Community Grant Recipients

Recent Grant Recipients

• Animals

  2024

  • Every Dog Behavior and Training – $5,000 – Financial Assistance for Inclusive and Ethical Dog Training
  • Austin Humane Society – $20,000 – The Austin Humane Society’s Pet Food Pantry
  • Friends of Austin Animal Center – $15,000 – Behavior Assistance Project Support

  2023

  • Austin Humane Society – $22,000 – The Austin Humane Society’s Pet Food Pantry
  • Austin Wildlife Rescue – $10,114 – Pre-release Enclosures for Wildlife
  • PetPALS – $5,000 – Table Top Tuttnauer 2540M Autoclave
• Arts & Culture

  2024

  • Indigenous Cultures Institute – $5,000 – Papakō: The Journey
  • Austin Opera – $10,000 – Austin Opera Music Center
  • Ballet Austin – $20,000 – Ballet Austin’s 2024-25 Night of Community
  • Spaceflight Records – $10,000 – Artist Fellowship
  • Austin Jazz Workshop – $12,000 – Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Jazz Song
  • Austin Symphony Orchestra – $10,000 – Austin Symphony Orchestra’s James C. Armstrong Youth Education Initiatives 2024-25
  • SAGE Studio & Gallery – $1,000 – Art Studio Expansion and Residency Program

  2023

  • Armstrong Community Music School – $5,000 – Bilingual Music Education for Immigrant and Refugee Families
  • Austin Area Art from the Streets – $6,750 – 32nd Annual Show 2024
  • Austin Film Society – $25,000 – AFS Creative Careers
  • Austin Opera – $10,000 – Bella Noche de Música
  • Austin Economic Development Corporation – $43,000 – Austin Cultural Trust
  • Austin Unconducted – $5,000 – Community Building Orchestra Concerts in East Austin on December 7 & 8, 2023
  • Austin Symphony Orchestra – $10,000 – Austin Symphony Orchestra’s Education Programs, 2022-23
  • Peerbagh – $1,000 – Varta: A cultural and literary festival for families!
  • Save Barton Creek Association – $10,276 – Living Springs Documentary Series: History of the Barton Creek Wilderness Park
  • Zilker Theatre Productions – $10,000 – 64th Zilker Summer Musical: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
• Community Engagement

  2023

  • Ecology Action of Texas, Inc. – $5,000 – Montopolis Youth Nature Club
  • Friends of the Children – Austin – $30,000 – The Family Emergency Relief Fund
• Education & Training

  2024

  • Women & Their Work – $5,000 – It Takes Art to Spell SmART and ART on the GO
  • Texas Book Festival – $5,200 – Reading Rock Stars Austin
  • Mainspring Schools – $2,000 – Play4All – Infants & Toddlers
  • Ladies Let’s Talk – $30, 608 – Basic English for Afghan Women
  • Changing Expectations – $5,000 – Digital Equity for Black Girls in AI Coding Makerspace: Creating AI Chatbots for Social Justice
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Austin & Travis County – $2,200 – Academic Success and Enrichment Programming at Boys & Girls Clubs
  • Girlstart – $15,250 – Girlstart After School: STEM Education for Central Texas Girls
  • Todos Juntos Learning Center – $25, 750 – Escuelita: Early Childhood Education
  • Texas Empowerment Academy – $1,250 – Texas Empowerment Academy, Furniture Request
  • 100 Black Men of Austin – $10,000 – Black Men Reads Initiative and Cultural Competency Initiative
  • Book Drive for Kids – $1,695 – Book Ownership Project
  • Open Door Preschool – $15,195 – Open Door’s Family CARES & Helping Hand Fund
  • San Juan Diego Catholic High School – $2,195 – Corporate Internship Program/Job Training
  • Seedling Foundation – $3,195 – Mentoring for Central Texas Children Who Have an Incarcerated Parent

