2025 Amber Fund Grants
| Pampa Animal Welfare Society | Animal Welfare for Dogs | $945,000 |
| Texas Tech Foundation, Inc. | TTUSVM Mobile Clinic Dog Care | $35,000 |
| Wellington Organization Rescue Dog Shelter | Medical Care for Dog Welfare | $21,460 |
| Collingsworth County Home Delivered Meals Program | CCHDM clients’ food and Veterinary Costs | $5,000 |
| Donley County Senior Citizens | DCSC clients’ Food and Veterinary Costs | $5,000 |
2025 Arts & Culture Fund Grants
| Organization | Purpose | Amount |
| Amarillo Community Film Society | AiFF Production | $10,000 |
| Amarillo Jazz Society | Count Basie Jazz Orchestra | $35,000 |
| Amarillo Opera | Mariachi Artists Production | $30,000 |
| Amarillo Symphony, Inc. | Annual Educational Concert Series and Emerging Composer Event | $20,000 |
| Amarillo Tri-State Exposition | Murals at the Fairgrounds | $22,000 |
| Blank Spaces Murals | Route 66 Collaboration with National Geographic Society | $50,000 |
| Buffalo Grass Music Hall Inc | Production and Performer Needs | $13,000 |
| Clarendon Economic Development | Mulkey Theater Equipment | $20,000 |
| Friona Music & Drama Booster Club | Friona High School Band Uniforms | $25,000 |
| Kanza Society Inc. High Plains Public Radio | Community Connections Producer and Classical Music Amarillo | $23,000 |
| La Rita Performing Arts Theatre | Lighting and Sound Upgrades | $20,000 |
| Panhandle Professional Writers | New Frontiers in Writing Conference Speakers | $10,000 |
| Western Cowpunchers Association | Historic Dance Hall Bands | $12,000 |
| Window on a Wider World | WOWW Youth Art Show | $10,000 |
2025 Capacity Building Grants
| Organization | Purpose | Amount |
| Amarillo Art Institute | This award from the Capacity Building Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant for capacity building for Amarillo Art Institute to hire an outside consultant to lead the organization through a strategic planning process and utilize remaining funds for board training, as stated in the grant proposal. | $4,000 |
| Panhandle Orphan Care Network | Capacity Building | $5,000 |
2025 Catalyst Grants
| Organization | Amount |
| 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle | $1o,000 |
| AAO Social Services | $15,300 |
| Amarillo Area CASA | $12,200 |
| Arms Stretched Wide Foundation | $10,000 |
| CreatiVets | $7,500 |
| Ethan Project of Texas Corporation | $20,000 |
| Karen Community of Amarillo, Texas | $10,000 |
| Martha Root Community Building | $20,000 |
| No Boundaries International | $7,500 |
| Panhandle Angels Foundation | $7,500 |
| Panhandle Crisis Center | $13,450 |
| Project Feed the Kids Inc | $7,500 |
| Spectrum Support Society | $5,000 |
| Top of Texas Crisis Pregnancy Center | $7,500 |
| Upward 4 Kids | $10,000 |
2025 Discretionary Grants
| Organization | Amount |
| Amarillo Area Foundation | $249,000 |
| Amarillo Children’s Home | $117,450 |
| Amarillo College Foundation | $15,000 |
| Amarillo Wesley Community Center | $60,000 |
| Aspire A Mindful Place | $75,000 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hereford | $25,000 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hereford | $25,000 |
| Brothers-Sisters of Our Military Adventures | $115,000 |
| Brothers-Sisters of Our Military Adventures | $115,000 |
| Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle | $150,000 |
| Cenikor Foundation | $30,000 |
| City of Amarillo Community Development | $100,000 |
| Coalition of Health Services, Inc. | $30,000 |
| Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country | $10,000 |
| Community Worship Center of Perryton, Inc. | $10,000 |
| Conversational City Lab | $45,000 |
| Don Harrington Discovery Center | $100,000 |
| Dumas Area Crisis Pregnancy Center | $15,005.28 |
| Dumas Area Crisis Pregnancy Center | $133,965 |
| Eveline’s Sunshine Cottage | $30,000 |
| Frank Phillips College | $239,000 |
| Garretson Center Inc | $10,000 |
| Golden Plains Community Hospital | $114,900 |
| Good Samaritan Christian Service, Inc. of Dalhart, TX | $10,000 |
| High Plains Food Bank | $75,000 |
| High Plains Helping Hand Inc. | $10,815 |
| High Plains Helping Hand Inc. | $19,185 |
| Hilltop Senior Citizens Association | $40,300 |
| Hope Choice, Inc. | $15,005.27 |
| Martha’s Home | $9,830 |
| Martha’s Home | $40,170 |
| Maverick Boys & Girls Club of Amarillo | $100,000 |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute of Texas | $190,000 |
| Meals on Wheels of Amarillo | $50,000 |
| Opportunity School, Inc. | $150,000 |
| Pampa Meals on Wheels | $35,000 |
| Refuge Ministries | $10,000 |
| Texas 2036 | $125,000 |
| The Leaders Readers Network | $25,000 |
| The RANGE | $125,000 |
| Transformation Park | $258,411 |
| Tulia Love Fund | $10,000 |
| West Texas A&M University Foundation | $25,000 |
| White Deer-Skellytown Lighthouse Food Pantry | $3,000 |
2025 Education Fund Grants
| Conversational City Lab | Digital Navigator Support for Survivors of Domestic Abuse and Violence | $20,000 |
| Ogallala Commons | Ogallala Commons Sub Hub Wheeler | $5,000 |
2025 Fortifying Capacity Grants
