Grants Funding – Past Program Reports

2020 Recipients

2018 Recipients

  • Center for Child Protection – $3,527 to fund enhancements to the sensory gym at the Lakeway office for children going through the forensic interview process
  • Crafting Comfort – $983 to purchase supplies needed to produce quality items to support women & children who have been victims of violence or critical illness.
  • Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood – $4,695 to purchase food/basic necessities to help local residents in crisis.
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries – $4,788 to purchase food/basic necessities to help local residents in crisis.
  • LTHS Project Graduation – $1,426 to provide need-based scholarships for students to attend an alcohol/drug-free event following graduation.
  • LTHS Fight Club – $1,094 to fund a printer in the CavLounge for students lacking access to technology at home
  • Partners in Hope – $3,796 to provide materials for home repair to local residents living in unsafe/unhealthy environments.
  • RED Arena – $2,439 to scholarship local children with disabilities to attend summer horse therapy camp.
  • Skiin’ With the Galilean – $1,481 to fund camp memory shirts for foster children and children with disabilities
  • Youth to Seniors – $2,219 to support the “giving program” where youth & seniors come together to make teddy bears to donate to children in need.
Internal Program Funding
  • Green Santa Program: $2,040
  • College Scholarships: $10,000
  • School Supplies’ Project Supply Pack: $15,000

2017 Recipients

  • Austin School for the Performing & Visual Arts – $1,774 to provide need-based scholarships to local children to attend World Drumming camp
  • Center for Child Protection – $1,745 to support the Emergency Funds program with assistance to alleged victims of child abuse meet their basic needs
  • Crafting Comfort – $606 to purchase supplies needed to produce quality items to support women & children who have been victims of violence or critical illness.
  • Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship – $2,056 to provide for weekly therapy sessions for a local student.
  • Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood – $4,358 to purchase food/basic necessities to help local residents in crisis.
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministry – $4,436 to purchase food/basic necessities to help local residents in crisis.
  • LTHS Project Graduation – $1,965 to provide need-based scholarships for students to attend an alcohol/drug-free event following graduation.
  • Partners in Hope – $3,794 to provide materials for home repair to local residents living in unsafe/unhealthy environments.
  • Peaceful Dreams – $668 to purchase new, children’s pajamas for children removed from their homes & placed in local children’s shelters.
  • RED Arena – $2,082 to scholarship local children with disabilities to attend summer horse therapy camp.
  • Youth to Seniors – $1,970 to support the “giving program” where youth & seniors come together to make teddy bears to donate to children in need.
  • HBMS CTAG program- $1,600
Internal Program Funding
  • College Scholarships: $5,000
  • Kids Free Dental Day: $4,500
  • School Supplies’ Project Supply Pack: $18,500

2016 Recipients

  • Austin School for the Visual & Performing Arts: $2,580
  • Bright Horizons: $3,993
  • Center for Child Protection: $2,435
  • Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship: $2,159
  • Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood: $6,330
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $8,739
  • LTHS Project Graduation: $1,335
  • Partners in Hope: $5,396
  • Peaceful Dreams: $694
  • RED Arena: $2,523
  • Skin’ with the Galilean: $2,055
  • Youth2Seniors: $2,105
Internal Program Funding
  • College Scholarships: $5,000
  • Kids Free Dental Day: $2,385
  • Project Supply Pack: $4,000

2015 Recipients

  • Play to Learn $3000
  • Peaceful Dreams: $600
  • Red Arena: $3,235
  • Partners in Hope: $5,535
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $5,535
  • Veterans Equine Training Services: $3,235
  • Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood: $3,335
  • Ryan Taylor/Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship: $2,035
  • Bright Horizons: $3,735
  • Skiin’ with the Galilean: $2,385
  • Center for Child Protection: $2,535
  • Youth2Seniors: $1,135
  • Mobile Loaves and Fishes: $2,335
  • Kids Free Dental Day: $4,935
  • Project Supply Pack: $4,735
  • Senior Scholarships: $4,500

