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Updated: March 7, 2025 @ 11:39 pm
March 8, 2025
Brit King is the president and CEO of the New Braunfels Community Foundation.
Brit King is the president and CEO of the New Braunfels Community Foundation.
We have been busy!
The new year brought with it new NBCF Board of Director members and officers, as well as much activity in the grants and scholarships arenas.
In January, NBCF welcomed new board members Beverly Davidek and Lark Mason.
Beverly Davidek graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, in 1994. After practicing law for more than 20 years in San Antonio, raising three sons who live and work in San Antonio, and traveling the world with her husband Dirk, Beverly moved to New Braunfels and established Davidek Law Firm in 2017. Her firm focuses on estate planning, probate, business law, and asset protection. It has been voted Best Attorney for five out of the last seven years in New Braunfels.
Beverly currently also serves as a Board member of the New Braunfels Downtown Association and as a member of the New Braunfels Rotary Club, where she serves on the Foundation Committee and Community Service Committee. She frequently volunteers for various local nonprofits, including Comal Conservation and Hope Hospice.
Lark Mason, Jr. is an author, appraiser, independent curator, educator, auctioneer, and art consultant. He has been the president of the Appraiser’s Association of America, chairman of Asia Week New York, is on the board of Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island, and is the CEO and founder of Lark Mason Associates and iGavelAuctions.com. Lark is noted for his regular appearances on the PBS series Antiques Roadshow as a specialist in Asian works of art and will begin recording season 31 in April. In New Braunfels he is a member of the Conservation Society, the Sophienburg Museum, the Heritage Society, the German-American Society, and is an associate (non-singing) member of the Gemischterchor Harmonie.
The 2025 NBCF Board Officers include Michael Meek, chair; Jeff Kahlig, vice chair; Wes Studdard, treasurer; and Karl Hittle, secretary.
At the January board meeting, directors also thanked Judge Brenda Chapman, who termed out, for serving as a board member and also serving as a board chair in the past.
Those continuing to serve on the NBCF Board of Directors include Gary Seals, Barry Williams, Dr. Gary Barr, Larry Hammonds, Quinn Holtman, Laura Pinto, Matt Kyle, Steve Wood and Jason Leach.
Scholarships
Online applications are still open for the Wurstfest Community and Heritage Scholarship (Application Deadline March 13), which will offer three scholarships at $5,000 each, and 12 scholarships at $3,000 each.
The scholarship is open to students who:
— Are graduating high school seniors from Canyon High School, New Braunfels High School, New Braunfels Christian Academy or St. John Paul II High School.
— Have a min. 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale);
— Demonstrate financial need; and are involved in civic/extracurricular activities.
The Love Like Lopez Scholarship (application deadline March 18) will award to two $1,000 scholarships to students who are NBISD graduating seniors and two $1,000 scholarships to students who are Comal ISD graduating seniors. The scholarship will be open to students who:
— Are planning to attend a four-year accredited university or college;
— Show financial need;
— Have a min. 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale);
— Participate in school/community activities/work; and
— Indicate how an educator has made a lasting impact on their lives.
Apply online at www.nbcommunityfoundation.org.
NB Women GO grants
NB Women GO members, in partnership with the New Braunfels Community Foundation, opened their application process for their 2025 community grants on Feb. 14. NB Women GO will award a minimum of nine grants at $10,000 each, and an additional grant at a minimum of $5,000. Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations in New Braunfels or Comal County are invited to apply. Grants are for single-use projects under $25,000. Grant recipients cannot reapply the following year after receiving a grant, but may apply again in two years after receiving a grant.
Nonprofits are asked to submit a 2-minute (maximum) video explaining what they are asking for and why NB Women GO members should consider awarding them a grant.
Nonprofits can apply online NB Women GO Grants by March 18.
Since becoming operational in 2014, NBCF has now granted more than $16 million in the community to nonprofit causes and has assets of more than $16 million. Learn more at www.nbcommunityfoundation.org or contact Brit W. King at 830-606-9597 or brit@nbcommunityfoundation.org.
Brit King is the president and CEO of the New Braunfels Community Foundation.
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