Topic: Women's Fund

The Women’s Fund Confronts Racial Disparities in Maternal Health Care

People’s Community Clinic Saves Lives

Grant Partner Spotlight. People’s Community Clinic supports the health and wellness of the Central Texas community.

Jail to Jobs Inspires Change

Our grant partner, Jail to Jobs, transforms lives in juvenile detention facilities. Learn about them and impact of our grantmaking.

Women’s Fund Awards Nearly $500,000 to Support Central Texas Women and Children

Leaders of the Women’s Fund Grants Committee announce the 2022 grant partners and share details about the grantmaking process.

Reflecting on the State of Child Care in Central Texas

Kimberly Storin, chair of the Women’s Fund Steering Committee, reflects on a recent panel discussion about inequitable access to child care in Central Texas.

Women’s Fund Grants $400,000 with Racial Equity Lens

Women’s Fund Revises Strategy Based on Racial Equity

The Women’s Fund is shifting its strategy to address and create a more equitable grantmaking strategy and process.

Our Response to COVID-19

Since the local outbreak of COVID-19, Austin Community Foundation has quickly and effectively mobilized funding and resources to respond to needs of our community.

Keyholder’20 Raises Record-Breaking Amount

Held at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Keyholder’20 convened influential business and philanthropic leaders for networking and conversation around the needs of women and children in Central Texas and beyond. In addition to revealing the winners of the Raise Your Voice Awards, the Women’s Fund announced that a total of $300,000 will be granted to local organizations through its 2020 grant cycle.

Kimberly & Bernd transform passion into purpose

Education is key for Britney and her two daughters

Britney is a mother of a two. She got pregnant at age 18 and then again at age 19. Being a young mother of two, she knew it would be tough, maybe even impossible, to work and provide her daughters with good, affordable child care. By securing a job with Open Door Preschool, she was able to reenter the workforce and obtain subsidized high-quality education for her children.

Women’s Fund Awards $250,000 to Five Nonprofits

The Women’s Fund at Austin Community Foundation announced today five local nonprofits were chosen to receive a combined total of $250,000 — the largest annual amount in the 15-year history of the Women’s Fund — for programs aimed at improving the economic security of Central Texas women and children.