Recent grants
EACH YEAR, PERMIAN BASIN AREA FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS DURING TWO COMMUNITY GRANT CYCLES.
THE MOST RECENT GRANTEES ARE LISTED BELOW.
Spring 2026
$2,098,500
Alpine Public Library
American National Red Cross
Arts Council of Midland
Big Bend Bluegrass Association
Centers for Children and Families, Inc.
Communities In Schools of the Permian Basin
Education Partnership of the Permian Basin
Fort Stockton Historical Society
Friends of the Marfa Public Library
Grand Companions Humane Society
Laura Bush Institute for Women’s Health
Marfa Live Arts
Midland Downtown Farmers Market
Mission Agape
Odessa Family YMCA
Odessa Links
Rangers Outreach Inc.
Salvation Army of Midland
Samaritan Counseling Center
Senior Life Midland
Sunshine House, Inc.
Terlingua Common School District
Texas Tribune
The Marfa Studio of Arts
YMCA of Midland
Young Life Big Bend
Fall 2025
$2,314,229
Archway Outreach
Basin Dream Center for Orphans
Basin PBS
Big Bend Conservation Alliance
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Permian Basin
Christmas in Action
City of Midland Aquatics
Crisis Center of West Texas
Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin
Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend
Keep Midland Beautiful
Lilah Smith Safehouse
Marfa Education Foundation
McDonald Observatory
Midland Army Airfield Foundation
Midland Festival Ballet
Midland Rape Crisis and Children’s
Advocacy Center
Monahans Kids Zone
Odessa Christmas in Action
Odessa College Foundation
Permian Basin Gifts of Hope
Reflection Ministries of Texas
Saluvida (Marfa Food Pantry)
Sibley Nature Center
Spectrum of Solutions
Teen Challenge Adult Centers of Texas
Terrell County ISD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center El Paso
West Texas Gifts of Hope
West Texas Symphony