| Family Support Services | FCG: Operating costs including payroll and fringe benefits for essential FSS staff | $100,000 |
| Refugee Language Project | Emergency Gap Funding | $86,000 |
2025 HRMC Grants
| Organization | Purpose | Amount |
| Amarillo Area CASA | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to support Voices for Health, a program to ensure children in foster care receive timely, consistent, and comprehensive medical and mental health care. | $5,000 |
| Amarillo College Foundation | HRCM Scholarships | $8,726 |
| Amarillo Hearing Foundation | AHF is requesting funds to provide services that will increase the availability and affordability of hearing healthcare for patients who are 60 years of age and older. | $20,000 |
| Aspire A Mindful Place | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to provide monthly support groups for first responders in Hutchinson County, plus additional programs to promote mental health and wellness. | $6,362 |
| Clarendon College | Healthcare Related Scholarship | $5,090 |
| Don Harrington Discovery Center | This award from the Resident Grant Program constitutes a grant to support the replacement of the chiller in the East wing. | $14,765 |
| Downtown Women’s Center | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to assist with therapeutic counseling for women and children. | $6,362 |
| Family Support Services | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to support youth health and wellness through equine-assisted therapy and Girls Circles focused on health and safety. | $5,000 |
| Frank Phillips College | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to support purchasing nursing equipment to train CNA, LVN, and RN students at 6 RNEC-participating sites. | $10,000 |
| Frank Phillips College | Healthcare Related Scholarships | $5,090 |
| Meals on Wheels of Amarillo | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to provide scholarships for meals for clients who can’t afford to pay for their meals. | $10,000 |
| Moore County Health Foundation | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to support purchasing equipment/building renovation for a Dialysis/Nephrology Center. | $10,000 |
| Ogallala Commons | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to provide matching funds to grow the food hub project in the Texas Panhandle. | $5,000 |
| Panhandle Breast Health | Requesting capacity building funds for board recruitment/training, strategic and development planning, and general support for salaries and overhead. | $10,000 |
| Panhandle Community Services | To overcome regional health and economic issues by providing dental services for low-income families working to become self-sufficient. | $10,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Amarillo | This award from the Resident Grant Program constitutes a grant to support electrical work, pergola installation, and a memorial bench cover for the outdoor family area. | $6,830.46 |
| Texas Ramp Project | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant 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 |
| Texas Tech Foundation, Inc. | Healthcare-related Scholarships | $8,726 |
| Turn Center | Turn Center requests matching support to replace flooring in our Little Gym, ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming therapy space for over 1200 special needs children each year. | $14,765 |
| West Texas A&M University Foundation | This award from the Community Health Grant Program constitutes a grant to support purchasing devices that will integrate NES for treating swallowing disorders, and VR to enhance communication treatments for clients and education for students. | $10,000 |
| West Texas A&M University Foundation | Healthcare Related Scholarships | $8,726 |
2025 Louise Bower Slentz
| Organization | Purpose | Amount |
| Arms Stretched Wide Foundation | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support the rural relational mental health training initiative. | $22,500 |
| Cenikor Foundation | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support Medication Assisted Treatment for medically indigent clients in the Texas Panhandle. | $30,000 |
| Coalition of Health Services, Inc. | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support the Gateway to Health Careers program. | $20,000 |
| Downtown Women’s Center | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support Downtown Women’s Center Recovery Program. | $40,000 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Texas | The purpose of the letter is to request a $20,000 grant from the Louise Bowers Slentz Advise and Consult Fund to support the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas’s medical services program in the Texas Panhandle. Specifically, the funding would help cover clinic visits and lab work for underserved adults with epilepsy who receive care at the foundation’s Amarillo specialty clinic. The support will ensure continued access to quality neurological care, testing, and essential medications for approximately 74 patients annually, ultimately improving their health outcomes and quality of life. | $10,000 |
