Tuesday, September 12, 2016
AMARILLO – The Board of Directors of the Amarillo Area Foundation, and its supporting organization The Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation, have awarded $906,836 in grants with their general grantmaking funds.
Ten Amarillo area nonprofit organizations were approved for funding with discretionary grantmaking dollars. Over half of the projects supported in this discretionary grant cycle were health focused. The largest award was a $373,000 grant contributing to the construction of a residential alcohol and drug recovery center in Amarillo.
President and CEO, Clay Stribling said, “We are very pleased with the response to our grants programs for 2016. The quality of applications, particularly for healthcare projects, was extremely high.”
Amarillo Area Foundation’s newest grant making program, The Catalyst Grant program, awarded small grants between $5,000-$14,000 to five nonprofit organizations with projects focusing on education, health, and human services.
“The Catalyst Grant program provides an easier application process for smaller grant amounts while engaging young community members across the Panhandle through the review process. Receiving 18 applications during the first grant cycle indicates we are on the right track for enhancing our grant offerings,” said Katharyn Wiegand, Vice President of Community Engagement.
The final Amarillo Area Foundation and The Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation discretionary grant cycle for 2016 is now open. Nonprofits with moderate grant requests (not to exceed $50,000) are encouraged to apply. Due to the shortened grant cycle, please contact Kathie Grant, Grants Administrator (376.4521 or kathie@aaf-hf.org) if your organization plans to apply.
In addition, the newly formed Catalyst Grant program, which provides grant awards from $2,500 to $20,000 for programs and projects that fall within the Foundation focus areas, is also accepting applications. There is a special focus in the Catalyst Grant program on capacity building and general operating requests. Please visit our blog to view the full RFP. You can do so here: http://blog.amarilloareafoundation.org/2016/09/07/aafhf-request-for-proposals/
About the Amarillo Area Foundation
The Amarillo Area Foundation is a community foundation that serves the northernmost 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle. The mission of the Foundation is to improve the quality of life in the Texas Panhandle. Since its inception in 1957, the Foundation has provided grants and a variety of other services to strengthen nonprofit organizations and the services they deliver.
