2014 Grant Recipients
Organization | Grant | What it Supports |
Alsheimer’s Association |
$2,500 | Women’s Outreach Program: education classes and outreach to increase community awareness |
American Cancer Society |
$1,000 | Boo Bash – Halloween party for pediatric cancer patients and survivors and their families. Funds will be used for food, costumes, drinks, haunted house supplies |
Boysville, Inc. |
$4,500 | Camp Wild Beast – food and supplies |
Boysville, Inc. |
$2,000 | Boysville Christmas Play |
Brighton Center |
$5,000 | Provides classroom supplies, equipment, & learning support materials for Brighton Center’s Child Development Centers |
Child Advocates San Antonio |
$2,000 | Art & Soul Initiative: Masquerade March – food and supplies |
Child Advocates San Antonio |
$1,500 | Abby’s Closet: provide formal attire for Abby’s Closet even for children receiving services |
Christian Senior Services | $3,000 | Shelf Stable Meals Program for Seniors – Provides 1,175 shelf stable meals for seniors with severe food insecurities |
Family Endeavors, Inc. | $2,000 | Fairweather Family Lodge – Provides funds that will be used to offset the cost for children’s clothing, educational curriculum and materials, childcare essentials and various other supplies |
Girls Inc. of San Antonio | $5,000 | Glenda Woods Girls University – Provides summer programming in areas of San Antonio that experience the highest occurrence of high school dropouts. These girls also come from low-income households and face multiple challenges to completing their education successfully |
Girls Inc, of San Antonio | $5,000 | STEAM Camp: out of school activities and education in the three days prior to Thanksgiving |
Green Spaces Alliance | $2,800 | Community Gardens Program Trailer – high wall flatbed trailer and tow hitch for their Community Gardens Program |
Kinetic Kids, Inc. | $3,500 | Bike Camp – equipment rental and services for a program that teaches children with special needs how to ride a bike |
Literacy San Antonio, Inc. | $5,000 | SAReads – Scholastic Readers – a program that helps students after school that are struggling to read; has one-on-one tutoring one per week over sixteen weeks. Funding will be used to cover expenses of the children in these programs. |
Northeast Senior Assistance | $500 | Fall Fest Senior Meals – Provides client meals at the event |
SA Youth | $3,150 | Brainchild – Achiever! – 90 digital applications for academic supports in language arts and math |
SA Youth | $5,000 | Fenfield Playground – purchase and install new playground equipment |
San Antonio Food Bank | $5,000 | Food Packs for Kids – Provides 1,538 food packs will be distributed to students in need. This is enough for 10 schools to receive 60 food packs per month for almost 3 months, September-November 2014. |
Seton Home | $4,804 | Kids in Motion program: purchasing carpets, mats, fitness videos, and projector |
The Arc of San Antonio | $5,000 | Arc Library items |
Unicorn Centers, Inc. | $2,500 | Get Fit Texas…The Next Step! Provides equipment for the program |
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio | $5,000 | Summer Symphony Camp |
2014 Total | $75,754 |