NB Women GO members awarded eight grants, totaling just over $59,000 to local nonprofits after hosting their membership live grant voting event on April 13 at McKenna Events Center. Since 2017, the giving organization has granted nearly $230,000 to help provide food, shelter, education, preservation, culture, health and crisis programs in our community.
This year’s grant recipients include $8,000 each to:
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- New Braunfels Conservation Society – Arts and Culture Category
- Communities in Schools of South Central Texas – Education Category
- The Salvation Army, New Braunfels Corps – Family Services Adult Category
- Connections Individual and Family Services – Family Services Children Category
- SOS Food Bank – Health and Wellness Adult Category
- Comal Trails Alliance – Health and Wellness Children Category
- SJRC Texas – Housing and Sustainability Category
In addition, NB Women GO member Mary Jane Coleman was the lucky winner of a raffle drawing, allowing her to select which second place finisher in the grant voting would receive the Second Chance Grant, in the amount of $3,200. She selected the Children’s Advocacy Center of Comal County to received that grant.
The center will use grant funds for forensic interviewing, prevention, counseling and other services for abused children. Connections Individual and Family Services will use the funding for to create safe spaces and meet basic needs of its youth at the at the shelter.
SJRC Texas will use grant money to make repairs and replace items damaged during the severe winter storm. Communities in Schools of South Central Texas will use grant funds to help support youth in crisis and their families.
The grant to SOS Food Bank will help with much-needed funding to help the food insecure.
The grant to Comal Trails Alliance will help fund the first bicycle flow path here in Comal County. Bicycle flow paths have been described as “terrain-induced roller coaster experiences with little pedaling or braking necessary.”
For The Salvation Army, New Braunfels Corps, the grant will go toward funding of vehicle for transportation of meals and clients.
The grant to the New Braunfels Conservation Society will be used for repairs to the 1952 Lindheimer Haus in New Braunfels.
This is NB Women GO’s fourth grant cycle. Members awarded $72,000 in grants to local nonprofits in 2020; $61,500 in 2019; and $37,500 in 2018.
The women’s giving organization formed in late 2017. Members are united by a common purpose – to make a difference in the lives of others by giving back in the community. Members pool their donations and award grants to New Braunfels area nonprofits on an annual basis. Members have a direct say in how the grants are awarded by voting on their favorite nonprofits at the annual grant event.
Join NB Women GO at nbcommunityfoundation.org; or for information on the NB Women GO grant process, contact Brit W. King, NBCF President/CEO, at (830) 606-9536 or brit@nbcommunityfoundation.org.