The Culturally Responsive Mental Health Support funding opportunity seeks to increase the number of Central Texans from historically marginalized communities receiving culturally responsive mental health and well-being supports that honor their racial and cultural identities in trusted spaces in community.
Donor Name: St. David’s Foundation
State: Texas
County: Bastrop County (TX), Caldwell County (TX), Hays County (TX), Travis County (TX), Williamson County (TX)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The focus is on:
- Preventative supports rather than clinical mental health services that focus on diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions
- Non-clinical, community -based supports in settings outside of traditional healthcare clinical environments
- Supports with a clear and direct impact on the mental health or well-being of historically marginalized Central Texans.
The mental health and well-being supports encompass a broad range of non-clinical assistance that is culturally grounded and promotes well-being, often in group settings, through connection, culture, safety, and shared experience. Supports can be provided by community members, elders, or peer support workers.
Foundation seeks to invest in community-based organizations in the Central Texas region currently working to:
- Increase non-clinical mental health and well-being supports for historically marginalized communities within trusted, accessible, community spaces. Supports may be related to improving mental health (e.g., education, coordination of services, connection to clinical services) or mental well-being (e.g., connection, movement, healing activities, peer support, support groups). Spaces could include schools, faith communities, libraries, barbershops, and other culturally resonant spaces that can become long-term mental wellness access points.
- Increase the number of culturally responsive providers within community-based organizations. This could include training for peer support specialists and community health workers, or activating individuals from the communities with the greatest health needs to provide support and care that honors and understands someone’s culture.
Funding Information
Foundation anticipates making grants that range from $50,000 to $250,000.
Grant Period
This funding opportunity will provide one-time funding over a 24-month period and could support: training, expanding existing activities and support systems, enhancing spaces specifically designed to improve mental well-being, or testing new related ideas.
Eligibility Criteria
Foundation encourage applications from a wide range of organizations that are rooted in and trusted by the communities they serve. This includes organizations that:
- Operate in one or more of the following Central Texas counties: Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, or Williamson.
- Are a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (with a valid determination at the time of LOI Submission), a public or government entity (county, municipality, public health department, public university, public school), or use a fiscal sponsor that is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.
- Are community-based and serve a historically marginalized population in Central Texas.
- Provide non-clinical, culturally responsive mental health supports, OR provide culturally responsive training and education for providers within community-based settings.
For more information, visit St. David’s Foundation.
