East Texas Communities Foundation has announced the recipients of $100,000 in grants from the Retail Merchants Association of Tyler Charitable Fund.
The Retail Merchants Association of Tyler is a charitable fund that was established to provide annual grants to support designated charities within Smith County.
Nineteen Smith County non-profit organizations were invited to apply for funding for strong projects based based on their ideas, needs and their potential to improve the community. These charities requested approximately $453,000 in funding during this grant cycle. The 12 organizations selected for funding include.
• Grantee Grant Designation
• Mentoring Alliance After-school club at Orr Elementary
• Discovery Science Place Operating support
• East Texas Area Council Boy Scouts of America Cub Scout recruitment
• East Texas Crisis Center Child abuse prevention and education program
• East Texas Food Bank Operating support
• Habitat for Humanity Immediate Emergency Assistance Fund
• People Attempting to Help Emergency prescription and rent assistance program support
• Texas College Writing workshops and seminars
• The Salvation Army in Tyler Case Manager support
• United Way of Smith County East Texas Center for Nonprofits capacity building programs
• University of Texas at Tyler Research design of bike lane network
- East Texas Communities Foundation