The Austin Community Foundation is seeking applications for advancing the economic mobility of women and children.
Donor Name: Austin Community Foundation
State: Texas
County: Bastrop County (TX), Burnet County (TX), Caldwell County (TX), Hays County (TX), Travis County (TX), Williamson County (TX)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This grants cycle, the Women’s Fund will be awarding funding to organizations and programs providing direct services and systems-level changes in the following strategy areas:

Housing: Support access to affordable housing for women that include a network of support and/or opportunities for long-term wealth building.
Child Care: Expand access to safe, quality, culturally competent and affordable child care that is conveniently located for families with low incomes.
Education: Provide access to an ecosystem of support – academic, emotional, and financial – for women pursuing educational dreams.
Unintended Pregnancy Prevention: Increase access to consumable, unbiased pregnancy prevention resources.
Women’s Health: Reduce health disparities faced by women of color.

Funding Information

Winning Finalist: $55,000 total; a multi-year grant over two years – $35,000 in 2024 and $20,000 in 2025
Runner-up Finalist: $30,000 in 2024
Semifinalist: $15,000 in 2024

In total, $500,000 in unrestricted, general operating support will be awarded to 15 different nonprofit organizations.
Eligibility Criteria

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 organization 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.

Ineligibility
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.

For more information, visit ACF.