EduKate Grants

The Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation's EduKate Program provides grants for targeted K-12 Education Support and Programs in rural South Texas, with special emphasis on Literacy and Culture. Grant Requests are accepted throughout the year, from public schools and nonprofits whose work aligns with the Foundation’s strategic priorities of Literacy, Agriculture and Arts Education.  The Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation will consider grant applications from K-12 public schools to fund programs in the following specific areas

Allowances for Elementary Schools Teachers to Purchase books for Students to Take Home and Own

Cultural Field trips, including costs for admission, food and transportation to the following non-exclusive list of cultural and historical venues:

The Alamo 

Briscoe Western Art Museum

DoSeum

San Antonio Botanical Gardens 

San Antonio Museum of Art

San Antonio Zoo

Witte Museum

Ballet San Antonio Performances

Webb County Cultural Performances

The Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation's EduKate Grants are currently open to South Texas rural schools in the following counties: 

Atascosa

Bandera

Bee

Dimmit

Duval

Frio

Jim Wells

LaSalle

Live Oak

McMullen

Medina

Real

Uvalde

Webb

Zavala

 Priority Funding is Given to Applicants Who:

• Serve rural communities with low-income  or at-risk populations
• Support evidence-based programs