2014 Recipients

  • Skiin’ With The Galilean: $2,100
  • Boy Scouts of America (Troop 441): $3,285
  • Bright Horizons: $3,300
  • Center for Child Protection: $2,500
  • Central Texas Lions KidSight Foundation: $4,000
  • Cheyanna Foundation’s Champions-4-Children: $2,000
  • Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship:$2,400
  • Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood: $4,300
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $4,600
  • LTHS Project Graduation 2014: $750
  • LTHS Senior Scholarships: $4,500
  • Kids Free Dental Care Day: $2,400
  • Partners in Hope: $4,800
  • Peaceful Dreams: $500
  • RED Arena: $3,000
  • The Joyful Horse Project VETS: $3,500
  • Youth2Seniors: $1,400

2013 Recipients

  • Partners in Hope: $3800
  • Helping Hand of Spicewood: $3925
  • LTHS Project Graduation: $675 (9 scholarships)
  • Cheyanna Foundation’s Champion-4-Children: $1600
  • Skiin’ with the Galilean: $1700
  • Youth2Seniors: $2350
  • Dream A Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship: $2475 (1 year scholarship)
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $4275
  • LTlov Kid’s Dental Care Day: $2350
  • Center for Child Protection: $3050
  • Red Arena: $1000
  • Peaceful Dreams: $550
  • The Joyful Horse Project: $2300
  • Christian Compassion Center: $2300
  • LTHS Senior Scholarships: $4500 (3 college scholarships)

2012 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $3,050 (general fund), $700 (designated fund)
  • LTHS Project Graduation: $675
  • Austin School for the Performing & Visual Arts: $1,700
  • Boy Scouts of America, Local Troop 786: $1,000
  • Partners in Hope: $4,650
  • Helping Hand of Spicewood: $4,500
  • Spicewood Wildfire Long Term Recovery: $5,050
  • Skiin’ with the Galilean: $1,550
  • Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship: $1,475
  • LTlov Dental Care Day: $2,150
  • Center for Child Protection: $2,050
  • Private Member Donation Distributions: $600
  • LTHS Senior Scholarships: $4,500
  • Lake Travis Teen Parenting Scholarship Fund: $5,130

2011 Recipients

  • Partners in Hope: $1000
  • Lake Travis Elementary: $300
  • Lake Travis Fire and Rescue: $2685
  • LTHS Senior Scholarship: $1000
  • LTHS Brittany Stone Care Fund: $750
  • LTISD Teen Pregnancy/Parenting Program: $1,965
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $1,900 (general fund), $1,785 (designated fund)
  • Small Miracles Fund: $2,050
  • Boys Scouts of America (Troop 441): $700
  • The Austin School for the Performing & Visual Arts: $1,050
  • Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship: $3,790
  • Dental Care Day” with Lakeway Dental Office: $2,500 (allocated)
  • Christian Compassion Center: $250
  • Lake Travis High School/ACC Textbook Library: $935
  • Skiin’ With The Galilean: $1,200

2010 Recipients

  • Small Miracles: $1075
  • Austin School for the Visual & Performing Arts: $1800
  • The Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $1500
  • Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship: $3200
  • LTHS Senior Scholarship: $1000
  • Private Member Donations: $1490

2009 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $1500
  • Lake Travis High School Sunshine Committee: $750
  • Spicewood Caring Hands: $500
  • Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship: $1,235
  • LTHS Emergency Funding: $500 (individual family crisis)

Community-engaged Donations

2018 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Elementary School: 100 personal headsets

2017 Recipients

  • Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood: $1,000- personal care items, blankets, coats
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $800- personal care items
  • Lake Travis High School: $730- items for Special Education Department, shoes and diapers for Fight Club
  • Peaceful Dreams: $780- children’s pajamas
  • LTISD: Donated school supplies to meet the needs of ALL economically disadvantaged students
  • Green Santa program: donated 3 gifts, 1 stuffed animal, 1 book and food cards to 600 children
  • Dental Day: $1,285: supplies

2016 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Lunch Truck: 58 boxes Girl Scout cookies
  • Kids Free Dental Day program: $1,850- dental supplies, toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss
  • School Supplies program: $6,450- school supplies and backpacks
  • Green Santa program: $8,645- HEB food cards, 2043 children’s gifts, 750 books, 500 gift boxes, 750 stuffed animals, 250 action figures, 200 beanie babies
  • Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood: $550 – Personal Care items
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: $550 – Personal Care items
  • Peaceful Dreams: 39 new, children’s pajamas

2015 Recipients

  • School Supplies Program: Distributed 300 grade and campus specific school supplies to Lake Travis students
  • Green Santa program: Distributed over 2500 gifts, 650 books and $13,750 dollars in HEB food cards to 620 children from 2013 Lake Travis families

2014 Recipients

  • Green Santa: Donated over 1500 gifts and $12,800 dollars in HEB food cards
  • Back to School Supply Drive: Donated school supplies to meet the needs of every low income LTISD student plus $2,700 in wish list purchases at LTES and LTHS.
  • Summer Lovin: Donated 64 pairs of children’s pj’s to Peaceful Dreams, a 2 month supply of personal care items & 7 box fans for the Lake Travis Crisis Ministry, personal care items to serve 50 clients + box fans for Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood and a cash donation of $425 to each organization.

