Tocker Foundation Grants

History

The Tocker Foundation was established in 1964 to implement the philanthropic interests of Phillip and Olive Tocker. Phillip Tocker was a practicing attorney but changed careers in his later years by purchasing the Waco outdoor advertising plant and later expanding to own outdoor advertising plants throughout the United States. His vocational career culminated to the position of President of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. After retiring to Austin in 1973, Phillip and Olive Tocker actively pursued their avocations. Phillip and Olive Tocker endowed the foundation with their estates in 1994 and 1993 respectively.

In 1992 the foundation board decided to focus grant distribution to small rural libraries in Texas serving a population of 12,000 or less. The direction is to assist libraries in making services more accessible to individuals who by reason of distance, residence, handicap, age, literacy level or other disadvantage are unable to receive the benefits of public library services. Grants are distributed to assisting libraries to serve as community information referral centers and provide literacy and bilingual programs. The Foundation partners with community libraries to meet the particular needs of the community.

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400,859 Items	11 Types	484 Titles
101 Partners	19 Decades	4 Languages
158 Counties	32 States	3 Countries
16,945,571 Usage	16 years, 3 months ago Collection Created	1 day, 15 hours ago Last Updated

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Kenedy Advance-Times (Kenedy, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 4, 1991

The Kenedy Times (Kenedy, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1972

The Kenedy Times (Kenedy, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1966

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1949

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1949

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1949

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1949

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1949

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1949

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1949

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 10, 1949

The Karnes City Citation (Karnes City, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1949

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Tocker Foundation Grants in The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TFG/ accessed July 10, 2025.

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