REBUILD TEXAS FUND AWARDS $500,000 GRANT
TO ROCKPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
(ROCKPORT, TX) The Rebuild Texas Fund recently awarded the Rockport Center for the Arts a grant in the amount of $500,000 to aid in rebuilding efforts after hurricane Harvey destroyed the Art Center facility, located on Aransas Bay last August. The Rebuild Texas Fund provides funding to nonprofit, government, corporate, and philanthropic organizations working on the ground in Texas communities, big and small, that have been affected by Hurricane Harvey.
"We are grateful to the Rebuild Texas Fund for their generous grant and their recognition of the importance of our mission of rebuilding and restoring Rockport. They believe, as do we, that a new campus dedicated to the arts in downtown Rockport will provide critical economic stimulus for additional development in the area,” says Hugh Morrison, President of the Board of Directors, Rockport Center for the Arts.
The fund - launched by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in collaboration with the OneStar Foundation – recognizes Hurricane Harvey as an unprecedented natural disaster that requires a collective and sustained commitment to help impacted communities. It was formed to help Texas communities devastated by Hurricane Harvey, and dedicated to providing resources to well-established organizations with a strong local presence throughout Texas over the rebuilding period. The Rebuild Texas Fund team is working with community leaders to identify gaps in rebuilding efforts and provide organizations with additional support and resources.
“This is a big day for the arts, for the revitalization of downtown Rockport, and for the many followers and constituents we have across the United States who want to see our mission thrive. Rockport Center for the Arts has been building meaningful relationships for five-decades; and we are very eager to do more to continue our mission, serve our community and deliver high impact programming that drives tourism to the Texas coast,” says Luis Purón, Executive Director, Rockport Center for the Arts.
Every penny donated to the Rebuild Texas Fund will have an impact – with support going to six areas key to the future redevelopment of Texas: community and economic development; health; housing; education and childcare; transportation and workforce; and capital for small business, with a special focus on serving low-income communities and their most vulnerable members.
The goal of the Rebuild Texas Fund is to help the devastated communities across Texas rebuild as thriving communities in the future.
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