JULY 3, 2001

KERRVILLE—The Cailloux Foundation announced that $2,636,700 in grants have been awarded during the first six months of 2001. The awards range in size from $3,200 to a multi-year challenge grant totaling $1,500,000. All of the grants have gone to nonprofit organizations in the Texas Hill Country.

The Kerr County YMCA was awarded a multi-year challenge grant in the amount of $1,500,000 toward the construction of a permanent facility in Kerrville, Texas. The Kerr County YMCA began as a branch of the San Antonio YMCA in 1990 and operates out of donated space at Riverhill Mall in Kerrville. Currently programs are conducted in space borrowed from schools, churches, and other facilities.

A capital project planned by the Medina Children’s Home in Medina, Texas will be funded entirely by a $660,000 grant from the Foundation. The new building will provide space for all social services with additional rooms for individual and family counseling. The Home is a residential care facility that has been in operation since 1958 and has served more than 4,000 neglected, abused, or homeless children.

The Bandera County Committee on Aging was awarded $255,000 for capital support toward the construction of a new 10,643 square foot senior center in Bandera, Texas. The Center has provided services to senior citizens in the Bandera area since the 1970’s.

The Foundation awarded $125,000 to the Salvation Army of Kerrville for the purchase of 16 acres of land that shares a property line with its current location. A future expansion of that facility is planned on the new property. The Kerrville unit was started in the 1960’s as a service to support an all-volunteer free medical and dental clinic for the poor, which still operates today.

A $25,000 challenge grant was pledged to Camp Eagle to provide camp tuition assistance to disadvantaged children. Camp Eagle, created in 1999, is a nondenominational Christian camping ministry.

Partners in Ministry of Kerrville (PIM) was awarded a $20,000 grant to organize a formal research project to assess the needs of prenatal through second grade children in Kerr County. PIM, formed in 1998, exists to act as a catalyst and a collaborator to build capacity in the nonprofit sector. The study will provide a comprehensive and current representation of the needs of primarily poor young children in Kerr County.

A $20,000 grant was awarded to Star Ranch in Ingram, Texas to replace refrigerators, stoves, microwave ovens, and other appliances in the residences and the dining hall. Star Ranch has been in operation since 1990 with a residential living center and summer camping program for children with multiple physical and mental disorders.

Young Life of Kerr County received $15,000 in operating support for their ecumenical outreach program for teenagers. Young Life began in Kerrville in 1994 and recently expanded into Ingram.

A grant in the amount of $10,000 was awarded to the American Cancer Society of Kerrville to help provide services in Kerr County. These services include transportation, information, use of equipment, and educational programs.

A $3,500 award went to Hill Country Special Olympics of Kerrville to support their Annual Invitational Track and Field Meet for children and young adults with mental retardation.

The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country in Kerrville, created in 1981, received a $3,200 award for the purchase of office equipment. Community foundations fund local charitable activities and act as advocates and resources for nonprofit organizations.

Floyd A. and Kathleen C. Cailloux created The Cailloux Foundation in 1994. The Foundation’s mission is to perpetuate their vision through the betterment of individual lives, with emphasis on the needs of disadvantaged children. Mr. Cailloux was co-founder of Keystone International and was instrumental in the company becoming a leader in the manufacturing and marketing of industrial valves for general industry. In 1981, Mr. and Mrs. Cailloux moved from Houston to Kerrville, Texas where they became very involved in charitable endeavors in the Texas Hill Country and around the state. The Foundation continues these endeavors by quietly awarding grants to eligible nonprofit organizations mainly in the Hill Country.

The application process for the Foundation consists of an initial letter of inquiry from a nonprofit organization to help Foundation staff determine if a project fits within its guidelines. If a project does fit the guidelines, a full grant application is provided for the agency to complete. Please read the application process section on this site for more information regarding inquiries to the Foundation.n