| Family Support Services | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support accessible counseling in rural communities across the Texas Panhandle. | $30,000 |
| Ogallala Commons | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support the Workforce Development for Texas Panhandle Communities. | $35,000 |
| Panhandle Breast Health | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support no-cost screening mammograms at Pampa Regional Medical Center. | $20,000 |
| Panhandle Community Services | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support PCS’ Rural Dental Initiative. | $25,000 |
| Region 16 Education Service Center | These distributions from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitute a grant to support the Region 16 ESC EdNet Fiber Project. | $125,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Amarillo | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support the Share a Stay program. | $25,000 |
| Special Olympics Texas | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support Special Olympics Texas Panhandle Health Initiatives, The Healthy LEAP and Healthy Athletes programs. | $5,500 |
| Texas Ramp Project | Annual Support | $5,000 |
| West Texas A&M University Foundation | This distribution from the Louise Bowers Slentz Foundation, Inc. Advise and Consult Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, constitutes a grant to support the purchase of an Opal RT Technologies real-time digital simulator for the WT A&M College of Engineering. | $35,000 |
2025 CNSP Recipients
| Recipient Name | Purpose | Amount |
| Bridges to Life | Educational and Graduation Expenses | $10,000 |
| Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle | CURE Meal Kits | $9,856 |
| Downtown Women’s Center | Substance Use Disorders Recovery Programs and Services | $10,000 |
| Hope Lives Here | Veteran-Service Dog Teams | $10,000 |
| Panhandle Angels Foundation | Childhood Cancer Treatment Travel and Living Expenses | $10,000 |
| Project Feed the Kids, Inc. | Meal Programs | $7,644 |
| Texas Ramp Project | Ramps for Low-Income Older Adults and Others with Disabilities | $10,000 |
| The Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center | Advocacy Services | $10,000 |
| Tralee Crisis Center for Women | Emergency Financial Assistance for Clients | $3,500 |
2025 Pattern Panhandle Wind
| Organization | Amount | ||
| Buffalo Grass Music Hall Inc | $10,00 | ||
| City of Panhandle | $12,394.72 | ||
| Garretson Center Inc. | $18,000 | ||
| Joy Community Fund | $20,000 | ||
| Ogallala Commons | $2,500 | ||
| Panhandle Education Foundation | $4,250 | ||
| Panhandle Independent School District | $18,000 | ||
| Panhandle Independent School District | $5,000 | ||
| Panhandle Independent School District | $18,000 | ||
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Amarillo | $2,650 | ||
| White Deer Independent School District | $5,000 | ||
| White Deer Senior Citizens Association Inc. | $7,205.28 | ||
| White Deer-Skellytown Lighthouse Food Pantry | $5,600 | ||
| White Deer-Skellytown Lighthouse Food Pantry | $22,500 | ||
| Window on a Wider World | $4,250 | ||
2025 WPF Recipients
| Applicant | Purpose | Award Amount |
| Amarillo Children’s Home | Constitutes a grant to support the Change the Ending initiative, enhancing direct care (minus salaries) through individualized support, testing, counseling, and therapeutic modalities. | $10,000 |
| Buckner Children & Family Services | Constitutes a grant to support Buckner Amarillo Family Pathways program helping single mothers move from poverty to financial independence and self-sufficiency. | $5,000 |
| Downtown Women’s Center | Constitutes a grant to assist with therapeutic counseling, helping women and children heal from trauma and PTSD | $10,000 |
| Eveline’s Sunshine Cottage | Constitutes a grant to support refurnishing, restocking, and refurbishing homes for new homeless single mothers and their children. | $10,000 |
| Family Support Services | Constitutes a grant to provide emergency shelter, housing support, transportation, basic needs, and self-sufficiency services for survivors of domestic violence. | $10,000 |
| Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains, Inc | Constitutes a grant to support implementing the Cookie University programs for K-12 girls in the Amarillo area | $10,000 |
| Heal the City Free Clinic | Constitutes a grant to support providing comprehensive healthcare services for women enrolled in the Shalom Chronic Care program | $10,000 |
| Moore County Health Foundation | Constitutes a grant to support implementing a program to provide transportation for low-income women and children to get to OB/GYN prenatal care and Family Health Clinic appointments and other healthcare. | $5,000 |
| Opportunity School | Constitutes a grant to support providing assistance to families by funding scholarships for childcare access | $10,000 |
| Panhandle Orphan Care Network | Constitutes a grant to purchase a trailer to help with infrastructure, funding to increase the amount of Placement Packages provided, and marketing for podcast | $10,000 |
