The following charities were approved and paid over $85,000 from the proceeds of the 2009 Yaga’s Children’s Fund Wild Game and BBQ Cook-off.

• Advocacy Center for Children
• Boy Scouts
• Developmental Momentum
• Friends of La Marque Public Library
• GISD Foundation
• Galveston Ballet
• Galveston County Adoption Day
• Galveston Family YMCA
• Gleanings from the Harvest
• Gulf Coast Big Brothers & Big Sisters
• Hope Foundation
• Hospice Care Team
• Nia Cultural Center
• Ronald McDonald House
• Rosenberg Library
• Teen Health Center
• The Children's Center
• The Family Service Center
• The Gulf Coast Center
• Texas A&M Adventures in Science
• Texas Lighthouse Foundation