Community Grant Recipients

2021 Recipients

• Animals

  2020 recipients

  • Austin Pets Alive! – $1,000 – APA!’s Medical Clinic Overhaul to Streamline Operations and Communication
  • Austin Animal Center – $500 – Neighborhood microchip checking
  • Austin Humane Society – $10,000 – Completing families: adoption program
  • Wildlife Rescue, Inc. – $12,000 – Upgrades to wildlife rehabilitation enclosures
• Arts & Culture

  2021 recipients

  • Fusebox Festival – $1,000 – Free-Range Art

  2020 recipients

  • Armstrong Community Music School – $500 – The Harmony Initiative: transforming communities through music
  • Kids In A New Groove – $250 – Mentoring through Music
  • Neil Cochran House Museum – $10,000 – ‘If These Walls Could Talk’ project
  • Rude Mechanicals – $13,500 – Why We’re Here
  • Texas Music Partners – $5,000 – Tablets Through COVID-19
• Community Engagement

  2019 recipients

  • Austin Health Commons, via Economic Growth Business Incubator – $500 – Truth, racial healing and transformation program
  • CASA of Travis County – $40,000 – Advocacy for children in the foster care system
  • Ecology Action of Texas – $5,000 – Future forest
  • I Live Here I Give Here – $10,000 – Capacity Building to Further Community Impact
  • Keep Austin Beautiful, Inc. – $10,000 – Community engagement days
  • Travis Audubon Society – $5,000 – Education and research at Blair Woods Sanctuary
  • TreeFolks – $5,000 – Austin urban-suburban tree inventory environmental pilot in citizen science (Austin EPICS)
• Education

  2021

  • Capital IDEA – $40,000 – Healthcare Career Expressway
  • Open Door Preschool – $5,000 – Helping Hand + Family CARES

  2020 recipients

  • Austin Chamber Music Center – $10,000 – Chamber music education in schools
  • AVANCE-Austin – $25,000 – Parent & Child Education Program
  • BookSpring – $1,000 – Books for Me program
  • Central Texas Allied Health Institute – $45,000 – Activating a Stackable Credential Pathway to Health Careers in Central Texas
  • Code2College, Inc. – $987 – Code2College Labs
  • Communities In Schools of Central Texas – $10,000 – CIS of Central Texas School-Based Dropout Prevention Services
  • Crowe’s Nest Farm, Inc. – $20,500 – Pond restoration and wetlands habitat exhibit
  • The Dream Come True Foundation – $1,000 – Dream Achiever Program
  • Economic Growth Business Incubator (EGBI) – $10,000 – Helping small businesses survive during COVID-19
  • Girlstart – $10,000 – Girlstart After School: STEM education for high-need Central Texas girls
  • Leander ISD Educational Excellence Foundation – $5,000 – Counseling and Mental Health for Adolescents
  • Seedling Foundation – $1,000 – A Foundation for Success: School-Based Mentoring for Children Impacted By Parental Incarceration
• Environment

  2020 recipients

  • Austin Parks Foundation – $1,000 – Restore Zilker Train
  • Hill Country Conservancy, Inc. – $10,000 – Conservation and community collaboration/engagement; now and forever
  • Save Barton Creek Association – $12,218 – Barton Creek TimeStream: An interactive exhibit chronicling 50 years of stewardship on Barton Creek
  • Shield Ranch Foundation – $10,000 – Campsite at Shield Ranch
  • Sustainable Food Center (SFC) – $250 – Building climate resilience in the food system
• Health

  2021 recipients

  • Austin Center for Grief and Loss – $1,000 – Heling Austin Grieve
  • Hairapy – $2,500 – Hairapy
  • half Helen Foundation – $20,000 – Optical Prime: Mobile Vision Clinic
  • Hand to Hold – $15,000 – NICU Family Support
  • People’s Community Clinic – $50,000 – Enhancing Access to Healthcare Among Vulnerable Central Texans Through Telehealth
  • Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas-Austin – $25,000 – East 7th Street Health Center Renovation
  • The Refuge for DMST – $7,500 – The Refuge Circle of Care

  2020 RECIPIENTS

  • AGE of Central Texas – $20,000 – Mission to Prevent COVID-19 Social Isolation and Decline
  • Any Baby Can – $32,000 – Care and Support for Children with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses
  • Austin Area Urban League – $60,000 – Project Wellness
  • Austin Child Guidance Center – $47,000 – Underserved Children & Families
  • Candlelight Ranch – $20,000 – Project HEAL
  • CareBOX Program – $16,000 – CareBOX Program Patient Fund
  • Drive a Senior Central Texas – $40,000 – Drive a Senior Central Texas
  • Manos de Cristo – $25,000 – Affordable Dental Care for Underserved Central Texans
  • ROCK, Ride on Center for Kids – $12,000 – Therapy Services for Underserved Children with Disabilities
  • Wonders and Worries – $30,000 – Virtual Services for Central Texas Children and Teens Facing Serious Parental Illness
• Human Services/Basic Needs

  2021 recipients YTD

  • American Gateways – $2,000 – Central Texas Pro Bono Immigration Project
  • American Red Cross – $2,000 – Disaster Relief
  • Austin Disaster Relief Network – $2,500 – Relocate 5 local families back into safe and clean homes
  • Boys and Girls of Austin & Travis County – $2,000 – Club on the Go
  • Catholic Charities of Central Texas – $2,000 – Immigration Legal Services for Central Texas Families
  • Foster Angels of Central Texas – $11,000 – Direct Assistance for Children and Youth in Central Texas Foster Care
  • Golden Age Home – $3,000 – Winter Storm Relief
  • Meals on Wheels Central Texas – $1,000 – Meals on Wheels
  • Mission Accomplished – $2,000 – Operation Clean Clothes, Laundry Angels on Wheels
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas – $15,000 – A Place Like Home: Expanding the Ronald McDonald House to Serve More Families
  • Texas Ramp Project – $1,000 – Austin Ramp Project
  • Trinity Center – $15,000 – Housing Assistance
  • Upbring – $$2,000 – BeREAL
• Recreation
  • YMBL Sunshine Camp – $15,000 – Zilker Summer Camp (2018 recipient)