Listed below are a few examples of the types of grants the Cooper Foundation has awarded in the past. These grants signify the diversity of interests we have been known to support.
If you would like more information about these grants or would like to learn more about the qualifications necessary to receive a grant please feel free to contact us at (254) 754-0315, or fill out our Contact Form.
| Total Grants FYE | Dollars Approved |
| 1993 | $ 793,504 |
| 1994 | $ 613,166 |
| 1995 | $ 731,152 |
| 1996 | $ 621,087 |
| 1997 | $ 448,661 |
City of Waco Police Department (1993)
Amount Awarded: $55,117.00

Crime Forecasting model
Family Practice Center (1993)
Amount Awarded: $88,219.00

Expand Madison Cooper Outpatient Clinic
Heart of Texas Soccer Association (1993)
Amount Awarded: $23,350.00

Parking lot
McLennan Community College (1993)
Amount Awarded: $53,700.00

Expansion of nursing program
Waco Performing Arts Co. (1993)
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00

Funds to identify and draw plans for repairs to the Hippodrome building
Baylor University (1994)
Amount Awarded: $28,586.10

Pilot model for mentor program (WISD, MCC & Baylor)
City of Waco (1994)
Amount Awarded: $35,000.00

Updating a master plan
Downtown Waco, Inc. (1994)
Amount Awarded: $22,470.00

Additional lighting downtown
Family Abuse Center (1994)
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00

Transitional housing
Heart of Texas Mental Health-Mental Retardation (1994)
Amount Awarded: $46,593.00

Model program to decrease truancy
Public Television-Brazos Valley Broadcasting (1994)
Amount Awarded: $60,000.00

Equipment for master control facility for public TV station KCTF
Compassion Ministries of Waco (1995)
Amount Awarded: $20,949.00

Program to assist homeless persons through work orientation
Waco Housing Authority (1995)
Amount Awarded: $15,000.00

Provide life skills program to 50 residents of public housing
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center (1995)
Amount Awarded: $118,852.00

Prenatal Care Management Program
Texas Tenth Court of Appeals (1995)
Amount Awarded: $12,460.00

Finishing touches to Court renovation not covered by government funds
WISD Montessori Magnet School-J H Hines (1995)
Amount Awarded: $10,000.00

Purchase stringed instruments for talented lower income students
Salvation Army (1996)
Amount Awarded: $40,433.00

Purchase of new Shuttle Bus
EOAC Region XI (1996)
Amount Awarded: $14,000.00

To match funds from TDHS for affordable child care
Providence Health Center (1996)
Amount Awarded: $48,703.00

Partial funding to equip new Electrophysiology Lab (EP Lab)
McLennan County Young Lawyers Assoc. (1996)
Amount Awarded: $5,725.00

Instructional video for potential jurors
Tejas Council of Camp Fire (1996)
Amount Awarded: $12,500.00

"Teen Leadership Waco"
Waco Symphony Association (1996)
Amount Awarded: $60,000.00

New acoustic shell and ceiling in Waco Hall
Latin American Christian Center (1996)
Amount Awarded: $10,000.00

Two new heating/air conditioning units
Waco-McLennan Public Library (1996)
Amount Awarded: $8,793.00

Funds to support new "Fund Raising" library
Cameron Park Zoological Society (1997)
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00

To assist in matching funds for the new herpetarium
Boys & Girls Club of Waco (1997)
Amount Awarded: $9,496.00

Funding for renovation of boys' restroom and addition of girls' facility
Communities in Schools - MCYC (1997)
Amount Awarded: $20,000.00

For conflict resolution and mediation training
Mission Waco (1997)
Amount Awarded: $20,000.00

To renovate property at 15th & Colcord for job training and other initiatives
Historic Waco Foundation (1997)
Amount Awarded: $500.00

For a one-week pilot project to provide children a history-related summer activity