2013 Recipients

  • “Santa’s Sack” Green Santa gift drive: Donated 380 gifts and $2,445.00 in cash/gift cards
  • 4th Annual PackaBackpack School Supplies Drive: Donated supplies to meet the needs of low income LTISD students, including 42 personal headsets for LTE, 40 flash drives for HBMS and 15 graphing calculators for LTHS
  • CancerCanKissOff Summer Event: Raised $20,064 to help Torrence fight brain cancer

2012 Recipients

  • Green Santa 2012“: Donated over 700 gifts and $2,365.00 in cash and gift cards
  • Happy Birthday LTlov“: Donated 40 pkgs diapers & 44 pkgs baby wipes to LTHS Infant Care Center, 204 children’s pajamas to Peaceful Dreams, 54 teddy bears to the Lakeway Police, and personal care items to serve 200+ families at the Lake Travis and Spicewood Helping Hand crisis ministries.
  • PackaBackpack” School Supplies Drive: Donated supplies needed to equip low-income LTISD students; including 40 personal headphones & 25 tri-fold boards for LTE, 40 flash drives for HBMS and 5 graphing calculators for LTHS
  • 2012 Summer Lunch Program: Prepared & delivered 100 lunches on Thursdays throughout the summer break with Emmaus church.

2011 Recipients

2010 Recipients

2009 Recipients

Member-engaged Donations

2018 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministry: $360- non-perishable food items

2017 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministry: $1200- non-perishable food items, Thanksgiving turkeys
  • Peaceful Dreams: $1,275- children’s pajamas, Halloween costumes
  • Support the Girls Austin: $2,500- bras, feminine care products

2016 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries –  add 20 Thanksgiving turkeys
  • Peaceful Dreams- 12 pairs/children’s pajamas, 25 Halloween costumes
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 30 bags of groceries

2015 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Lunch Truck: 25 boxes girls scout cookies, 15 children’s books
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 20 bags of groceries
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 78 rolls of toilet paper
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 32 packs of diapers

2014 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 17 Thanksgiving turkeys
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 37 packages of diapers
  • Peaceful Dreams: 38 pairs of new, kid’s pj’s & 25 Halloween costumes for children in local shelters

2013 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 35 Thanksgiving Turkeys
  • Armadillo Trailer Park: 10 Blankets
  • Lake Travis High School Student Day Care: Diapers
  • Lake Travis and Spicewood Crisis Ministries: 40 bags of fresh produce

2012 Recipients

  • Armadillo Trailer Park: Blankets, Scarves, Hats, Mittens for 12 children
  • Toothbrushes and Toothpastes for 100 local children
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 30 Thanksgiving Turkeys
  • Spicewood Helping Hands: 30 bags of groceries

2011 Recipients

  • Covenant Canyon & Armadillo Trailer Parks: 40 Blankets
  • Toothbrushes and Toothpastes for 100 local children
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 30 Thanksgiving turkeys
  • Hudson Bend Middle School: Clothing & shoes
  • Partners In Hope: Clothing, shoes, & personal care items
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries / Spicewood Caring Hands: Toothbrushes & toothpastes
  • LTISD Infant Daycare Facility: artwork, alphabet flooring, infant swings, sitting aids, clothing, feeding accessories, toys, and books

2010 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 37 Thanksgiving turkeys
  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 38 bags of groceries
  • Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship: equipped Bee Creek Stables sensory trail
  • Lake Travis High School: 36 prom dresses, 10 pairs shoes, jewelry sets, accessories

2009 Recipients

  • Lake Travis Crisis Ministries: 24 bags of groceries, 15 packages of diapers
  • Bee Cave District Boy Scouts of America: Silent auction gift basket ($500 retail value)