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The Anna-Anton Olson Legacy Foundation awards the Dickey Museum and Multipurpose Center in Taylor an Anna-Anton Grant for $10,000 through its 2024 Anna-Anton Grant Cycle.

Larry Olson, Anna-Anton Founder, stated, ““I’m glad that the Dickey Museum reached out to Anna-Anton during our 2024 Grant Program and look forward to working with them on their “Inspiring Leadership. Civility & Service” project.  I hope other Taylor nonprofit organizations will consider applying for grants during next year’s 2025 Anna-Anton Grant Program”.

“The Dickey Museum’s focus on supporting youth and young adults from Taylor’s Health Equity Zone is also a major priority area for Anna-Anton.  Helping youth to gain valuable life skills and develop a deeper connection to their community through workshops on civility, leadership, goal setting, civic engagement, personal and business finances will be a critical factor in their ability to succeed as productive individuals in Taylor.”

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.”

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