Arlington Tomorrow Foundation Awards Four New Grants

The Arlington Tomorrow Foundation Board of Directors approved four grants totaling $323,440 at its August board meeting.

The Charitable Fund was created to ensure that the financial resources generated from the city’s natural gas drilling activities today will benefit Arlington and its citizens for generations to come. The Foundation’s mission is to contribute to the prosperity of Arlington by supporting causes that benefit the citizens of Arlington and improve the natural environment and lifestyle of the city. Since its inception, the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation has awarded nearly 500 grants totaling approximately $42 million to Arlington nonprofits, City of Arlington departments and neighborhood groups for projects that help the public. . The Foundation recently approved the following grants:

Arlington Heritage Memorial Grounds: $90,000

Arlington Heritage Memorial Grounds Corporation was formed to restore, protect, maintain, educate and share with the public the historic cemetery located on the 600 block of West Arkansas Lane between Center Street and Matlock Road. A grant from the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation will fund the final stages of the Arlington Heritage Memorial Grounds project. This includes making the site safe and attractive to visitors. Additions to this project include educational programs and partnerships with Arlington ISD, Mansfield ISD, and the University of Texas at Arlington.

Arlington ISD Foundation 2023 Back to School Kickoff: $20,000

Each year, AISD Back to School Kickoff provides backpacks filled with supplies to over 10,000 AISD students from low-income families in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The Arlington Tomorrow Foundation grant will support the 2023 AISD Back to School Kickoff, helping AISD deliver much-needed supplies and critical medical services.

Arlington Museum of Art Knight’s Tale exhibit and website upgrade: $190,940

The Arlington Museum of Art is dedicated to championing creativity and providing access to the arts for the educational enrichment and cultural advancement of our community. awarded the museum a grant of $149,500. This new grant for the museum’s A Knight’s Tale exhibit includes armed horses, a full suit of armor, and a transformed space that makes visitors feel like they’re in a castle. More than 120 of his Renaissance artefacts, armor and paintings from Europe are on display. The Knight’s Tale exhibition will run from his October 21, 2022 to his February 12, 2023.

The grant also aims to provide an engaging, dynamic, and multi-sensory visitor experience and to improve access to donation pages, ticket purchases, online shopping, and community-oriented programming on the museum’s website. Helps to undertake enhancements.

River Legacy Foundation’s Here Be Dragons – From Legends to Lizards Exhibit: $22,500

The River Legacy Foundation is committed to making the River Legacy Nature Center the go-to experience for environmental education in North Texas. The Foundation grant for the Center’s next visiting exhibit, “Here Be Dragons – From Legends to Lizards,” will run from December 3, 2022 to March 25, 2023. And even mythical dragons. The spirit of the exhibit delights, engages, inspires and educates children and their families by making connections with living, breathing animals and fanciful folklore animals.

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