Groves Public Library, City of Groves

2005           Hebert Foundation – awarded $25,000 to double the shelving and nonfiction collection.

Museum of Printing History, Houston

2000           Began Houston’s first annual Antiquarian Book and Print Fair, now an annual Houston event.

1999           Susan Vaughan Foundation, Inc.—$5,000 toward the construction of MPH Library

Hobby Family Foundation—$500 toward the construction of MPH Library

Greater Houston Foundation—$500 toward the construction of MPH Library

Mid America Arts Alliance—$400, funding for guest lecturer for exhibition, “Artists of the American West.”

Texas Commission for the Arts—$900, 50% freight for “Artists of the American West.”

Texas Council for the Humanities—$7,500 MPH Lyceum Lecture Series,

Amoco Services—$2,000 exhibit sponsorship for “Travels through the Holy Land: The Lithographs of David Roberts.”

Advertising from the Houston Chronicle for exhibitions.

1998           Texas Council for the Humanities, Speaker Grant—$800

Brown Foundation, Inc.—$2,000 for flat files (print storage) and archival supplies.

Simpson Paper Company—$2,500 to purchase a leaf from William Blake’s Book of Job.

Advertising from the Houston Chronicle for MPH Lyceum (twice/month)

1997           Sacred Books and Art of Tibet—$2,000 Exhibit Sponsorship from AW Printing.

Wortham Foundation grant to construct Printmaking Workshops, $75,000

Houston Community College Southwest

1998          Worked toward the establishment of a technical research library at HCC Stafford Campus, Fort Bend County. Working with Stafford campus librarian,

developed criteria for a feasibility (needs assessment) study for the new facility and wrote RFB.

Wrote grant to provide childcare and homework assistance to the children of students who attended HCCS full-time, awarded $25,944.

Researched funding opportunities for other projects initiated by faculty.