OneStar: Strategies to Achieve Social Impact

OneStar Announces $11.1 Million in AmeriCorps*Texas Funding

June 21, 2010
OneStar Foundation

AUSTIN - OneStar Foundation: Texas Center for Social Impact announced 26 organizations (listed below) in Texas that will receive a total of $11.1 million in AmeriCorps State grants.

The organizations receiving funding were selected through a highly competitive review process and their funding will be for the 2010-2011 grant year. These federal funds come from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to OneStar Foundation. The grants will support more than 1,500 AmeriCorps*Texas members who will have a direct positive impact on communities across the state of Texas through an estimated 1,623,723 hours of service.

AmeriCorps is a national service program that engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to meet critical needs. OneStar administers AmeriCorps*Texas, an AmeriCorps State program, which pairs members with nonprofits, public agencies and faith-based and community organizations to help them tackle social challenges. AmeriCorps*Texas gives members the opportunity to work with organizations and their networks of hundreds of nonprofits to strengthen Texas communities while being part of a national service movement.

Texas Organizations Receiving AmeriCorps State Funds:

  • Amarillo Independent School District
  • AVANCE, Inc. - El Paso Chapter
  • Breakthrough
  • Casa de Amigos of Midland Texas, Inc.
  • Central Dallas Ministries
  • City Year, Inc.
  • Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc.
  • Communities In Schools of Central Texas
  • Communities In Schools of the Heart of Texas
  • College Forward
  • Easter Seals Central Texas
  • Goodwill Industries of Central East Texas, Inc.
  • Harris County Department of Education
  • Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District
  • Project Transformation
  • Schulenburg Weimar in Focus Together, Inc.
  • Teach for America
  • Texas A&M International University
  • Texas A&M University
  • Texas Education Agency
  • Travis County through the Travis County Health and Human Services and Veterans Service
  • United Way of El Paso County - HIPPY
  • University of North Texas HIPPY
  • The University of Texas at Austin: Charles A. Dana Center
  • The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
  • The University of Texas System

To learn more about these organizations, visit http://www.onestarfoundation.org/page/americorpsgrantees.