Big Brothers Big Sisters Receives $10,000 Grant

The Texas Bar Foundation grant will fund staff and volunteer training and resource kits for Amachi program families in West Central Texas.

Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Philanthropy

Photograph of plain cardboard resource boxes tied with twine on a concrete dock under a wide West Texas sky, with an empty folding chair beside them. — Big Brothers Big Sisters West Central Texas received a $10,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to train mentors and provide resource kits for Amachi families. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Big Brothers Big Sisters West Central Texas received a $10,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation. The organization will use the funds for specialized training for staff, volunteers and community members, and for resource kits for families in its Amachi program.

Why it matters

The organization seeks to better prepare mentors to address the challenges faced by children with incarcerated parents or close family members. The grant is expected to help remove barriers to mentorship for these families.

The $10,000 Texas Bar Foundation grant is split roughly evenly between trainings and family kits, with 180 kits being assembled. The organization anticipates serving 180 families in 2027, though the extraction does not detail how the funds will be distributed over that period.

The players

Big Brothers Big Sisters West Central Texas

A local chapter of the national mentoring nonprofit that matches adult volunteers with children and runs the Amachi program for children of incarcerated parents.

Texas Bar Foundation

The philanthropic arm of the State Bar of Texas that funds charitable legal and community initiatives across the state.

The details

The organization submitted a project budget to the Texas Bar Foundation that allocated funding to specific program needs. About half of the grant goes toward trainings for staff, volunteers and community members, while the other half funds resource kits for Amachi program families.

2027: Organization anticipates serving 180 families through the Amachi program.

Philanthropy Landscape

The grant extends the Amachi program's reach in West Central Texas, a national initiative that has supported children of incarcerated parents since 2002. Funding like this from state bar foundations reflects a broader pattern of legal-sector philanthropy directed toward mentoring and family support.

Families in the Amachi program in West Central Texas stand to receive resource kits and benefit from better-trained mentors. Community members who volunteer may gain access to specialized training that prepares them to support children affected by parental incarceration.

The takeaway

Support for children with incarcerated parents often depends on trained, consistent mentors, and targeted grants like this one aim to remove barriers that keep families from accessing that help. Readers interested in volunteering can look into local mentoring programs in their own communities.