Texans $7,500
TEXAS IMPACT EDUCATION FUND Austin TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Texas Interfaith Power & Light "To Mend the World" pulication $3,000
TEXAS NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE NETWORK San Antonio TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Nonprofit Services for Victoria Area $6,200
THE FOUNDATION CENTER New York NY PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT General Support for 2008 $2,500
THE GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION Houston TX PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT Student Nurse Scholarships and the promotion of nursing as a profession and career $8,000
AUSTIN PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY/COLLEGE OF PASTORAL LEADERS Austin TX RELIGION When Pigs Fly $3,000
DAVIDSON CLERGY CENTER ENDOWMENT Davidson NC RELIGION Presbyterian Wellness Scholarships $4,000
DIVINE REDEEMER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH San Antonio TX RELIGION House of Teens $5,000
FERNCLIFF PRESBYTERIAN CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER Little Rock AR RELIGION Disaster Assistance Involvement by Campers $5,000
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH El Campo TX RELIGION Stained Glass Window Repair and ceiling fans installation $2,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BALLINGER Ballinger TX RELIGION Covered Vehicle Entrance $5,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PALACIOS Palacios TX RELIGION Palacios Presbyterians Exploring Multicultural Outreach at the National Presbyterian Multicultural Conference $2,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PALACIOS Palacios TX RELIGION Total Sound System for the Sanctuary/Clement Hall Building $10,000
MISSION PRESBYTERY San Antonio TX RELIGION Lay Leadership Institute Commissioned Lay Pastor Training Program $7,500
PRESBYTERIAN CAMPS AT GILMONT, INC. Gilmer TX RELIGION Senior Ministry Retreat and Outfitting of Art Studio $6,000
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE ASSOC. Louisville KY RELIGION Buttressing Justice Networks $5,000
PRESBYTERIAN MEDIA MISSION Pittsburgh PA RELIGION Cultural Toolbox $5,000
PRESBYTERIAN MO-RANCH ASSEMBLY Hunt TX RELIGION Seasonal Staff Housing Facility and Program $5,000
PRESBYTERIAN MO-RANCH ASSEMBLY Hunt TX RELIGION New Traffic Circulation System and Replacement of Water Lines in Central Campus $10,000
TEXAS PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION Irving TX RELIGION Intern Support - Divine Redeemer Presbyterian Church $4,000
THE CENTURY MEN, INC. Fredericksburg TX RELIGION CenturyMen Mission Concert Tour 2008 $1,000