The Waco Foundation



The mission of Waco Foundation is to promote solutions to community challenges, strengthen local nonprofits, engage philanthropists and manage charitable assets in order to improve quality of life in McLennan County.

Web Address

www.wacofoundation.org

Social Media Links

Instagram - www.instagram.com/wacofdn/

Facebook - www.facebook.com/wacofoundation


Assets and Giving for Waco Foundation

Assets

2019 - 97,060,627
2018 - 86,773,265
2017 - 80,143,111
Domestic Grants

2019 - 3,411,116
2018 - 2,980,702


    

Recent News from Waco Foundation


New forklift supports Caritas food bank
Foundation: Waco Foundation

He got a $10,000 grant from Grainger in 2016, and the Waco Foundation agreed to fund the balance needed to replace the oldest unit, and tossed...more

Bank of America grants check toward the Doris Miller Memorial
Foundation: Cooper Foundation, Cooper Foundation, Cooper Foundation, Waco Foundation

For the past nine months, a memorial for Navy hero Doris Miller has been in the works. The Waco Foundation, Cooper Foundation, Baylor...more

United Way's new strategic plan emphasizes early childhood development
Foundation: Waco Foundation

The community agency has received $90,000 from the Waco Foundation to take over its SmartBabies Early Childhood Initiative and will launch a new family ... has brought in an estimated $2 million in...more

Creative Waco arts fund stimulates local projects as state funding dries up
Foundation: Waco Foundation

Creative Waco's marketing and communications director Rae Jefferson ruffles through a new set of AMP applications. The grant pool, provided by...more

National Philanthropy Day Awards recipients to be recognized
Foundation: Waco Foundation

In fact, Ratliff said his family is working on a long-term plan to best accommodate and continue their philanthropic lifestyle. “We're working to form...more

Prosper Waco program to connect people with health resources
Foundation: Waco Foundation

The Episcopal Health Foundation awarded the grant to Prosper Waco in September, but Prosper Waco didn't announce the grant until this...more

Ashley Allison, guest columnist: Don't ever think fraud 'could never happen here' in Waco
Foundation: Waco Foundation

As the community foundation for McLennan County, Waco Foundation is committed to strengthening nonprofits, and that includes providing support...more

West, Texas: Across the Philanthropic Divide | Daily Yonder | Keep It ...
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Waco Foundation

It's one measurement of the philanthropic gap between rural and urban America. .... and philanthropy — the dearth of foundation and corporate philanthropic...more

West, Texas: Across the Philanthropic Divide
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Waco Foundation

However, there is a much more powerful explanation related to a core problem in charity and philanthropy — the dearth of foundation and corporate philanthropic grantmaking for rural communities and...more

The Baptist Standard :: The Newsmagazine of Texas Baptists ...
Foundation: Waco Foundation

Ashley Allison, executive director of the Waco Foundation, a nonprofit community foundation trust that allocates funding to other nonprofits throughout Waco and McLennan County, reconfigured...more



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