THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION AWARDS $100,000 GRANT TO ROCKPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTS CAPITAL PROJECT 

(ROCKPORT, TX)  The Meadows Foundation recently awarded Rockport Center for the Arts a grant in the amount of $100,000.  The funds will be used for the organization’s capital project.  In August of 2017, Hurricane Harvey destroyed the Art Center’s facility, once located on Aransas Bay. The Art Center has been engaged in a capital campaign since last year. 

"We are grateful to The Meadows Foundation for their generous grant and their recognition of the importance of our mission.  A new campus dedicated to the arts is critical for the development of downtown Rockport, and will be a boon to the quality of life of our community,” says Luis Purón, Executive Director.  He adds, “Rockport Center for the Arts has been building meaningful relationships across the United States for five-decades.  We are eager to do more to continue our mission, serve our community, and deliver high impact programming that drives tourism to the Texas coast.”

“Arts and culture show the spirit of our communities and we are thankful we are able to be part of rebuilding the Rockport Center for the Arts after its devastating loss in Hurricane Harvey,” said Linda Perryman Evans, president and CEO of The Meadows Foundation.

ABOUT THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION

Believing their own lives were greatly enriched by giving, Al and Virginia Meadows shared their wealth with many charitable causes benefiting the people of the state that had been so generous to them. They established The Meadows Foundations in 1948 to improve the quality and circumstances of life for Texans now and for future generations.

Since its inception, the Foundation has disbursed more than $1.2 billion to 3,600 Texas institutions and agencies across all 254 Texas counties. Grants are awarded to 501(c)(3) organizations and public entities in the areas of arts and culture, civic and public affairs, education, health, and human services as well as initiatives promoting the environment, mental health, and public education.