Six Beaumont-area charitable trusts share more than $2 million among 78 Southeast Texas nonprofits
Hancock Whitney, trustee of the six funds, was to present the grants at its annual Harvest of Giving ceremony in Beaumont on Oct. 14. The round reaches 17 more nonprofits than in 2024, when 61 shared $1.76 million.
Beaumont. Seventy-eight nonprofits in Southeast Texas are sharing more than $2 million in grants from six charitable trusts and foundations managed by Hancock Whitney, KBMT 12News in Beaumont reported on Oct. 14. The recipients were to be honored that afternoon at the bank's annual Harvest of Giving ceremony in downtown Beaumont.
The grants come from the Helen G. Bell Charitable Trust, the H.E. & Kate Dishman Charitable Foundation Trust, the Eva Dujay Foundation (Mary Harold Medical Trust), the H.H. & Edna Houseman Charitable Trust, the Roy & M. Permenter Charitable Foundation and the B.A. & Elinor Steinhagen Benevolent Trust. Hancock Whitney Trust and Asset Management serves as trustee of all six and manages their assets.
One application for six funds
Nonprofits in the region apply each season through a single, unified application for all six funds and are judged on how they plan to use the money. This year the foundations received 95 applications, according to the bank, as reported by 12News. The money goes to five fields: the arts, community services, education, health and social welfare.
The list of recipients runs from the Art Museum of Southeast Texas and the Symphony of Southeast Texas to the Southeast Texas Food Bank, Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas, along with Boy Scout and Girl Scout councils, a family shelter, a community clinic and a Methodist church in Vidor. Nutrition & Services for Seniors, based in Beaumont, received a grant and also the bank's Community Spotlight Award.
“This funding allows us to continue providing essential services to the seniors in our community who need them most.”
A larger round than in past years
The round is larger than the two before it that Hancock Whitney announced. In October 2024 the bank said 61 nonprofits shared $1.76 million, and in November 2023 it reported about $950,000 for 55 organizations, both at ceremonies in the Jefferson Theatre.
Over 45 years, the bank's trust unit has overseen $46.5 million in charitable assets and 2,300 grants to local organizations and projects, according to Hancock Whitney as quoted by 12News. Its 2024 announcement put grants awarded since 1980 at more than $40 million.
As of Oct. 15, Hancock Whitney had not posted its own announcement of this year's awards or the amount each recipient received.
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