Grants

Women’s Fund

At a glance

  • Status

    Open

  • Opening June 2, 2025
  • Closing July 31, 2025
  • Region
    Central Texas
  • Grant Range

    $20,000-$60,000

  • Funding Areas

    Child care, education, housing, unintended pregnancy prevention, women’s health

About our 2025 grant opportunity

Austin Community Foundation believes that advancing the economic mobility of women and children is essential to closing the opportunity gap in Central Texas—and we know true progress requires tackling the persistent economic and health disparities many women still face.

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The Women’s Fund awards funding to organizations and programs providing direct services and systems-level change in the following strategy areas:

  • Housing: Supporting access to affordable housing for women that include a network of support and/or opportunities for long-term wealth building.
  • Child Care: Expanding access to safe, quality, culturally competent and affordable child care that is conveniently located for families with low incomes.
  • Education: Providing access to an ecosystem of support—academic, emotional, and financial—for women pursuing educational dreams.
  • Unintended Pregnancy Prevention: Increasing access to consumable, unbiased pregnancy prevention resources.
  • Women’s Health: Reducing health disparities experienced by women facing the greatest barriers to care.
In each strategy area, three grants will be distributed as follows:
  • Winning Finalist: $60,000 total; a multi-year grant over two years – $35,000 the first year and $25,000 the second year
  • Runner-up Finalist: $30,000
  • Semifinalist: $20,000

In total, $550,000 in unrestricted, general operating support will be awarded to 15 different nonprofit organizations.

Application process

Before applying for a grant from the Women’s Fund, please review our strategy areas and most recent report to ensure your work is aligned with our mission. Our application resources below, particularly the strategy statements, guiding definitions, and scoring rubric, will help guide you in submitting a successful application.

Application resources:

Latest research report: Women’s Issues are Community Issues (2023)

Women’s Fund informational webinar: Register here to attend this year’s webinar on June 5 from 12 – 1 p.m. for an overview of the Women’s Fund, including its strategic focus areas, eligibility criteria, application process, and tips for submitting a strong application.

Application questions: This Word document contains all application questions for the Women’s Fund and Hispanic Impact Fund, and is editable for drafting purposes.

Strategy statements & guiding definitions

Scoring rubric

Next steps:

If you believe your organization is a good fit for our grant opportunity, please apply through our grant portal (opening June 2, 2025).

All applications are due at 5 p.m. CT on Thursday, July 31, 2025.

Key dates for the 2025 grant cycle

  • Application opens


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  • Application release webinar


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  • Applications due


  • Office hours

    A link to make an appointment will be available soon.

  • Grant writing technical assistance

    A link to make an appointment will be available soon.

  • Zoom learning sessions with semifinalists


  • Award decisions announced


Eligibility considerations

  • All applicants must be tax-exempt organizations or units of government serving the six county Central Texas region which includes: Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Burnet, and Caldwell Counties.
  • Organizations must be tax-exempt under Sections 501(c)3 or 170(b)(1)(a)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code, and/or be a unit of government.
  • Proposals will be considered from organizations that engage in non-lobbying advocacy work. Organizations doing systems change level work such as educating the public about issues, community organizing, policy research and other non-lobbying advocacy activities may apply.
  • Proposals will be considered from religious organizations that engage in non-religious programming.
  • Religious organizations will need to demonstrate that their work aligning with the Women’s Fund strategies is secular in nature and does not discriminate against any employees or clients based on religion.
In general, the Women’s Fund does not award grants for:
  • Endowment funds
  • Fundraising activities or events
  • Individuals
  • Political lobbying or legislative activities
  • Religious organizations for religious purposes
  • Scholarships
  • Umbrella funding organizations that intend to distribute funds at their own discretion

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