Past Recipients

Grants Awarded Fall 2011

Organization Project Granted Amount
Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children  Children's Advocacy Center Program 14,483
Big Brothers Big Sisters Investing in Individual Donors Program 15,000
Caritas of Waco Caritas Cares - Renovation Project 193,000
Christian Women's Job Corp CWJC Alumnae: Continued Growth & Networking Program 2,450
Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas Supporting a Successful Middle-to-High School Transition Program 68,321
Compassion Ministries of Waco Hope House Modernization 39,969
Family Abuse Center  Technology Upgrade Project   14,486
Freeman Center  Facility Improvements Project   30,000
McLennan Community College Foundation  MCC's Health Profession's Complex   25,000
REACH Therapeutic Riding Center  Therapeutic Horseback Riding Scholarships   5,000
Waco Community Development Corporation  East Waco Community Development Plan   89,100
World Hunger Relief, Inc. Building Leaders, Building Capacity 40,000
Total Amount Awarded $ 537,109

Grants Awarded Spring 2011

Organization Project Granted Amount
Avance, Inc. (Waco)  Parent-Child Education Core Program 98,762
Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute Exhibit Casework - Design & Fabrication 25,000
Heart of Texas Therapeutic Riding Center Inner-City Therapy Program 16,000
Texas Retired Teachers (Stilwell Retirement Center) Wellness Center Renovation 10,000
Waco Mammoth Foundation Conceptual design for children's discovery area  35,000
Waco Symphony Association Waco Symphony Orchestra's 50th Anniversary Celebration 25,000
Total Amount Awarded $ 325,218

Grants Awarded Fall 2010

Organization Project Granted Amount
Cameron Park Zoo  Special Events Pavilion 75,000
Family Abuse Center Evaporator Coil/Gas Furnace Replacement 27,990
Fuzzy Friends New Kennels and Flooring 34,457.60
Planned Parenthood of Central Texas Exam Room Addition to Mary Ruth Duncan Health Center 51,765.87
Talitha Koum Early Childhood Brain Development Symposium 40,221
Waco Community Development East Waco Community Development Plan 94,600
Waco Habitat for Humanity Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative 21,031
Total Amount Awarded $ 345,065.47

Grants Awarded Spring 2010

Organization Project Granted Amount
Camp Fire USA Tejas Council Organizational Development 34,898
Christian Women's Job Corps of McLennan County Job Training Internships 15,000
Community Race Relations Coalition Race Relations Project 2,000
Community Training Center, Inc. After School Tutoring and Summer Programs 23,500
Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute Phase III Expansion 25,000
Kids & Company Early Childhood Playground 10,000
McLennan Community College Foundation All-Steinway Piano Initiative 100,000
McLennan County Protective Services Board Special Needs for Foster Children 12,000
Meals & Wheels (Central Texas Senior Ministry) Client Services Director- Partial Salary 25,000
Potter's Vessel Ministries, Inc. Two-Day Charitable Dental Clinic 30,000
Southern Little League, Incorporated Renovation of Baseball Fields 28,000
The Junior League of Waco Clifton House Preservation 25,000
The Salvation Army - Waco Corps Mens' Shelter and Community Kitchen 20,000
Waco Humane Society Spay and Neuter Program 10,000
YMCA of Central Texas Minibus 51,867
Total Amount Awarded $ 412,265