Funding Opportunities
Grants can be an important resource to help local organizations develop or expand health-related programs and products to foster healthier and more resilient people and places in Central Texas. A few of the many current grant opportunities available to organizations in the local area are listed below. These opportunities can be pursued independently, or in collaboration with Texas State University.
Please email us at healthresearch@txstate.edu for more information about local grants for health-service organizations, or to share new grant funding opportunities we can add to this page.
General Library Grant
SPONSOR: Tocker Foundation
FUNDING: Variable
DEADLINE: January 15, 2025
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Grants for significant enhancements in a rural library's offerings and infrastructure. These improvements include larger areas for patrons, modernized library systems, better access to computers and the internet, refreshed collections, and diverse social services, all reinforcing the library's status as a vital community hub. All potential applicants are asked to speak with Karin Gerstenhaber, the Director of Grants Management, to verify if your project qualifies for this type of funding.
Karin Gerstenhaber, Director of Grants Management, (512) 452-1044
FY 2025 Regional ILS Cooperative Grant Program
SPONSOR: Texas State Library & Archives Commission
FUNDING: Up to $75k
DEADLINE: February 7, 2025
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This grant program provides funds for programs that establish or enhance cooperative services among libraries that are members of the TexShare Library Consortium or the Texas Library System, or these libraries and community organizations. Programs must emphasize improved services by the participating entities to their customers and be designed as a multi-year cooperative program. In FY 2025, this grant award will consider only proposals that provide electronic and other linkages between and among all types of libraries. Specifically, we urge applications for new projects seeking to establish shared integrated library systems (ILS) between multiple library jurisdictions.
FY 2026 Texas Reads Grant Program
SPONSOR: Texas State Library & Archives Commission
FUNDING: Up to $10k
DEADLINE: March 4, 2025
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This grant program funds public library programs to promote reading and literacy within local communities. Programs may be targeted to the entire community or to a segment of the community. Programs focusing on community engagement or involving collaboration with other community organizations are strongly encouraged. Reading promotion programs are those that actively encourage people to read and to develop a lifelong love of reading. One goal of reading promotion programs is to develop a more literate community. Typically, this involves presenting or hosting programs that will involve people in reading activities and that will generate enthusiasm for reading. Libraries may also coordinate programs in basic literacy; early childhood literacy; family literacy; the ability to read, write, and speak English; and to compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society. The purpose is not for collection development, or other activities primarily focused on the acquisition of library materials or resources.
2025 AARP Community Challenge
SPONSOR: AARP
FUNDING: Variable based on program
DEADLINE: March 6, 2025
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The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. In 2024, the AARP Community Challenge will be accepting applications for three different grant opportunities: 1) Flagship Grants – This is AARP’s flagship Community Challenge grant program where grants have ranged from several hundred dollars for smaller, short-term activities to tens of thousands of dollars for larger projects. These grants will support projects that improve public places; transportation; housing; digital connections; community resilience; and community health and economic empowerment. 2) Capacity-Building Microgrants – These $2,500 grants are combined with additional valuable resources, such as webinars, cohort learning opportunities, up to two hours of one-on-one coaching, and AARP publications. This grant opportunity will accept applications for projects that support Walk Audits, Bike Audits and HomeFit® Modifications. 3) Demonstration Grants – These grants encourage replication of promising local efforts, this grant opportunity will accept applications for digital connectivity to prepare for and respond to disasters; equitable engagement to reconnect communities; and housing choice design competitions. NOTE: AARP Community Challenge grants may be used to support the following project types, which will be prioritized over those that support ongoing programming or events: Permanent physical improvements in the community, Temporary demonstrations that lead to long-term change, and/or New, innovative programming pilots or services.
Rural Emergency Medical Services Training
SPONSOR: Department of Health & Human Services
FUNDING: Up to $200,000
DEADLINE: March 20, 2025
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The purpose of this program is to recruit and train EMS personnel in rural areas with a particular focus on addressing substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring disorders (COD) substance use and mental disorders. SAMHSA recognizes the great need for emergency services in rural areas and the critical role EMS personnel serve across the country. Recipients will be expected to train EMS personnel on SUD and COD, trauma-informed, recovery-based care for people with such disorders in emergency situations and, as appropriate, to maintain licenses and certifications relevant to serve in an EMS agency. With this program, SAMHSA aims to develop the capacity of EMS staff to support residents in rural communities.