  2023

  • 100 Black Men of Austin – $10,000 – Cultural Competency and AISD Mentor Read-along Programs
  • Andy Roddick Foundation – $5,000 – 2024 Summer Learning Program
  • Austin Partners in Education – $2,150 – Math Classroom Coaching
  • AVANCE – Austin – $1,650 – Parent-Child Education Program (PCEP) and Career Navigation
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Austin & Travis County – $10,114 – Youth Development Programming at Boys & Girls Clubs
  • Breakthrough Central Texas – $25,276 – Supporting First-Generation Students’ Path to College
  • Capital IDEA – $50,000 – Capital IDEA Career Expressway (Health Care Career Expressway)
  • Changing Expectations – $13,000 – My Brother’s Keeper Coding Makerspace
  • Central Texas Allied Health Institute – $52,517.19 -Best Success Healthcare Workforce Training
  • Communities in School of Central Texas – $23,165 – CIS Central Office and Training Center
  • Equity Kids – $1,000 – Exploring Race and Building Community
  • Everyone’s Dream Come True (The Dream Come True Foundation) – $80,000 – The Dream Achievers Program
  • Ladies Let’s Talk – $7,600 – Basic English for Beginner/Non-Literate Afghan Women Summer 2023
  • Open Door Preschool – $10,000 – Open Door Family CARES and Helping Hand Fund
  • The Rise School of Austin – $15,000 – Rising Strong: The Rise School of Austin Physical Therapy Program
  • Seedling Foundation – $33,000 – Mentoring for Central Texas Children Who Have an Incarcerated Parent
  • St. Edward’s University – $45,175 – To Address the Nursing Shortage & Promote Nursing Excellence in Central Texas
  • Thinkery – $27,000 – Thinkery Del Valle: A Collaboration to Improve Early Childhood Education & Nurture Joyful Learning
  • VELA – $1,000 – Expanding Access: Special Education Workshops for Families
  • Welcome Table, Inc – $5,114 – CDF Freedom Schools® Austin
  • Women in Neuroscience – $15,165 – Full-time Program Manager Position
• Environment & Public Space

  2024

  • National Wildlife Federation – $10,200 – Austin Youth EcoLeaders Using Creative Solutions to Address Climate Change
  • Shoal Creek Conservancy – $40,250 – Shoal Creek Trail Plan and Watershed Action Plan Implementation

  2023

  • Shield Ranch Foundation – $25,000 – Shield Ranch Foundation Camp El Ranchito Expansion
  • The Trail Conservancy – $10,165 – Ecological Restoration & Conservation of the Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail
  • Waterloo Greenway Conservancy – $10,150 – 2024 Community Programming in Waterloo Park
• Health & Wellness

  2024

  • Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas – $2,000 – Wish Granting for Children with Critical Illnesses
  • Fortis Therapy Center – $1,000 – Project Heroes

  2023

  • Alzheimer’s Association Capital of Texas Chapter – $3,165 – ALZ CARES Initiative for Austin/Central Texas
  • Any Baby Can, Inc. – $80,000 – Early Intervention, Therapy, and Case Management Services
  • ASHwell – $25,500 – Expanding Access to Healthcare for Uninsured People of Color and the LGBTQ+ Community in Austin
  • Austin Palliative Care – $25,000 – The Right Care at the Right Time: Home-Based Healthcare for Central Texans with a Serious Illness
  • Austin Smiles – $5,114 – Cleft Community of Central Texas
  • Austin Speech Labs – $25,114 – Communicating After A Stroke: Affordable Speech and Cognitive Therapy for Stroke Survivors In Need
  • Austin Sunshine Camps – $10,000 – Providing the Magic of Overnight Camp to All Children
  • Black Men’s Health Clinic – $30,000 – Comprehensive Behavior Health Services for Men of Color
  • Candlelight Ranch Foundation – $3,350 – Children in Nature
  • CareBOX Program – $1,000 – CareBOX Program
  • Children’s Cancer Association – $4,000 – JoyRx Austin – Live Beside Music for Seriously Ill Children
  • City of Kyle – $11,000 – Kyle Community Garden
  • Hand to Hold – $2,000 – Bilingual NICU Parent Support
  • Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) – $15,276 – Expanding Access to Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage for Low-Income, Working Musicians in Austin
  • Heroes Night Out – $1,000 – Women’s 1% Group
  • Kick Drugs Out of America (Kickstart Kids) – $1,000 – Kickstart Kids Central Texas Program Expenses for Student Uniforms, Belts and Gear
  • Kids Tooth Team Outreach – $15,000 – Kids Tooth Team Outreach 2024 Expansion Project
  • Lock Arms for Life – $1,000 – Furthering LAFL Impact – Expansion to Six County Region
  • Manos de Cristo – $33,704 – Affordable Dental Care for Underserved Children, Adults, and Sreniors
  • Out Youth Austin – $30,000 – Safeguarding + Expanding LGBTQIA+ Youth Mental Health Care
  • Pease Park Conservancy – $5,000 – Pease Rx Collaborative
  • Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas – Austin – $25,000 – Empowering Austinites with Comprehensive, Preventative Healthcare through PPGT’s Health Equity Fund
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance of Texas – $8,625 – Providing Equitable Access to Care Initiative
  • R.O.C.K., Ride on Center for Kids – $100,114 – Miracles in the Dirt Campaign
  • Samaritan Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care – $28,165 – Hope for Heroes
  • Samaritan Health Ministries – $25,000 – Mental health care for uninsured residents
  • Shalom Austin – $5,276 – Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents
  • SIMS Foundation – $10,000 – Accessible and Affordable Behavioral Health Services for Music Industry Professionals and Family
  • Wonders and Worries – $15,000 – Wonders & Worries Family Illness Education & Coping Certified Child Life Specialist Expansion
• Human Services/Basic Needs

