CFWT announces nearly $700,000 in 1st Quarter Grants
Today the Community Foundation of West Texas announced nearly $700,000 in grants for the first quarter of 2016. At a press conference at the Museum of Texas Tech, the Foundation announced grant awards to 80 agencies across the South Plains in the amount of $678,813. These grants are gifts made possible through the Sybil B. Harrington Endowment for the Arts, Ruth C. Wright Endowment for the Animals, Community Foundation of West Texas Community Funds, Parkhill Smith & Cooper Building Community Impact Funds, and Designated and Donor-Advised Funds held within the Foundation.
The following are the grants awarded by the Community Foundation of West Texas to date in 2016:
Community Foundation of West Texas Community Grants:
Alstrom Angels Corp. Early Learning Centers of Lubbock Hale Center EMS Levelland Christian School Lubbock Dream Center Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services YMCA of Plainview
Sybil B. Harrington Endowment for the Arts
Lubbock Entertainment & Performing Arts Association Ballet Lubbock Caerus Ensemble Charles Adams Studio Project Flatlands Dance Theatre Hub Theatre Group Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Lubbock Arts Alliance Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Museum of Texas Tech University Association National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration Plainview Community Concert Association Plainview Symphony Orchestra Supporters of the Fine Arts Wayland Baptist University – Children’s Chorus of Plainview Lubbock Chorale
Ruth C. Wright Endowment for Animals
Easy R Equine Rescue Humane Society of West Texas Le’Lands’ Heart Sanctuary Morris Safe House Panda’s Waggin Tails Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Paws Pet Adoption of Plainvew Post Animal Refuge Center Saving Grace Pit Bull Rescue South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Parkhill Smith & Cooper Community Building Grants
Children’s Home of Lubbock and Family Services Agency, Inc. Friends of Legacy Play Village American Cancer Society, High Plains Division Inc. – Panhandle Region West Texas Food Bank Midland ISD Education Foundation Lubbock Impact Texas Engineering Foundation Covenant Health System Foundation CASA of the South Plains, Inc. Ronald McDonald House South Plains Food Bank CASA of El Paso Community Foundation of West Texas
** Designated and Donor-Advised Awards for 2016 are not listed