Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI)

Assistance to domestic organizations. Casi makes grants to local schools, charitable and governmental organizations in the area of the cookoff, as the area is a low income community.

Casi publishes a monthly newspaper that informs the members of upcoming cookoffs, cookoff results and other happenings in the chili world. Printing and postage expenses occur occasionally. Revenues are from the sale of advertising space for cookoffs.

Assistance to domestic individuals. Casi grants scholarships on a national basis currently providing $1,000 per year scholarships to approximately 16 students. At the first board meeting of each fiscal year, the board authorizes the number of scholarships to be granted for the current year. This includes one scholarship for the valedictorian and the salutatorian of the terlingua high school and a specified number of additional scholarships that can be applied for by any high school graduating student. The application form is posted on the Casi website. Applicants must fill out the application and mail it to the scholarship committee chairman. The applications are distributed to all of the committee members who review them individually and then rank them in the order in which they believe the scholarships should be granted. The committee chairman then tabulates the results from the committee members and announces the winners.