Georgetown, Texas, November 08, 2023. The Anna+Anton Olson Legacy Foundation (Foundation) has achieved a milestone in philanthropy and has distributed over $500,000 since inception. This is the third annual grant cycle undertaken by the Foundation which was established in August 2021 with the goal to provide grants to help strengthen the Georgetown, Hutto and Taylor communities through a life cycle of caring.
According to the Foundation’s founder, Larry Olson, “I appreciate that Central Texas Community Foundation, Chisholm Trail Communities Foundation, and Great Taylor Foundation agreed to work together in evaluating all grant applications received during this grant cycle. Their level of philanthropic cooperation is a perfect example of the collaboration the Foundation has been encouraging in the nonprofit community.” Through this year’s grant cycle, $150,000 was distributed to local nonprofits for both operating expenses as well as specific programs that will address at least one of the Foundation’s three Focus Areas:
- Give underserved children more opportunities to grow and thrive;
- Foster a spirit of entrepreneurship with youth and young adults in underserved areas; and/or
- Provide independence and dignity to seniors trying to live at home.
Larry Olson also stated that “The Anna+Anton Olson Legacy Foundation gives a special thanks to the Staff and Board of the Central Texas Community Foundation. Their support, advice, and assistance was key in helping make the 2023 Grant Program so successful.”
Grants were awarded to the following nonprofit organizations:
Assistance League of Georgetown Area
Boys & Girls Club of Georgetown
Amy Merida, the Executive Director of the Central Texas Community Foundation, stated, “We appreciate the creativity of Mr. Olson as we work together to transform the vision of his philanthropy into reality. And half a million dollars in such a short period of time to so many local nonprofits is incredible!
The Anna+Anton Olson Legacy Foundation honors the lives of two pioneers who separately emigrated from Sweden as teenagers – Anton in 1902 from Skåne and Anna in 1907 from Värmland. They met in Chicago and married in 1909. They moved to Texas in 1911 and eventually settled on a farm outside Taylor, Texas in 1916. For more information about their journey and The Anna+Anton Olson Legacy Foundation, visit www.taaolf.org.