Texas Cavaliers Program Grant
SPONSOR: Texas Cavaliers
FUNDING: Up to $10,000
DEADLINE: April 30, 2025
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The mission of The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation is to encourage, foster, support and conduct activities and programs, which will benefit children residing within the State of Texas.
In-N-Out Burger Foundation Grants
SPONSOR: In-N-Out Burger Foundation
FUNDING: $5,000 - $50,000
DEADLINE: May 1, 2025
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The In-N-Out Burger Foundation’s purpose is to assist children who have been victims of child abuse, and to prevent others from suffering a similar fate.
Recreation Grants
SPONSOR: Texas Parks & Wildlife
FUNDING: Amount varies
DEADLINE: Varies
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Recreation Grants has been assisting hundreds of communities across Texas with their outdoor recreation needs since 1965 through our grant assistance and outreach programs. From the largest metropolis to the smallest rural community these programs help to build new parks, conserve natural resources, provide access to water bodies, develop educational programs for youth, and much more. Providing grants to communities across Texas helps build access to outdoor experiences and encourages a connection with nature that is vital for promoting conservation and good environmental stewardship among Texans young and old.
Community Grants
SPONSOR: WD Kelly Foundation
FUNDING: Amount varies
DEADLINE: Year-round
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Invitation Only, LOI can be emailed to make foundation aware of your organization. The W.D. Kelley Foundation is a private foundation established to make grants in the areas of education, employment, and human services primarily in Williamson County Texas.
Community Grants Program
SPONSOR: Austin Community Foundation
FUNDING: Amount varies
DEADLINE: Year-round
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Impact areas are -Animals, Arts and Culture, Community Engagement, Education, Environment and Public Spaces, Human Services / Basic Needs, Health and Wellness, and recreation in Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, or Williamson counties.
Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program
SPONSOR: USDA - Rural Development
FUNDING: Amount varies
DEADLINE: Year-round
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This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.
Community Facilities Program Disaster Repair Grants
SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Agriculture - Rural Housing Service
FUNDING: No minimum or maximum amount
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Grants will be provided to eligible applicants to repair eligible essential community facilities damaged by Presidentially Declared Disasters that occurred in CY 2022 . Subject to any updates to the Presidentially Declared Disasters, the following states have been identified with areas that have been impacted by qualifying events during CY 2022: Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.
Applications for the CF Program Disaster Repair Grants must be submitted to the applicable USDA RD Office. Applications will be accepted on a continual basis, beginning on the publication date of this notice, until funds are exhausted. The applicable USDA RD State Office will conduct an initial review, rating, and selection of complete applications.
Smart and Connected Communities
SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
FUNDING: $1.5 million - $2.5 million
DEADLINE: Year-round
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The goal of the NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program solicitation is to accelerate the creation of the scientific and engineering foundations that will enable smart and connected communities to bring about new levels of economic opportunity and growth, safety and security, health and wellness, accessibility and inclusivity, and overall quality of life. For the purposes of this solicitation, communities are defined as having geographically-delineated boundaries—such as towns, cities, counties, neighborhoods, community districts, rural areas, and tribal regions—consisting of various populations, with the structure and ability to engage in meaningful ways with proposed research activities. A “smart and connected community” is, in turn, defined as a community that synergistically integrates intelligent technologies with the natural and built environments, including infrastructure, to improve the social, economic, and environmental well-being of those who live, work, learn, or travel within it. The S&CC program encourages researchers to work with community stakeholders to identify and define challenges they are facing, enabling those challenges to motivate use-inspired research questions. For this solicitation, community stakeholders may include some or all of the following: residents, neighborhood or community groups, nonprofit or philanthropic organizations, businesses, as well as municipal organizations such as libraries, museums, educational institutions, public works departments, and health and social services agencies. The S&CC program supports integrative research that addresses fundamental technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities. Importantly, this program is interested in projects that consider the sustainability of the research outcomes beyond the life of the project, including the scalability and transferability of the proposed solutions.