  2024

  • Center for Child Protection – $4,000 – Family Advocacy for Victims of Child Abuse
  • CASA of Williamson County – $10,000 – Foster Children Advocacy
  • Foster Angels of Central Texas – $20,000 – Basic Needs Support for Children and Youth Experiencing Foster Care in Central Texas
  • Miracle Foundation – $15,000 – Keep Central Texas Families Together
  • The Amala Foundation – $2,500 – Travis County Transformation Project
  • Austin Habitat for Humanity – $11,000 – Home Repair Program
  • CASA of Travis County – $25,000 – Advocacy for Children in the Foster Care System
  • Catholic Charities of Central Texas – $1,000 – Immigration Legal Services
  • Communities In Schools of South Central Texas – $11,000 – Basic Needs for Students in Luling Independent School District
  • Friends of the Children – Austin – $2,000 – Family Emergency Relief Fund
  • Homeless Outreach Mitigation and Emergency (H.O.M.E.) Center – $6,000 – Transitional Housing Program
  • Hope House – $11,000 – Repair Our Children’s Home Roof
  • Our Shared Kitchen, Inc. – $1,000 – Healthy Accessible Mobile Meals (H.A.M.M.) Expansion
  • Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas – $1,000 – Ensuring the Safety of Low-Income Survivors of Domestic Violence Through Pro Bono Legal Services

  2023

  • Austin City Lutherans – Bread For All Food Pantry – $5,700 – Basic Needs for Neighbors – Rent Assistance
  • Austin Clubhouse – $5,114 – Expanding Access to Community and Employment for Adults with Mental Illness
  • Austin Diaper Bank – $20,000 – Distribution of diapers, wipes and other basic needs to Central Texas Families
  • Bastrop County Food Pantry – $6,000 – Emergency Food Assistance
  • B.I.G. Love Cancer Care Services – $5,000 – L.I.F.T Program – Love in Fragile Times
  • Capital Good Fund – $10,000 – Impact Loans for Low-Income Central Texas Families
  • CASA of Travis County – $33,000 – Advocacy for Children in the Foster Care System
  • CASA of Williamson County – $10,000 – Foster Child Advocacy
  • Catholic Charities of Central Texas – $10,000 – Financial Stability for Central Texans
  • Cenikor Foundation – $1,114 – Cenikor Austin Nurse Support Funding
  • Community Resource Centers of Texas, Inc. – $26,000 – Older Adults Rural Services Program
  • Drive a Senior-ATX – $20,000 – Paid Medical Appointment Driver for Seniors
  • El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission – $25,000 – Comiendo Saludable
  • FII-National dba UpTogether – $35,000 – Austin 2023-24 Cash Transfer Initiative with Choice and Community
  • Helping Hand Home for Children – $650 – Therapeutic Residential Treatment for Abused and Neglected Children
  • Hutto Resource Center – $10,000 – Financial Assistance Program
  • Mobile Loaves & Fishes – $11,500 – Community First! Village
  • Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services – $3,150 – Austin Child and Family Program
  • Project Transitions – $60,165 – Skilled Crisis Intervention Services
  • SAFE Alliance – $25,000 – Kelly White Family Shelter
  • St. Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Dallas Inc. – $25,000 – St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy of North Texas – Central Texas Patients
  • Sunday Lunchbox – $1,000 – Lunchbox Family Program; Serving Through Communities
  • Texas Advocacy Project – $276 – Mental Health Solutions for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
  • Texas Ramp Project – $15,000 – Austin Ramp Project
  • Trinity Center – $20,000 – Direct Financial Assistance for Unhoused Individuals
• Recreation

  2023

  • Austin Parks Foundation – $25,000 – Austin’s First, Public All Abilities Playground – Community Engagement and Design
  • Put Me In! Inc. – $5,000 – Unlocking Hours of Play for Austin’s Children of Incarcerated Parents