Alamito Foundation

“Expenses advertising 323 office expense 200 travel 3,786 fuel 6,364 conferences, meetings 707 interest expense 640 insurance 4,086 contract labor 20,950 truck expense 2,607 small tools 522 telephone 3,730 meals 1,968 bank charges 124 supplies 4,129 miscellaneous 1,901 contribution 5,375 student counseling 1,350 total 58,762”

“Prepaid expenses and deferred charges 0 30 truck 47,330 47,330 less accumulated depreciation 47,330 47,330 total 0 30”

“N/p texas capital bank 22,377 13,382”

“Help the youth in the big bend region develop a positive vision for their lives and connect them to resources that will equip them for a successful life's journey; restoration and preservation of this riparian area as well as the connected land within its watershed”

“Working to develop relationships with school districts, businesses, and students in order to set up 1) a life coaching/skills program, 2)a college preparatory program alamito foundation supports young life camp trips through yearly contributions. Students across the big bend region attend young life camps. In 2024, the organization donated 5,000 to college careers community through marfa education foundation. Completed the first year of marfa blooms (previously jaaga). The activity provides youth a safe space to cultivate skills, take chances and receive coaching. Student grow in business skills, work with a group, nurture something worth caring for and start and run their own business. This year, the students "ran a business" growing flowers in the hoop greenhouse. Class continued in the fall under the direction of a misd teacher using the donated greenhouse from alamito foundation. College tour in the summer of 2024, the foundation took students to utsa, texas a&m san antonio, and texas a&m kingsville. In the fall of 2024, took students to university of texas el paso. Spring 2024 - the organization hosted a career fair for marfa isd in partnership with marfa education foundation. Alamito foundation hosted summer shake up, a two week summer camp on the alamito ranch in partnership with marfa isd for 3rd-5th graders. Students learned about soil health by prepping garden beds and testing the soil, the importance of water by installing irrigation, and were able to take plants home to nurture. The foundation hosted a land stewardship conference for landowners in far west texas which included a trip to the alamito ranch to view land conservation practices and several speakers with knowledge of conditions in far west texas. Land conservation: planted native grass seed west of perdiz creek to restore vegetation composition and productivity to conditions in the middle 1800's. Monitored black gamma garden to discover optimum conditions for growth. Treated salt cedar trees along alamito creek with herbicide to remove this invasive species from riparian corridor. Monitored vegetation covers inside and immediately outside the ten grazing enclosures. Maintaining weather station on the alamito ranch for the state of texas.”