Applications Open for Community Impact Fund (Texas)

The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country is seeking applications for its Community Impact Fund to support nonprofits and local causes in the region.

Donor Name: The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country

State: Texas

County: Selected Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 06/22/2023

Size of the Grant: $15,000

Details:

Focus Areas

Arts & Culture
- Organizations must present, produce, or provide arts programming for the public; art forms supported can be dance, design, folk arts, literature, media arts, music, opera, performance arts, theatre, public art, and visual arts. Organizations or projects that promote and/or preserve the region’s history and culture also fit into this category.
Basic Needs
- Organizations must address hunger, poverty, housing, literacy, homelessness, family violence, addiction, mental illness, the needs of seniors, the needs of veterans, the needs of those with disabilities or with chronic illness, lack of access to basic medical care, and animal welfare.
Environment
- Organizations and programs must address environmental stewardship and/or education. Nature education, energy and water conservation, land stewardship, wildlife protection, recycling and repurposing, and maintaining dark skies are all priorities that will be considered.
Youth Development
- Organizations and programs that work with children and youth, from birth through age 21, are eligible. All types of youth development – from after school programming, STEM activities, youth sports, or educational programming will be considered.

Types of Support

Applicant organizations should decide whether to apply for general operating support or for program support; either type of request is eligible for the Community Impact Fund.

General Operating Support is unrestricted funding. Organizations may use the funds for administrative purposes, to meet monthly obligations, to support programming, pay salaries, or to meet other organizational needs. For general operating support requests, organizations must submit a current strategic plan that covers two or more years of operations.
Program Support is funding for a specific program of an organization. Funds can be used for any element of the program’s budget. For program support requests, organizations must submit a program budget.

Funding Information

Requests should not exceed more than $15,000.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

Be located in or providing services to residents in Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Real, or Uvalde counties.
Be classified as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit by the Internal Revenue Service.
Have a minimum of 12 months of operating history after 501(c)(3) determination.
Demonstrate that 100% of the applicant organization’s Board of Directors have given to the applicant organization during the last completed fiscal year. Giving is defined as a personal cash donation or financially measurable in-kind contribution.
Have filed grant evaluation reports for previously awarded Community Impact Fund grants.
Present required financial statements, determined by an applicant organization’s annual operating budget:
Budgets under $250,000 – most recently completed fiscal year’s financial statements
Budgets between $250,000 and $749,999 – recently reviewed financial statements issued by a CPA
Budgets $750,000 and above – recently audited financial statements issued by a CPA.

For more information, visit Community Impact Fund.