Instead of a dedicated Kerr County donation fund, with this year’s flood disaster, the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country has established a fund for all ten counties it serves, which have also been impacted by devastating flash floods.
According to Community Foundation CEO Austin Dickson, The Hill Country Flood Relief Fund is a regionally focused effort that will assist those impacted by the flooding in Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Real and Uvalde counties.
Dickson, speaking at a virtual press conference, said the grant efforts will move with urgency to help those needing assistance and maintain responsible stewardship of donor funds.
He said the top need in the 2025 flood was housing, and they are seeing the same reports across the counties come in for this year’s flood. In the 2025 flood, through immense donations of more than $10 million from across America, the Community Foundation was able to assist in housing and community support in record time.
Dickson said the 2025 flood relief effort is not finished, and the funds given for that disaster will continue to assist in the continued recovery as the donors intended.
However, he said the Community Foundation is proactively reaching out to its grantees in the 2025 flood to see how the current disaster is affecting them.
As for business assistance, Austin said the Community Foundation will continue to work with its partners at Kerr Together and the LiftFund to assess needs and meet them.
Dickson said “muck and gut” crews are the top priority with both households and businesses in the immediate flood aftermath to thwart the growth of mold.
He said as survivors face deep uncertainty, he is grateful that his organization has the experience needed to meet survivors’ needs and maintain donor trust.
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