Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust

About Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust

A $100,000 grant to St Dominic Village for its Compassionate Care Program shows how Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust tends to fund: direct support for older adults in Texas settings where daily care matters. The trust’s recent grants favor nonprofit residential senior living communities, senior meal programs, resident assistance, and health-related support for elderly people and senior women. Several awards also reach organizations serving people in later life through home repairs, transportation-adjacent services, and emergency help for medical or living expenses. The trust has backed a wide mix of Texas recipients, but the common thread is practical support for seniors rather than policy work or broad research. In 2025, it paired a $100,000 award to The Brookwood Community for an Aid To Senior Residents Program with $55,000 to Stilwell Retirement Residence for Kitchen Renovations, reflecting attention to both resident services and facility needs. Other grants support older adults in congregate care, food access, and daily living assistance, including work with elderly sisters, senior residents, and low-income older adults. The trust also funds programs for adults born with Down Syndrome age 47 and above under its Texas elder-services grant programs.

What Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust Funds

The trust gives across a set of tightly related senior-service areas. In meal access, it awarded $50,000 to Target Hunger for a Senior Meal Program, $50,000 to All Saints Catholic Parish for a Senior Lunch Program, and $30,000 to Regional East Texas Food Bank for its Senior Box Program. That pattern shows a clear preference for direct food support for older adults. Health and care support is another recurring theme. Houston Hospice received $50,000 for Charity Care Of Indigent Elderly Patients, while Dominican Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province received $45,000 for health insurance and medical expenses for six senior sisters plus daily care of one elderly sister. The trust also funded Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc with $45,000 for Home Repairs For Seniors, linking housing conditions to aging-in-place support. Resident-centered services appear in nonprofit senior living settings too. Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services Inc received $25,000 for a Resident Assistance Program, and Vita-Living Inc received $50,000 for a Residents Assistance Program For Seniors.

How Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust Gives