Fact is, you'll complain, too. Garcia, who is rector of San Fernando Cathedral, would love to use the check for his huge capital project to renovate the cathedral. Instead, it will go to promote the grittier task of self-government. It's wielding influence over government officials. Rich people do it by writing checks.
Corporations do it by hiring lobbyists and writing checks.
That leaves the rest of us, and gets us back to Garcia's check from the Casey Foundation. Garcia accepted his check wearing his hat as chairman of the Interfaith Education Fund. In this case, the help is in the form of political power. These are schools at which the community organizations work closely with the principals, faculty and parents. There are 118 in Texas, including 12 in San Antonio.