For more than 40 years, the Hill Country Community Foundation has invested in the young people of Burnet CISD. In its inaugural year in 1983, the Foundation awarded four $500 scholarships for a total of $2000. Today, the Foundation awards over $490,000 in scholarships to more than 190 student each year. To date, the Foundation has awarded over 4,000 scholarships totaling more than $7 million.