Grant Awards totaling $566,885 were recently announced by the San Angelo Health Foundation. Six area non-profit organizations were selected to receive project funding:

• Angelo State University: $100,000 to support its outreach efforts targeting first generation college students from the Concho Valley
• Ballinger Memorial Hospital District: $49,986 for a new portable X-ray unit
• Christoval Volunteer Fire Department: $105,000 toward a new fire truck
• East Concho Volunteer Fire Department: $49,944 to expand its existing fire house
• Howard College San Angelo: $217,341 for new technology
• United Way of the Concho Valley: $44,614 for its reading prevention program for SAISD kindergarten classroom and students 

Applications for funding are accepted on a continuing basis. See sahfoundation.org for  Guidelines for Grantseekers and "How to Apply for a Grant".