TRIAD Fund supports U.S. troops and their families

In late 2006, Permian Basin Area Foundation was honored to be selected by the California Community Foundation to receive $5 million in funding for grantmaking to charitable organizations addressing needs of U.S. military personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and their families. Under the banner of the “TRIAD Fund”, Permian Basin Area Foundation is responding to funding requests in the western part of Texas in collaboration with The Dallas Foundation and San Antonio Community Foundation, which make grants available for services in north-eastern and south-eastern Texas, respectively.

The goal of TRIAD (Texas Resources for Iraq and Afghanistan Deployment) is to expand assistance to American military personnel and their families who have unmet needs due to death, injury, or other physical or mental detriment, or financial hardship, as a result of service in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Through October of this year, our Foundation has awarded 31 grants totaling $2.7 million:

• American Red Cross El Paso Chapter
• American Red Cross Texas Panhandle Chapter
• Army Community Services, Fort Bliss
• Basic Needs Network/United Way of Abilene
• Big Bend Natural History Association, Activets Program
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Texas, Abilene & San Angelo
• Centers for Children & Families, Midland
• Child Crisis Center of El Paso
• The Children’s Grief Center of El Paso
• Christians In Action, San Angelo
• Community Action Program of Taylor County
• El Paso Child Guidance Center
• Family Promise of Lubbock
• Family Service Association of Lubbock
• Ft. Bliss School Liaison Program
• Goodwill of El Paso, Inc.
• Jewish Family & Children’s Service, El Paso
• Military Child Education Coalition
• Operation Homefront of Texas
• Operation Render Comfort
• Paso Del Norte Food Bank, El Paso
• Salvation Army-El Paso
• Salvation Army- San Angelo
• Samaritan Counseling Center of West Texas, Midland
• Soldiers of Today and Yesterday, Midland
• USA Cares, Inc.
• Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Texas
• West Texas Family and Community Services, Amarillo
• YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region

More information about the TRIAD project is available is available at www.triadfund.org.