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Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Water Grants
SPONSOR: Department of Agriculture - Rural Utilities Service
FUNDING: Not listed
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The CY 2022 Disaster Water Grants Program is designed to assist communities by awarding grant funds to qualified entities for expenses related to water infrastructure systems in designated areas that were impacted by events that occurred during CY 2022 and were recognized through Presidentially Declared Disasters. In addition to damage repairs, these grants are also intended to develop system capacity and resiliency in order to reduce or eliminate long-term risks from future events. Water infrastructure systems include drinking water, wastewater, solid waste, and storm water projects serving eligible communities. Adequate documentation must be provided to demonstrate impacts to the water infrastructure systems.
Anderson Charitable Foundation Grants
SPONSOR: Carl C. Anderson Sr. & Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation
FUNDING: Variable
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Anderson Charitable Foundation accepts online applications from nonprofit organizations that fit within their mission areas in the three states in which Carl and Marie Jo Anderson lived, worked and retired: New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Preference is given to nonprofits serving rural counties in all three states. The Foundation is not funding organizations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex and Houston area. Mission areas include: Essential Needs for Children, Programs for Seniors, and Programs for Individuals with Disabilities. See the Foundation's website (https://theandersonfoundation.org/mission-areas/) for more information on the kinds of projects funded within these areas. Note: almost all approved grant requests are issued as challenge grants, which require matching funds. When applying online, please choose the correct application for your grant request: either the Small Grant Application for requests of $5,000 and below or the Grant Application for requests greater than $5,000. You may not apply for both.
Mini Grants Program
SPONSOR: Humanities Texas
FUNDING: Up to $2k
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Mini-grants fund up to $2,000 of the costs associated with public humanities programs. These small grants—which are easy to apply for and administer, and are available on a rolling basis throughout the year—are particularly appropriate for funding a speaker and/or the rental of a traveling exhibition, including those provided by Humanities Texas.
The Moody Foundation Grants
SPONSOR: The Moody Foundation
FUNDING: Variable
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Moody Foundation funds projects and programs that better communities in our great state of Texas across five core areas: the arts, education, environment, health, and social services. Applicants may submt a Letter of Inquiry through the Foundation's website, detailing up to three projects for consideration. Generally, no more than one project per applicant will be selected for further review.
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Rapid Response Grants
SPONSOR: Mary E. Bivins Foundation
FUNDING: Up to $2.5k
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Rapid Response Grant Program was launched in 2022 to continue to address hunger and food insecurity among older adults in the Texas Panhandle. Grants of up to $2,500 will be provided to nonprofit organizations and other eligible organizations (such as churches or government instrumentalities) to help meet small and immediate needs to ensure the needs of food insecure older persons are met. Grant requests are considered under expedited review. Contact Jessica Tudyk, Program Officer, if you have a need that you think fits the program criteria.
CONTACT
Jessica Tudyk, Program Officer, jessica@bivinsfoundation.org, 806-379-9400
Micro Grants
SPONSOR: Entergy
FUNDING: Up to $1,000
DEADLINE: Year-round
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Entergy Micro Grants provide funding for smaller projects/organizations in the areas where Entergy conducts business.
Grants may be used for projects that impact:
Arts and culture
Community improvement/enrichment
Economic development
Education and literacy
Environment
Healthy families
AEP Foundation
SPONSOR: American Electric Power
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Year-round
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American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation Grants offer funding to organizations and projects in areas in which the company operates.
The foundation's focus areas include:
Improving lives through education from early childhood through higher education
Providing basic human services in the areas of hunger, housing, health, and safety
Delivering positive social and racial justice outcomes by embracing change and equity for people of color
Protecting the environment
Enriching the quality of life in our communities through art, music, and cultural heritage
Trull Foundation Grants
SPONSOR: Trull Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Year-round
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The Trull Foundation provides funding to nonprofits and other eligible organizations for projects in Texas that address the Foundation's focus areas, which include support for:
Children in rural areas, especially related to issues of abuse, neglect, hunger, and poverty
Individuals and families affected by substance abuse
The coastal Texas environment
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Central Texas Community Foundation Grants
SPONSOR: Central Texas Community Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Varies
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While the general grant application can be submitted throughout the year for consideration by the Fund Advisors, the giving circles and other funding sources have differing calendars and deadlines. Those opportunities are outlined in the website.
