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Grants

2024 Discretionary Grants

Organization Amount
7 Star Horse Therapy $50,000
Amarillo Area Foundation – TPG $250,000
Amarillo College Foundation $125,000
Amarillo ISD Foundation $25,000
Amarillo Museum of Art $50,000
Amarillo Tribune $50,000
Aspire A Mindful Place $250,000
Baylor University/Amarillo Area Foundation – FS Coalition $150,000
Buckner Children and Family Services $40,000
Cactus Nazarene Ministry Center $60,000
Community Day Care Center, Inc. $58,806
Donley County Senior Citizens $30,000
Downtown Women’s Center $50,000
Dumas Education and Social Ministries $40,000
Early Matters $125,000
Eastridge Mission Center $30,000
Family Support Services $50,000
Hemphill County Hospital District $175,000
Hope Lives Here $20,000
LiftFund, Inc. $44,220
Martha’s Home $30,000
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas $190,000
Meadows MHPI $250,000
Ogallala Commons $240,000
Panhandle Behavioral Health Alliance (PBHA) $89,400
Panhandle Regional Planning Commission $100,000
Project Feed the Kids $45,000
Refugee Language Project $150,000
Region 16 Education Service Center $45,000
Storybridge, Inc. $28,800
Texas Network of Youth Services $425,000
The Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center $500,000
The RANGE $35,000
Tulia Love Fund $71,340
Turn Center $91,240
United Way of Amarillo & Canyon/2-1-1 $100,000
We Find in Love $57,675
West Texas University Foundation $187,500
West Texas University Foundation $90,000
White Deer-Skellytown Lighthouse Food Pantry $25,000

2024 Catalyst Grants

Organization Amount
107 Golf Academy $15,000
Barrio Neighborhood Planning Committee $10,000
Brothers-Sister of Our Military Adventures $10,000
Colorful Closets of Amarillo $15,000
Gamers Outreach $3,750
Hope & Healing Place $10,000
Panhandle Angels Foundation $10,000
Panhandle Crisis Center $13,450
Panhandle Orphan Care Network $12,800
Spectrum Support Society $10,000
Texas Mission of Mercy $15,000
Texas Ramp Project $5,000
Vessel of Humanity and Compassion $20,000

2024 WPF Recipients

Applicant Purpose Award Amount
AAO Social Services Transportation assistance for young ladies who have aged out of foster care $5,000
Amarillo Children’s Home Change the Ending – funds to support care for children in foster care at ACH $8,000
Amarillo Habitat for Humanity Amarillo 2024 Home Ownership Program $8,000
Don Harrington Discovery Center Camp Discovery Scholarships for at-risk youth $8,000
Eveline’s Sunshine Cottage DWC counseling services – funding to assist with therapeutic services for residents with trauma and PTSD $8,000
Guyon Saunders Resource Center Women’s Basic Needs – to provide essential feminine hygeine products and clean clothing, including underwear and sweatpants to women experiencing homelessness $5,000
Texas Ramp Project To purchase lumber, materials, and tools to build free wheelchair ramps for low-income older adults and others with disabilities in the Panhandle $5,000
The Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center Trauma-focused counseling for Bridge clients $6,300
Turn Center Funds to support infant feeding program $8,678.94

2024 CNSP Recipients

Recipient Name Purpose Amount
AAO Social Services Funding for costs involved with new clients $10,000
Amarillo ISD Foundation Families in Transition Emergency Funds $10,000
Amarillo Little Theatre Check out ALT! $8,712
Another Chance House Another Chance House program services support $10,000
Brothers-Sisters of Our Military Adventures Support for Hunting with Heroes program $10,000
Camp Alphie Camp Alphie Kid’s Camp $10,000
Downtown Women’s Center Program support for DWC’s recovery program $10,000
Dumas Education and Social Ministries DESM Senior food pantry $10,000
Family Support Services Upgrade security system at the Safe House shelter for domestic violence survivors $10,000
Martha’s Home Support for Present Needs, Future Success program $10,000
Texas Ramp Project Amarillo Ramp Project $10,000
Transformations by Amarillo Angels Back-to-school support for children, youth, and families experiencing foster care $8,358.53 

