Each year, The Junior League of Houston, Inc. provides Community Assistance Grants to worthwhile organizations that do not receive ongoing volunteer support or financial assistance through the League’s Community Projects. The League’s Community Assistance Committee reviews the grant requests based on their alignment with member-determined impact areas and conducts site visits before making recommendations for funding. When selecting recipients, the committee considers whether an agency request would address a critical or basic need, fund a pilot project or expand a significant service to the community.
Community Assistance Grants are funded, in part, by the Barbara and Roy Adams Endowed Community Grant Fund held by the Junior League of Houston Foundation. This endowed fund was made possible through a generous estate gift from Barbara Beardmore Adams (1940 – 2014), a Junior League member from 1982 – 2014. This funding focuses on children’s health and well-being initiatives and literacy/education enrichment.
For 2024 – 2025, the League awarded $200,000 in Community Assistance Grants to the following agencies:
B.I.G. Love Cancer Care
$10,000 to expand Snack Shack to Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital of Houston to provide weekly food, snacks, drinks and meals on the pediatric cancer unit floor.
Blessings in a Backpack, Bayou City Program
$10,000 to ensure that children receive weekend food bags each weekend for the 2024 – 2025 school year.
Center for the Missing
$10,000 to expand the reach of the NetSmartz safety curriculum and further education around digital safety.
Collaborative for Children*
$15,000 to expand the Centers of Excellence program to a new childcare center to empower under-resourced children with early childhood education and critical social-emotional skills, establishing kindergarten-readiness and laying the groundwork for academic and personal success.
Epilepsy Foundation of Texas*
$20,000 to provide free clinical services to new pediatric patients living with epilepsy.
Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services (ECHOS)
$15,000 to expand the Family Stability Program to 15 new families by providing safe, stable housing and nutritious foods.
Girls on the Run Greater Houston
$10,000 to expand programming to Alief and Acres Homes which includes 10 weeks of engaging lessons designed to help girls activate their limitless potential while learning to run.
Intertwined
$15,000 to fund a pilot for a summer practical experience that enhances the existing after-school program which builds life empowerment skills in youth and allyship in adults.
Mikey’s Place
$15,000 to support a new program that offers vocational training to young adults with disabilities and the opportunity for meaningful employment and social connection in the community.
Mission Success
$10,000 to support the Road to College program which seeks to close academic gaps with underserved middle and high school students by combining academic tutoring with athletic training primarily in the sport of squash.
Nativity Academy
$10,000 to support the school’s provision of a daily breakfast to their middle school students.
New Life Summer Enrichment Program
$15,000 to support the pilot of a summer program in the Acres Homes community for scholars in grades K-8.
Operation Pathways
$10,000 to support the Cleme Manor Quick Stop that provides for the basic and critical needs of residents of Cleme Manor.
SIRE, Inc.
$15,000 to support the therapeutic riding program for children with disabilities.
Small Places
$10,000 to support the management of a larger store that provides fresh produce to residents of the East End.
Undies for Everyone
$10,000 to support the purchasing and distribution of underwear to children in need in Houston.
*These agencies were funded in part by the Barbara and Roy Adams Endowed Community Grant Fund.