Topfer Family Foundation (TFF) Grants
SPONSOR: Topfer Family Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Rolling
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TFF supports programs that provide resources, training and treatment for families and children of abuse. Grants are awarded to programs that promote positive parenting, strengthen families, and provide early intervention. Additionally, TFF funds therapeutic support services for victims of abuse to enhance their quality of life and enable them to reach their full potential. Youth Enrichment - TFF is committed to helping at-risk youth prepare for self-sufficient, fulfilling lives.
The Meadows Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Meadows Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Aligned with our mission to serve the people of Texas are five high-priority initiatives – postsecondary completion, educator preparation, water conservation, depression, and homelessness. These issues are complex and urgent, and require additional attention and concentrated effort. We connect intense study, evaluation, and learning with targeted investments to achieve measurable change for each of these vital issues.
Humanities Texas: Mini Grants
SPONSOR: Humanities Texas
FUNDING: Up to $2,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Humanities Texas awards grants to nonprofit organizations and governmental entities to support a wide range of public programs: lectures, panel discussions, and conferences; teacher institutes; reading- and film-discussion groups; interpretive exhibits; television and radio programming; film production; and interactive multimedia programming.
Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program in Texas
SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Agriculture
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Rolling
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This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.
Hearst Foundations’ Grant
SPONSOR: Hearst Foundation
FUNDING: Minimum of $100,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Hearst Foundations assist leading regional hospitals, medical centers and specialized medical institutions providing access to healthcare for high-need populations. In response to the shortage of healthcare professionals necessary to meet the country’s evolving healthcare demands, the Foundations also fund programs designed to enhance skills and increase the number of practitioners and educators across roles in healthcare. The Foundations also support public health, medical research and the development of young investigators to help create a broad and enduring impact on the nation’s health.
Wells Fargo Grant
SPONSOR: Wells Fargo
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation collaborate with a wide range of national and local nonprofit organizations that align with our strategic funding priorities: financial health, housing affordability, small business growth, and sustainability to address these complex societal issues and help create a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable future.
Micro Grants
SPONSOR: Entergy
FUNDING: Up to $1,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Through Entergy’s Micro Grants Program, we accept requests in all program areas: arts and culture; community improvement/enrichment; economic development, education/literacy, environment and healthy families.
GEICO Philanthropic Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: December 31, 2024
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Through our community funding, the GEICO Philanthropic Foundation strives to support organizations that provide programs and resources to help strengthen our diverse communities across the country. We know that a strong community is one where every individual has access to educational and employment opportunities, can thrive in safe communities, and has the resources to overcome challenges.
Community Impact Grants
SPONSOR: Austin Parks Foundation
FUNDING: Minimum of $5,000
DEADLINE: April 1 - September 30 every year
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Community Impact Grants are intended for large-scale, community-initiated park improvement projects. Community Impact Grants fund projects on land owned and managed by the City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department, and support physical improvements to parks, such as playground equipment, shade structures, trails, habitat restoration, picnic tables, ADA-accessibility and more. They can also fund specific portions of vision plan implementation, as well as placemaking projects.
Clif Family Foundation Open Call Grant
SPONSOR: Clif Family Foundation
FUNDING: $5,000 - $50,000
DEADLINE: March 1 & August 1 every year
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Accelerate the adoption of regenerative farming practices, including organic, climate-resilient, equitable, and agroecological approaches. Amplify efforts to secure healthy, safe, just, and empowering working and living conditions for food production workers. Expand community-centered solutions to climate change that build resilience and empower those who have been historically marginalized. Advance food systems’ changes that make healthy and sustainably produced food accessible, affordable, and culturally appropriate. Catalyze solutions that expand access to safe places to enable healthy physical activity and improve mental health. Promote preventative health approaches by identifying and eliminating toxics from our air, water, soil, and human-made materials.