2024 Louise Bower Slentz

Organization Purpose Amount
Amarillo Area Foundation to support The Panhandle Gives Amplification Fund for 2024 (MOU for 3 years: TPG 2024-2026) $75,000
Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle to support the Outreach Mobility and Capacity for Joseph’s Project through the purchase of a supply transport vehicle $40,000
Donley County Senior Citizens to support Donley County Senior Meals $10,000
Dove Creek Equine Center to support Expanding Hearts Campaign $50,000
Downtown Women’s Center to support DWC Recovery Program and Empowering Change through Expansion $15,000
Hemphill County Hospital District to support the Therapy Services Expansion Project $100,000
Texas Ramp Project to support the Amarillo Ramp Project $10,000
Texas Tech University Health Services Center – Amarillo for Establishing a Leading Residency Program at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center $100,000
The Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center to support the Healing Begins at The Bridge Project with new building construction (disbursement contingent upon sufficient funds raised to complete the project) $100,000
Turn Center to support Social Work at Turn Center $15,000

2024 HRMC Grants

Organization Purpose Amount
Amarillo College Scholarship Grant $9,000
Amarillo Hearing Foundation To support the Cognitive Hearing Project for the purchase of hearing aids for low income seniors $20,000
Clarendon Community College Scholarship Grant $5,250
Don Harrington Discovery Center To purchase fire detection and alarm system for in-depth life and earth science exhibit – “Discover Through Time” $8,380
Dove Creek Equine Rescue To support the Led by Horses therapy program servicing clients such as emergency dispatchers and CPS children $5,200
Downtown Women’s Center To provide dental services for women in the DWC Recovery Program $10,000
Family Care Foundation To support the RX assistance for under- or uninsured $5,000
Frank Phillips Community College Scholarship Grant $5,000
Panhandle Community Services To support the PCS Dental Access Project $10,000
Ronald McDonald House Parking lot maintenance, sealcoating, pothole topping and striping. $2,420
Texas Ramp Project To support the Amarillo Ramp Project providing 20 wheelchair ramps in the Texas Panhandle $15,000
Texas Tech Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Grant $9,000
Turn Center To purchase replacement Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to be used to assess and treat children who are nonverbal. $6,790
West Texas A&M University Foundation High-Quality Nursing Education $9,600
West Texas A&M University To purchase essential training equipment (2 manikins) for hands-on training for nursing students $9,600
West Texas A&M University Scholarship Grant $9,000

2024 Capacity Building Grants

Organization Purpose Amount
Amarillo Tribune 2024 TPG Capacity Building $5,000
Family Support Services 2024 TPG Capacity Grant for development training $5,000

2024 Arts & Culture Fund Grants

Organization Purpose Amount
Amarillo Art Institute Support for National Geographic Society photography exhibit series $25,000
Amarillo Opera Support for Cruzar la Cara de la Luna Opera $36,044.33
Amarillo Symphony, Inc. Symph at Hodgetown and 100th Concerts $36,044.33
Booker ISD Operation: Organization (Capital support for band hall) $25,000
Buffalo Grass Music Hall General support for live music venue in Panhandle $11,500
Friends of the Amarillo Public Library Amarillo Public Library Memory Lab renovation and equipment $32,967
HOODOO Arts Foundation HOODOO 2024 Mural expenses $36,044.33
Kanza Society, Inc. High Plains Public Radio Support for concert series, a Community Connections Producer, and weekly production of Classical Music in Amarillo. $23,400
Pampa’s Tribute to Woody Guthrie Walking Woody’s Road 2024-2025 $10,000
Panhandle PBS Visual/Performing Arts content programs on public art in Amarillo and the story of regional Mexican music $28,000
Panhandle Plains Historical Society Symbols of Courage: Educational programming and travel for Native American Consultants $15,000
Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation Shakespeare in the Canyon 2025 season $11,000
Window on a Wider World Supplies and support for youth art show $10,000

2024 Amber Fund Grants

Pampa Animal Welfare Society to provide for veterinary medical costs, facility operations, dog food, and transportation costs related to animal welfare for dogs $145,000
Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine to provide for supplies and equipment to outfit the TTUSVM mobile clinic to address dog vet services in the Amber counties during TTUSVM clinical rotations $50,000
Wellington Organization Rescue Dog Shelter to provide for veterinary medical costs, facility expansion, dog food and transportation costs related to animal welfare for dogs $70,000

2024 Pattern Panhandle Wind

Organization / Purpose Amount
City of Panhandle $10,794
Downtown Women’s Center $7,500
Golden Spread Council, Boy Scouts of America $5,000
Ogallala Commons $2,500
Panhandle Education Foundation $24,960
Panhandle Independent School District $5,000
White Deer Independent School District $25,000
K-12 Samsung Flip Interactive Flat Panels
White Deer Independent School District $25,000
Renovate & update family consumer science kitchen
White Deer Independent School District $25,000
White Deer Independent School District $25,000
White Deer Independent School District $5,000
White Deer-Skellytown Lighthouse Food Pantry $15,000
Window on a Wider World $11,115