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 YTD

  • 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

  2021 recipients YTD

  • Service Doges, Inc. – $2,500 – Facility Dog for ATCEMS – Supporting First Responder Mental Health
• Education

  2021 recipients YTD

  • Austin Science Education Foundation – $560 – Austin Energy Regional Science Festival 2022
  • Capital IDEA – $40,000 – Healthcare Career Expressway
  • Open Door Preschool – $5,000 – Helping Hand + Family CARES
• Environment

  2021 recipients YTD

  • Barton Springs Conservancy – $550 – Barton Springs Environmental Education Experience

  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 YTD

  • Austin Center for Grief and Loss – $1,000 – Heling Austin Grieve
  • Drive a Senior-ATX – $5,000 – Outreach to Disadvantaged Seniors
  • Flatwater Foundation – $560 – Cancer patient support program
  • 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
• 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

  2018 recipients

  • YMBL Sunshine Camp – $15,000 – Zilker Summer Camp