giving database

The pillars of Inspiration, Influence and Impact guide the McKenna Foundation in making community investments in non-profit organizations in Comal County. We believe our impact builds over time. Below is a comprehensive look at the grants the McKenna Foundation has awarded to non-profit organizations that impact the future of New Braunfels and Comal County.

Lifetime Community Grants

$ 28,620,754

  • Community Development $726,630
  • Capacity Building $1,141,317
  • Education $2,750,989
  • Family Relationships $2,965,953
  • Physical Health $3,581,694
  • Mental Health $4,599,610
  • Capital Funding $5,894,314
  • Basic Needs $6,960,247

Community Development

  • Alamo Area Development Corp.
    $70,000
  • Brauntex Theatre
    $50,000
  • Central Texas Dispute Resolution
    $60,000
  • Circle Arts Theatre
    $10,000
  • City of New Braunfels CERT
    $37,367
  • Comal Trails Alliance
    $16,400
  • Corridor Interfaith Alliance for Families
    $20,000
  • Friends of Landa Park
    $10,000
  • Friends of the Bulverde Area Rural Library Dist.
    $50,000
  • Friends of the NB Public Library
    $25,000
  • Gorge Preservation Society
    $10,000
  • Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance
    $5,000
  • Heritage Museum-TX Hill Cntry
    $10,000
  • Kinetic Kids, Inc.
    $7,500
  • NB Citizens Police Academy
    $5,000
  • NB Community Foundation
    $115,000
  • NB Public Library Foundation
    $40,000
  • RavenStar Outdoor Education
    $122,884
  • Sophienburg
    $25,000
  • Spring Branch Tennis Center
    $37,479

Capacity Building

  • Brauntex Theatre
    $3,825
  • Canine Classmates
    $1,250
  • CASA of Central Texas
    $33,465
  • Central Texas Dispute Resolution
    $3,825
  • Children’s Advocacy Center
    $6,375
  • Chosen
    $12,432
  • Comal Trails Alliance
    $11,788
  • Communities in Schools
    $23,715
  • Connections
    $56,300
  • Family Promise of Greater NB
    $3,175
  • Habitat for Humanity
    $23,715
  • Mid-Texas Symphony
    $10,000
  • NB Community Foundation
    $798,077
  • NB Door of Hope Counseling Center
    $300
  • NB Housing Partners
    $6,075
  • NBCM
    $20,375
  • Nonprofit Council
    $99,500
  • Provisions: A 25:35 Outreach
    $3,825
  • RecoveryWerks!
    $3,825
  • River City Advocacy, Inc.
    $4,175
  • Rock Haus Foundation
    $15,000
  • STEPS
    $300

Family Relationships

  • 1HOPE for Kids
    $15,000
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
    $233,132
  • Brighton School, Inc.
    $16,800
  • CASA of Central Texas
    $540,486
  • Central Texas Dispute Resolution
    $62,500
  • Children’s Advocacy Center
    $125,000
  • Chosen
    $304,000
  • Crisis Center of Comal County
    $312,286
  • EdenHill
    $7,500
  • Family Promise of Greater NB
    $15,000
  • Hope Hospice Foundation
    $20,000
  • New Braunfels Angels
    $15,000
  • Options for Life
    $65,173
  • Project 10:27 INC
    $10,000
  • St. Jude’s Ranch for Children
    $929,573
  • The Gabriel Project
    $89,600
  • Upbring
    $120,000
  • Young Life
    $84,903

Education

  • Canine Classmates
    $257,500
  • Communities in Schools
    $1,403,813
  • Friends of the NB Public Library
    $5,000
  • Howard Payne University
    $40,000
  • Mid-Texas Symphony
    $20,000
  • NBCM- Kids’ Club
    $894,151
  • New Braunfels Youth Collaborative
    $100,000
  • Retired and Senior Vol Program
    $30,525

Physical Health

  • Acacia Medical Mission
    $20,000
  • American Cancer Society
    $7,500
  • Any Baby Can of San Antonio
    $839,515
  • Believe It Foundation
    $50,000
  • Bulverde-Spring Branch EMS
    $63,831
  • Canyon Lake Fire/EMS
    $25,000
  • Comal Medical Society
    $12,000
  • Community Action of Central TX
    $204,000
  • El Centro Del Barrio
    $290,000
  • Friends of Christus Santa Rosa
    $409,871
  • HIS Centre
    $28,500
  • Kinetic Kids, Inc.
    $55,000
  • NB Professional Firefighters Charity Association
    $79,477
  • NBCM- Volunteers In Medicine
    $1,242,800
  • Project MEND
    $40,000
  • SA Lighthouse for the Blind
    $60,000
  • SART Foundation
    $24,000
  • Sow Healthy
    $27,000
  • Tejas Smiles, Inc.
    $7,200
  • Texas Ramp Project
    $50,000
  • The SHARE Center
    $10,000
  • Transplants for Children
    $6,000
  • YMCA New Braunfels
    $30,000

Mental Health

  • Children’s Advocacy Center
    $434,000
  • Communities in Schools
    $552,450
  • Connections
    $590,707
  • Hill Country MHDD
    $1,652,382
  • Hope Hospice
    $279,714
  • MAP NB
    $73,345
  • Meadows MHPI
    $55,000
  • NB Door of Hope Counseling Center
    $24,930
  • RecoveryWerks!
    $355,500
  • River City Advocacy, Inc.
    $581,582

Basic Needs

  • Bulverde Senior Center
    $280,000
  • CC Senior Citizens Fdn.
    $504,000
  • Connections
    $258,000
  • Crisis Center of Comal County
    $297,000
  • CRRC of Canyon Lake
    $505,000
  • Family Life Center
    $488,300
  • Family Promise of Greater NB
    $370,000
  • Goodwill Industries
    $50,000
  • Habitat for Humanity
    $434,527
  • Habitat for Safe Seniors
    $90,000
  • Helping Hands Food Pantry
    $136,000
  • NB Housing Partners
    $255,000
  • NBCM- Harvest Food Pantry
    $25,000
  • New Braunfels Works
    $158,800
  • Provisions: A 25:35 Outreach
    $148,167
  • Salvation Army Service Center
    $1,017,742
  • San Antonio Food Bank
    $1,650,211
  • SOS Food Bank
    $2,500
  • STEPS
    $190,000
  • Steve’s Pantry
    $5,000
  • Texas Ramp Project
    $80,000
  • The Hope Center
    $15,000

Capital Funding

  • 24 Hour Club
    $77,000
  • Brauntex Theatre
    $15,000
  • Bulverde-Spring Branch EMS
    $470,000
  • Canyon Lake Fire/EMS
    $36,470
  • Central Texas Dispute Resolution
    $79,000
  • Children’s Advocacy Center
    $150,000
  • Connections
    $550,000
  • CRRC of Canyon Lake
    $250,000
  • Habitat for Humanity
    $223,000
  • HIS Centre
    $750,000
  • NB Housing Partners
    $1,595,000
  • NB Parks Fdn- JAWS Skatepark
    $30,000
  • NB Public Library Foundation
    $30,000
  • RecoveryWerks!
    $250,000
  • River City Advocacy, Inc.
    $500,000
  • Rock Haus Foundation
    $300,000
  • San Antonio Food Bank
    $500,000
  • Sow Healthy
    $18,844
  • Spring Branch Tennis Center
    $35,000
  • TIPHER
    $35,000

McKenna actively provides services to enhance the health and well-being of the greater New Braunfels community, serving as a partner and resource to others who share our goals — now and for future generations.

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