Spark Good Local Grants
SPONSOR: Walmart Foundation
FUNDING: $250 - $5,000
DEADLINE: Mar 1 - Jul 15, Aug 1 - Oct 15, & Nov 1 - Dec 31
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Walmart awards Spark Good Local Grants to nonprofit initiatives that align with one of its four giving priorities: Creating opportunity, advancing sustainability, strengthening community, and racial equity
Costco Charitable Giving
SPONSOR: Costco
FUNDING: Maximum of 10% of project’s cost
DEADLINE: September - August every year
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Costco Wholesale’s primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business. Throughout the year we receive a large number of requests from nonprofit organizations striving to make a positive impact, and we are thankful to be able to provide support to a variety of organizations and causes. While we would like to respond favorably to all requests, understandably, the needs are far greater than our allocated resources and we are unable to accommodate them all.
Shield-Ayres Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Shield-Ayres Foundation
FUNDING: Average $10,000 (no set min or max)
DEADLINE: February 15 and August 15 every year
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The Shield-Ayres Foundation generally funds in the following areas: health, human services, environment, education and arts.
Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
SPONSOR: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Rolling
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This funding opportunity seeks proposals primed to impact health equity moving forward. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. We want to hear from scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders—anyone, anywhere who has a new or unconventional idea that could alter the trajectory of health and improve health equity and wellbeing for generations to come. The changes we seek require diverse perspectives and cannot be accomplished by any one person, organization, or sector.
Neighborhood Matching Grants
SPONSOR: City of Round Rock
FUNDING: Up to $5,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The City of Round Rock promotes and supports community efforts that contribute to vibrant neighborhoods. The City Council has allocated funds through the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program to stimulate and enhance opportunities for residents to address neighborhood concerns and special needs.
Neighborhood Grants
SPONSOR: Austin Parks Foundation
FUNDING: $500-$5,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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These awards are meant to enable Adopt-A-Park groups, park stewards, community gardens, and other park stakeholder groups to make small but significant improvements to their parks throughout the year.
Downtown Business Improvement & Preservation Grant Program
SPONSOR: City of New Braunfels
FUNDING: Up to 25% off project’s total cost
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The City of New Braunfels and the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #3 (Downtown TIRZ Board) offers business and property owners a business and preservation grant to support improvements of buildings in Downtown New Braunfels. These projects include façade and other exterior improvements, residential and commercial conversions, and improvements to public infrastructure. These improvement projects are eligible for grant reimbursement if the work takes place within the Downtown TIRZ boundary.
Albert & Margaret Alkek Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Albert & Margaret Alkek Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation was established to provide support for charitable, religious, scientific, literary and educational organizations and programs serving the people of the State of Texas.
The Pratt Family Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Pratt Family Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Housing Assistance, Support and Assistance for Abused and Battered Women and Their Dependents, Educational Assistance, General Education Institutional Assistance (Public and Private schools and Universities), Disaster Relief, Aid for Women in Crisis Pregnancies, Disadvantaged Youth Programs, Healthcare for Children
Mays Family Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Mays Family Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Mays Family Foundation is committed to supporting the communities in which we live, work and serve through causes that aid, empower, enrich and educate. Funding should generally be used to support specific needs in the communities we serve, primarily Bexar county Texas.
TMAF Medical Community Grant Program
SPONSOR: Texas Medical Association
FUNDING: Maximum of $7,500
DEADLINE: November 15 & July 31
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TMAF accepts applications from county medical societies, alliance and medical student chapters for community health improvement programs.
The Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 Grant
SPONSOR: The Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: December 31, 2024
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This trust is created and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the principal purpose of this trust is to provide financial assistance, to be used primarily in the State of Texas, with special emphasis to uses within Bexar County, Texas, for one or more of the following charitable purposes: The promotion, encouragement, understanding, appreciation and love of the arts. The support of educational institutions, with primary emphasis on those that would be commonly classified as private educational institutions as distinguished from public educational institutions. Medical research.
Live Award
SPONSOR: Texas Capital Foundation
FUNDING: $50,000
DEADLINE: January 3, 2025
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This grant awards a program dedicated to improving mental health and preventing chronic diseases impacting children in underserved communities. Texas Capital Foundation seeks to support an initiative that provides comprehensive resources, education, and early intervention strategies, focusing on the overall well-being of children and equipping them with the tools necessary to lead healthier lives.
