STILL WATER FOUNDATION AWARDS $500,000 GRANT TO ROCKPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR AWARD RECEIVED TOWARDS THE NEW FACILITY PROJECT SINCE LATE FEBRUARY 2018
(ROCKPORT, TX) Last week, the Still Water Foundation awarded the Rockport Center for the Arts a grant in the amount of $500,000 to aid in rebuilding efforts after hurricane Harvey. Ellen Ray, Director of Grants and Strategic Initiatives for the philanthropic organization, visited Rockport last Thursday to deliver the award and visit the current Art Center operation and survey the damages at the old facility which was destroyed by hurricane Harvey last year.
"We would like to thank the Still Water Foundation from the bottom of our hearts. This tremendous gift brings us one step closer to rebuilding the Rockport Center for the Arts and helping us be a catalyst for economic development in downtown Rockport,” says Mary Hime, Vice-president of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Capital Campaign Committee, Rockport Center for the Arts.
“Art Center leadership has been working with Ellen Ray and the Still Water Foundation since January, thanks to a connection made for us by the Rebuild Texas Fund, who also made a half-a-million dollar contribution to our new facility project,” says Luis Purón, Executive Director of Rockport Center for the Arts. He adds, “This is a major step forward in our fundraising efforts, we could not be more grateful for Still Water’s investment in our project.”
Rockport Center for the Arts is actively engaged in a fundraising campaign towards the building of a new Art Center facility in the heart of downtown Rockport.