Three Gonzales County organizations get United Way grants

Three Gonzales County organizations were recipients of a 2025 Rural Grant from the United Way of the Crossroads, which recently completed a rural grantmaking process for the first time.

United Way of the Crossroads covers DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Victoria counties. Typically, United Way funded partner agencies have been based in Victoria County and serve the surrounding rural areas. But, out of the 18 local nonprofits who were given grants for 2024-2025, just two of those organizations have dedicated programming outside of Victoria County. 

This year, the United Way of the Crossroads Board of Directors and executive staff decided to invest directly in their rural coverage areas by removing the costly “recent audit requirement” of their normal grantees and completing this focused grantmaking process for smaller, rural-based organizations.

TDECU Cares Foundation generously matched the funds United Way of the Crossroads set aside for this process for organizations that also fit the TDECU Cares Foundation’s giving criteria.

Eight organizations were granted funds from through this process:

• C.A.M.A.L. House (DeWitt County) $1,000 for food purchases

• Connection Café- Yorktown (DeWitt County) $1,000 for senior meals

• Crystal Theater (Gonzales County) $3,000 for youth programming

• Goliad County Outreach (Goliad County) $3,000 for food purchases

• Goliad County Senior Center (Goliad County) $3,000 for senior meals

• Gonzales Christian Assistance Ministry- GCAM (Gonzales County) $3,000 for food purchases

• Gonzales County Senior Citizens Association (Gonzales County) $3,000 for senior meals

• Shiner Food Pantry (Lavaca County) $3,000 for food purchases