Learn Award
SPONSOR: Texas Capital Foundation
FUNDING: $50,000
DEADLINE: January 3, 2025
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This grant awards a program that excels in delivering STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education to teens (grades 7 – 12) attending Title 1 and/or schools in underserved communities. Texas Capital Foundation is looking for innovative programs that not only teach technical skills but also inspire creativity and critical thinking. The ideal program should engage teens in hands-on interactive experiences, enhance problem-solving skills, and prepare them for future careers in STEAM fields.
Lift Award
SPONSOR: Texas Capital Foundation
FUNDING: $50,000
DEADLINE: January 3, 2025
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This grant awards a program that provides effective prevention and mentorship services for at-risk youth. Texas Capital Foundation aims to support an initiative that offers strong mentorships and preventive programming to help youth navigate life’s challenges. The program should provide developmental tools necessary in making positive life choices to achieve personal, academic and/or career success.
STAR Award
SPONSOR: Texas Capital Foundation
FUNDING: $100,000
DEADLINE: January 3, 2025
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This grant awards a program that provides direct services for military and veteran families. Texas Capital Foundation aims to support an organization dedicated to serving the unique needs of military and veteran families, ensuring they receive the resources needed to promote readiness, wellbeing and quality of life.
Texas Bar Foundation’s Grant
SPONSOR: Texas Bar Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: January 15 & July 15 every year
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The Texas Bar Foundation solicits charitable contributions and provides funding to enhance the rule of law and the system of justice in Texas, especially for programs that relate to legal assistance for the underserved, the administration of justice, ethics in the legal profession, the encouragement of legal research, publications and forums, and education of the third branch of government.
Georgetown Health Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Texas Bar Foundation
FUNDING: $10,000 - $50,000
DEADLINE: January 31, 2025
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Our funding prioritizes basic needs and the social determinants of health supporting such needs. GHF applies a health equity lens to our goals and strategies. Inequities in health are often socially determined. Health equity strategies seek to increase opportunities for everyone, regardless of their circumstances, to live the healthiest life possible. GHF views the pursuit of health equity as a way to correct or challenge factors outside a person’s control that negatively impact their health, e.g., lack of resources, education, or income. We invite applicants to share how their organization contributes to advancing health equity for GHF’s target population within the greater Georgetown community.
Recreational Trails Grant
SPONSOR: Texas Parks and Wildlife
FUNDING: 80% of project cost (Max. of $300,000-$500,000)
DEADLINE: February 1, 2025
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Funds can be spent on both motorized and non-motorized recreational trail projects such as the construction of new recreational trails, to improve existing trails, to develop trailheads or trailside facilities, and to acquire trail corridors.
Major Grant
SPONSOR: Humanities Texas
FUNDING: Up to $20,000
DEADLINE: February 15, 2025
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Major grants for community projects fund comprehensive public programs such as lectures, seminars, and conferences; book and film discussions; interpretive exhibitions and materials; town forums and civic discussions; and teacher workshops. Programs should reflect substantial participation by both humanities scholars and members of the target audience(s).
Traditional Grant
SPONSOR: Travis County Women Lawyers Association
FUNDING: $2,000 - $5,000
DEADLINE: February 8, 2025
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Grants are awarded to organizations providing legal services to women, children, and families in the Central Texas area. Grants are generally intended to fund a specific project of the recipient’s program, rather than merely contributing to a general operating budget.
The Burdine Johnson Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Burdine Johnson Foundation
FUNDING: $5,000 - $30,000
DEADLINE: February 16, 2025
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Motivated by the desire to enhance the quality of life for those in Hays County and Central Texas, the Burdine Johnson Foundation awards grants to local charitable organizations involving the arts, education, health and human services, the environment and historic preservation.
The Lola Wright Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Lola Wright Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: February 28 & August 31 every year
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Established by Miss Johnie Elizabeth Wright in 1954, the Lola Wright Foundation supports children and youth, public health and human services, education and community development, and arts and culture.
Carl C. Anderson Sr. & Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Carl C. Anderson Sr. & Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation
FUNDING: $5,000 - $20,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Foundation supports organizations serving low-income and vulnerable populations in three mission areas: 1) basic and essential needs of children and youth; 2) services that improve or enhance the quality of life for older adults; and, 3) services that improve or enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities.
