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

  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

  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 YTD

  • 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

  • Austin Disaster Relief Network – $2,500 – Relocate 5 local families back into safe and clean homes
  • 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
  • Meals on Wheels Central Texas – $1,000 – Meals on Wheels

  2020 recipients

  • Austin Diaper Bank – $20,000 – Diaper Distribution Program
  • Bastrop County Food Pantry – $5,000 – Emergency food assistance
  • Caritas of Austin – $10,000 – Best Single Source Plus (BSS+) Program
  • CASA of Travis County – $6,000 – Advocacy for Children in the Foster Care System
  • DePelchin Children’s Center – $1,000 – Recruitment, Training and Support of Foster Families for Abused and Neglected Austin-Area Children
  • Foster Angels of Central Texas – $17,000 – Direct support and capacity building to assist children & youth in Central Texas foster care
  • Golden Age Home – $10,000 – Subsidized housing program
  • The Helping Center of Marble Falls Area – 1,000 – Holiday Meals
  • Helping Hand Home for Children – $95,000 – Therapeutic residential treatment for abused and neglected children
  • HomeAid Austin – $5,000 – Affordable Housing Projects
  • Hope Alliance – $10,000 – Lifesaving Services for Shelter Victims
  • Jeremiah Program – $5,000 – Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Education for Single-Mother Families Experiencing Poverty
  • Meals on Wheels Central Texas – $15,000 – Mike’s Place Senior and Caregiver Respite
  • SAFE Alliance – $17,000 – Rapid rehousing for homeless youth in Austin (Youth Rapid Rehousing program).
  • Texas Advocacy Project – $25,000 – Texas Advocacy Project
  • Upbring – $2,000 – BeREAL Austin-San Marcos
• Recreation
  • YMBL Sunshine Camp – $15,000 – Zilker Summer Camp (2018 recipient)