News Release
Permian Basin Area Foundation awards $1.1 million in TRIAD Fund grants
September 21, 2007 – MIDLAND, TX – Permian Basin Area Foundation www.pbaf.org has awarded approximately $1.1 million in grants to West Texas nonprofits serving needs of American military personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and their families. The grants are from the Foundation’s $5 million TRIAD Fund, www.triadfund.org, established with resources from the Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund of the California Community Foundation.
The goal of the TRIAD Fund initiative is to expand assistance to American military service members 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.
Permian Basin Area Foundation announced awards to 14 organizations following its third funding review cycle:
- American Red Cross El Paso Chapter to address emergency communication needs between deployed military service members and their families. www.redcrosselpaso.org
- American Red Cross Texas Panhandle Chapter to address emergency needs of military service members and their families. www.amarillo.redcross.org
- Big Bend Natural History Association, Activets Program to provide re-integration therapy through outdoor experiences for military service members returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. www.activets.org
- Centers for Children & Families to provide counseling to military service members and their families. www.centerswesttexas.org
- Child Crisis Center of El Paso to provide emergency shelter for children, infants through 13 years of age, of military service personnel. www.childcrisiselp.org
- Community Action Program of Taylor County to address needs of military personnel residing in a 14 county area around Taylor County/Abilene who are facing economic hardship as a result of deployment. (325) 673-5785
- Family Promise of Lubbock to assist Lubbock area military service members and their families with essential family and household needs. www.familypromiselubbock.org
- Goodwill of El Paso, Inc. to assist veterans with post-military employment training and placement opportunities. www.goodwillep.org
- Jewish Family & Children’s Service, El Paso to provide mental health services to military personnel and their families in the Fort Bliss area. (915) 581-3256
- Operation Render Comfort to expand casualty notification/assistance training support to Ft. Bliss Center, provide children’s grief counseling, and develop rural community and professional education offerings in conjunction with Texas National Guard. www.operationrendercomfort.org
- Salvation Army - El Paso to provide food boxes, clothing, furniture vouchers, gasoline, and utilities, rent or house payment assistance to military service members and their families. (915) 544-9811
- Salvation Army - San Angelo to provide services including basic needs, medical care and transportation, and alcohol and drug abuse counseling to military service members and their families. www.salarmysanangelo.org
- Soldiers of Today and Yesterday for the West Texas Service Member & Family Fund to assist with purchasing necessary troop items including the delivery expenses. www.todaytomorrowyesterday.net
- YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region to provide financial counseling services, including household budget and debt management to military service members and their families. www.ywcaelpaso.org
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 Foundations seek applications from qualified tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations serving active duty, reserve, National Guard, and veterans of the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Research indicates such needs include assistance with basic necessities – housing, food, clothing, and utility bills; issues related to children and youth; counseling; medical, legal, and financial management assistance; and urgent/critical issues – death in the family, emergency travel, and crisis referrals. Grant criteria and application information is available at www.triadfund.org.