The Trull Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Trull Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified (Previous awards $2,000 - $150,000)
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Grants must be used for charitable or educational purposes and strictly in accordance with the proposal and budget submitted. Focus areas of the foundation are: A concern for children, channeling lives away from abuse, neglect, hunger, and poverty.
A concern for those persons and families devastated by the effects of substance abuse.
A concern for the coastal Texas environment, recognizing and including water issues, estuaries, birds, agriculture, and aquaculture.
The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified (Previous awards $104 - $425,000)
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation is a mission-driven grantmaking foundation that seeks innovative, sustainable solutions for human and environmental problems. Programs focus on the following initiatives, clean energy, land conservation, shale sustainability, sustainability education, and water.
County Grant Program
SPONSOR: Texas 4-H
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: December 31, 2024
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County Grants are to be used to enhance current 4-H programming (equipment purchases, education/training, events, etc.) or to fund new programs or projects that will support growth and opportunities for Texas 4-H Youth.
Lonestar Legacy Grant
SPONSOR: Lonestar Legacy
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: December 2024
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To improve the quality of life for children throughout Texas who struggle with developmental, physical, mental, and economic challenges.
Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
SPONSOR: National Endowment for the Humanities
FUNDING: $75,000-$450,000
DEADLINE: January 9, 2025
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The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program (DHAG) supports work that is innovative, experimental, and contributes to the critical infrastructure that underpins scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities.
Workshops & Community Music Programs Grant
SPONSOR: Associated Chamber Music Players
FUNDING: Up to 50% of project expenses, maximum $3,000
DEADLINE: January 15, 2025
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ACMP's mission is to encourage people from all over the world to play chamber music for pleasure. To that end, ACMP supports workshops and community music programs which provide active participatory chamber music experiences to adult amateur musicians and youth. As the only organization in the world with grants programs for amateur chamber music, ACMP prides itself in supporting programs that kindle the sheer joy of music and emphasize chamber music training without professional aspirations. Grant recipients represent a large range of organizers, from "mom and pop" adult amateur workshop coordinators and youth chamber music camp directors to managers of chamber music programs at large institutions. Chamber music is defined as small-ensemble playing or singing, with one musician on a part and without a conductor.
Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas
SPONSOR: Department of Energy
FUNDING: $2,000,000-$50,000,000
DEADLINE: August 28, 2025
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Rural and remote areas often have higher energy costs and burden, less resilient energy systems, and fewer alternatives for accessing clean energy compared with their urban counterparts. Furthermore, small communities do not always have the available time, money, or other resources to pursue clean energy options. This program serves communities of 10,000 people or fewer. Applicants must propose projects that support at least one of these eligible activities: A. Improving overall cost-effectiveness of energy generation, transmission, or distribution systems; B. Siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines; C. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy generation in rural or remote areas; D. Providing or modernizing electric generation facilities; E. Developing microgrids; and F. Increasing energy efficiency.
Micro Grant
SPONSOR: Texas Historical Foundation
FUNDING: Maximum of $8,000
DEADLINE: Mar 1, Jun 1, Sept 1, Dec 1 every year
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Grants shall only be awarded to organizations qualified under IRS Code 501(c)(3) or governmental entities and must be used for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes.
Ed Rachal Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Ed Rachal Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: September 1 - August 31 every year
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Grants shall only be awarded to organizations qualified under IRS Code 501(c)(3) or governmental entities and must be used for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes.
Disaster Relief
SPONSOR: Petco Love
FUNDING: $10,000-$100,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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For animal welfare organizations impacted by disasters
Salad Bar Grant
SPONSOR: Whole Kids
FUNDING: $4,560
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Through key partnerships, we developed the Salad Bars to Schools grant program with the mission of donating salad bars to U.S. schools to allow kids to have daily access to fresh fruits and vegetables. The Salad Bars to Schools grant includes salad bar equipment and access to salad bar specific training modules available through Chef Ann Foundation’s School Food Institute.
