ants
Arlington Urban Ministries
Thriving Families program assists financially disadvantaged clients with a portion of one
month’s rent or utilities, as well as a 12-day provision of food.
$35,000
Cancer Care Services
(CCS)
Underwrites expenses associated with providing help and hope to cancer patients,
survivors, their families and caregivers through direct financial, emotional, spiritual and social
programs, services and activities. The goal is to serve an average of 160 clients per quarter
in Arlington.
$30,000
Communities Foundation
of Texas – North Texas
Giving Day
This grant sponsored Arlington events and an Arlington Gives! Rally as part of the 2015
North Texas Giving Day. The Arlington Tomorrow Foundation offered $50,000 in bonus
funds to Arlington-based charities registered for the 2015 Giving Day event.
$50,000
Dance Theatre Arlington
Funding for Dance! Texas, a partnership between the Arlington Museum of Art and the
Dance Theatre of Arlington; a coinciding dance performance and art exhibit to celebrate the
life and work of Bruce Wood, a noted Texas-based choreographer who died May 2014.
$38,200
Downtown Arlington
Management Corporation
Project Dream, installed in September 2015, made public art accessible to Arlington
residents and visitors, and it helped secure an important state designation through the
Texas Commission on the Arts’ Cultural Arts District program.
$25,000
Helping Restore Ability
Funding for Caring for Arlington Citizens with Disabling Conditions Project to serve at least
175 individuals and their families in 2015-16 by providing in-home care for low-income
citizens with disabling conditions; and to enroll 50 new clients in Arlington.
$50,000
Meals on Wheels
of Tarrant County
Meals on Wheels provides home-delivered meals, professional case management and
other needed items or services to elderly and disabled homebound residents in Arlington.
$38,500
Senior Citizen Services
of Tarrant County
Funding for senior programs including congregate meals, wellness programs, a variety of
activities, educational presentations, socialization and free wellness workshops.
$49,000
Sponsor Adoptions
The project is a resource for Arlington pet owners and the Arlington Animal Shelter to help
save animals from being surrendered or being euthanized for treatable medical needs. The
funds requested will be used to sponsor pets in the Shelter.
$10,000
Symphony Arlington
Underwrites the Golden Ticket Program which brought senior residents to the Arlington
Music Hall to attend each performance during the 2014-2015 Season, Shall We Dance?
$6,500
Tarrant County Association Grant funding will underwrite expenses related to the purchase of two laptop computers
for the Blind (Lighthouse for to help instruct visually challenged clients with cooking lessons and other kitchen-related
the Blind of Fort Worth)
activities.
$10,000
The Women’s Center of
Tarrant County
Funding to continue providing Rape Crisis & Victim Services, Play it Safe!® child sexual
abuse prevention education and Mental Health Counseling. The Center aimed to serve
more than 11,250 children and adults in Arlington in 2015.
$20,000
The Warm Place
Facility offering services for grieving children and families received funding to renovate four
children’s rooms for grief sessions.
$50,000
Theatre Arlington
Grant underwrites the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Theatre Arlington seasons, helping to
produce nine shows each season, bringing the arts to the economically disadvantaged in
the Arlington area.
$40,000
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