Program areas at CF
One of the four focus areas of the Madison Alexander Cooper and Martha Roane Cooper Foundation is community building and social services in the waco area. During the fiscal year, grants were made for the following community building and social services: bathroom renovations, spanish-speaking call center, feeding programs & food distribution, mediation services, summer activities, programming for children of incarcerated mothers, the purchase of a new facility, rapid workforce training, a new website, a community snap plan, services for autistic children, greenspace expansion, donation pick-up and delivery truck, construction of a house, support of finance department expansion.
Two more focus areas for the Foundation are education and health. During the fiscal year, the Foundation made grants for the following purposes: education pavilion, summer entrepreneurship program, library upgrades, medical equipment, preventive healthcare for women, blood distribution van, patient assistance fund & telemedicine workstations, and a serological surveillance study of covid-19 in waco.
Another focus area for the Foundation is arts, culture, and recreation. During the fiscal year, the Foundation made grants for the following purposes: moving and upgrading an hvac system, upgrading a website and crm system, replacing a gym chiller, purchasing new computers, updating an elevator, supporting a summer art program, and purchasing new computers and software.