TLL Temple Foundation

07/07/2026

Spoofing Alert – TLL Temple Foundation

Friends and neighbors:

We have been made aware that at least one employee (and potentially more) of the TLL Temple Foundation have been targeted in a text spoofing attack. Scammers are sending text messages that seek to imitate an employee (or the Foundation) asking people to reply or confirm they received the message.
Please be aware:
• If you receive an unprompted text message from anyone claiming to be with the TLL Temple Foundation - ensure verification of identity before responding.
• Do not reply to these messages
• Do not click any links or provide any information.
• If you received one of these messages, please notify us via email at [email protected]

All incidents have been reported to the proper agencies. You can also report it as spam directly in your messaging app or forward it to 7726 (SPAM).

Please spread the word and stay safe. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to [email protected]

06/29/2026

Thirty years of lawn work, a business degree, and a gap nobody else in Southeast Texas was filling. When the area's longest-running outdoor equipment dealer closed, Chad Stanley of Groves stepped in and opened Stanley's Outdoor Equipment, becoming the only shop of its kind in our region.

Chad worked with Communities Unlimited and the Lamar University SBDC to secure the capital he needed to build out his parts inventory and grow the business. We're proud that our partnership with Communities Unlimited helped make that path forward possible.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GROVES — Chad Stanley has been running a lawn service since he was a teenager. Thirty-plus years later, he’s doing something nobody else in […]

06/25/2026

Building economic infrastructure in rural communities takes more than just capital — it takes the right partners. A new business support and alternative lending hub is open in Lufkin. Read more about what it means for our community.

https://lufkindailynews.com/news/local/partnership-brings-business-support-alternative-lending-hub-to-lufkin/article_9731ba25-7d8a-5aa4-9783-ec0bc0e02c0e.html

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A new partnership between Communities Unlimited and the Legacy Institute for Financial Empowerment is bringing small-business support and financial empowerment services under one roof in Lufkin, with leaders saying the

06/22/2026

Every person in East Texas deserves access to quality healthcare — regardless of ZIP code. We’re proud to support The Rose in expanding breast cancer screening access across our region.

Houston, TX (March 19, 2026) - The T.L.L. Temple Foundation has awarded The Rose a $75,000 grant to support The Rose’s East Texas Mobile Mammography Center in

06/18/2026

A $1.1M grant to an East Texas commercial driving academy is helping train the next generation of truckers in our region. Read more about what workforce investment looks like in our region.

https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/east-texas-commercial-driving-academy-gets-1-1m-to-train-new-truckers/

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PINELAND, Texas (KETK) – The community of Pineland in Sabine County has received $1.1 million in federal funding that will help train new truck drivers in East Texas. According to Congressman…

06/17/2026

East Texas has a story worth telling. It's built by the people who live and work here, the places that shape us, and the communities that keep showing up for each other.

For more than six decades, the T.L.L. Temple Foundation has had the privilege of being part of that story. Now, as we close the chapter on our 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, we're stepping into the next one — and we want to hear from you.

We've launched an Operational Planning process grounded in a simple belief: the people who know our communities best should be shaping what comes next. That means listening, learning, and building a plan designed to adapt as conditions change and new information emerges.

If you're a rural East Texas community member, partner, grantee, or neighbor with a perspective on what it takes to thrive here, we invite you to join the conversation.

Read more and share your perspective: https://tlltemple.foundation/operational-plan/

06/15/2026

Deep East Texas communities are coming together to build a shared regional tourism future — and what’s emerging is something worth paying attention to.

https://lufkindailynews.com/news/community/one-united-voice-co-op-helping-deep-east-texas-build-regional-tourism-future/article_05f310dd-50fa-5ad7-a706-b302b578722c.html

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Rural communities know how to stretch a dollar. But across Deep East Texas, a growing coalition of leaders is betting the smartest way to do more with less is to

06/12/2026

The Boggy Slough Conservation Area is both a living lab and a working forest. Charm Magazine visited our backyard to tell the story.

I recently had the opportunity to visit a place I have driven by countless times over the years: Boggy Slough Conservation Area. Sprawling from state Highway 7 to SH-94 in

06/10/2026

Rural health doesn’t improve in isolation. It takes proximity, partnership, and long-term commitment. Inside Philanthropy took a look at how the T.L.L. Temple Foundation is tackling rural health.

Working in places where access to care is often scarce, the Benedum Foundation and T.L.L. Temple Foundation are leaning into local connections and trust.

06/08/2026

We’ve been doing some deep thinking about how we do our work and what it means to invest in rural East Texas for the long term. The Lufkin Daily News shared a look at the shift in our strategy and where we’re headed.

A sold-out crowd gathered Friday at the Crown Colony Country Club as the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce hosted its May First Friday Luncheon, featuring T.L.L. Temple Foundation president and