The Awesome Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Awesome Foundation
FUNDING: $1,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Every chapter interprets "awesome" for itself. As such, awesome projects include initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more. Many awesome projects are novel or experimental, and evoke surprise and delight. Awesome sometimes challenges and often inspires.
Bright Idea Grants
SPONSOR: SAISD Foundation
FUNDING: $5,000 - $10,000
DEADLINE: February 23, 2025
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Grants for San Antonio ISD educators include: New Teacher Grants, Mini-Grants, Bright Idea Grants Teacher of the Year and Distinguished Teacher of the Year grants.
We work to ensure educators and school leaders in SAISD have the ability to expand student experiences and increase student success through unique learning opportunities.
Faye L. & William L. Cowden Charitable Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Broadway Bank
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: March 31, 2025 (annually)
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This trust is created and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific and religious purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the principal purpose of this trust is to provide financial assistance, to be used in the State of Texas, to Qualified Organizations which direct their activities toward one or more of the following charitable purposes: The health, medical care and treatment and rehabilitation of children, including related medical research. The education of children and young adults, and the provision of special educational opportunities for young persons otherwise unable to afford them. The prevention of cruelty to children or animals. The protection and preservation of wildlife and natural areas.
Keith M. Orme & Pat Vigeon Orme Charitable Foundation, Inc. Grant
SPONSOR: Broadway Bank
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: September 30, every year
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The mission of the Keith M. Orme and Pat Vigeon Orme Charitable Foundation, Inc. is to assist families facing hardship, supporting the well-being and development of children and create pathways towards a brighter future, advancing medical research and innovation, supporting our dedicated military veterans, and championing the well-being and welfare of animals.
Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Broadway Bank
FUNDING: $100,000 - $250,000
DEADLINE: March 31 & September 30 every year
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The Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation will be a trusted funder in Bexar County, Texas, by supporting programs that improve education, health, family well-being, arts, culture, and animal welfare.
80|20 Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: 80|20 Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: Jan 31, Apr 30, Jul 31 & Oct 31 every year
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The 80|20 Foundation invests in San Antonio’s future by issuing grants to public charities that Attract, Grow, and Retain San Antonio’s future workforce and job-creating entrepreneurs.
Seawell Elam Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Seawell Elam Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: May 2025
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The mission of the Seawell Elam Foundation is to improve the quality of life for those living in Austin, through the funding of 501 (c)(3) organizations that work to break the cycle of poverty through programs that focus on education, nature, and the performing and visual arts.
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The Lawrence Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Lawrence Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: Mar 1 - Apr 30 & Sept 1 - Oct 31
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The foundation makes grants to US based qualified charitable organizations. To date we have funded organizations that address the following areas of interest: Environment, human services, and disaster relief.
Seawell Elam Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Seawell Elam Foundation
FUNDING: Varies
DEADLINE: May 2025
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The mission of the Seawell Elam Foundation is to improve the quality of life for those living in Austin, through the funding of 501 (c)(3) organizations that work to break the cycle of poverty through programs that focus on education, nature, and the performing and visual arts.
The Audacious Project
SPONSOR: TED
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: April annually
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We look for ideas that cover a wide range of issues, from global health and climate change, to social justice and education.
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
FUNDING: Maximum of $300,000
DEADLINE: Rolling
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Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation seeks to dramatically improve the lives of underserved communities across the globe by supporting scalable, innovative, and impact-first solutions that leverage existing systems and stakeholders. Our goal is to find social entrepreneurs with dynamic products or services that have a proven ability to positively impact the lives of underserved people, and nurture those organizations at the early stages by providing capacity, capital, and community.
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Herzstein Foundation pursues a mission to support free enterprise, strengthen families, preserve heritage, educate individuals and communities, and provide second chances where appropriate, encouraging individuals to realize their potential and ability to achieve their highest quality of life.
The Campbell Foundation Grant
SPONSOR: The Campbell Foundation
FUNDING: Unspecified
DEADLINE: Rolling
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The Campbell Foundation’s mission is to support nonprofits whose work creates equitable access to opportunity through education. We consider education in broad terms, including a wide range of initiatives from early childhood and K-12 education, to alternative high school completion and workers’ rights education. These initiatives all work to amplify the voices and increase power and equitable outcomes for the youth and adults they serve.