86th Classic Year in Review
COTTON BOWL FOUNDATION GRANTS In its signature giving opportunity of the year, the Cotton Bowl Foundation awarded $350,000 to four deserving organizations as a part of its 2021-22 grants initiative.
FOR OAK CLIFF
$150,000 For Oak Cliff used its grant to help provide timely support for its culturally responsive initiatives in South Oak Cliff built on the organization’s foundation of education, advocacy, community building and the arts. These four pillars serve as catalysts to drive change within South Oak Cliff and the broader North Texas community.
MERCY STREET DALLAS
$100,000
Mercy Street Dallas earmarked its grant to aid in creating the Mercy Street Dream Center, a state-of-the-art facility with a computer lab, photography, videography and music studios and collaboration spaces for inner-city youth in West Dallas as well as providing job training, resume writing, GED and ESL classes for single parents and grandparents during the school day.
CRISTO REY FORT WORTH
$50,000
Cristo Rey Fort Worth put its grant towards supporting its central mission as the only school in Tarrant County dedicated exclusively to young people of lower economic means, offering extraordinary college preparatory education and an innovative Corporate Work Study Program.
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