2025 Texas Foundations Fund

The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC) is seeking applications for its 2025 Texas Foundations Fund.

Donor Name: Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC)

State: Texas

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 08/01/2025

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

Through the Texas Foundations Fund, TSAHC partners with nonprofit organizations across Texas to support housing programs that assist very low income households. To date TSAHC has invested $9.7 million to support the following:

Home repairs and accessibility modifications in owner-occupied homes
Supportive housing services, such as case management, mental health counseling and housing and financial counseling, proven to help households maintain their housing stability.

Funding Information

The total amount of funding available in FY2025 is $1,250,000.
In order to promote an equitable distribution of awards, Grantees will be grouped into the following three tiers based on budget size: Tier 1: Small Organizations (Budget size less than $2 million), Tier 2: Mid-Size Organizations (Budget size $2 million – $10 million), and Tier 3: Large Organizations (Budget size more than $10 million).
The grant sizes for each tier are as follows: Tier 1: $10,000, Tier 2: $13,000, Tier 3: $25,000.

Grant Period

Grantees will be selected for a one-year term.

Eligible Programs

Programs that provide the following housing services are eligible for a TFF grant:

The rehabilitation and/or critical repair of single-family homes2 to remedy unsafe living conditions.
- Critical repairs may also include accessibility modifications for homes with a household member with a disability.
- Homes receiving repairs must be owner-occupied.
- TSAHC will support the critical repair of single-family rental homes owned and operated by the organization applying only if the repairs enhance accessibility for a renting household with an individual with a disability
- All rehabilitation and/or critical repairs funded through the Texas Foundations Fund must be provided free of charge.
The provision of the following supportive services or housing counseling services that help individuals and families maintain housing stability
- Services provided to residents of permanent supportive housing including but not limited to:
  - Case management,
  - Physical and mental health care services,
  - Substance use disorder counseling and services,
  - Employment services, or
  - Food insecurity services.
- Housing counseling services including but not limited to:
  - Homebuyer education (pre-purchase or post-purchase),
  - Credit counseling,
  - Financial counseling or coaching,
  - Foreclosure prevention counseling, or
  - Eviction prevention counseling.

Eligibility Requirements

To qualify as a Grantee eligible for a grant award, applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

Organization Type: Applicant must be a nonprofit organization with a 501(c)(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service.
Organization Experience: Applicant must have at least three years of experience operating housing programs in Texas.
Program Experience: Applicant must have at least two years of experience operating the program for which a grant award will be requested.
Government Grant Performance: Applicant must certify that it has not defaulted on or been required to repay any federal, state or local government grants within the past two years. Applicants do not need to have prior experience with government grants to be eligible for a grant award.
Financial Requirements:
- Applicants with a budget size above $2 million must be able to provide annual financial audits for its two most recent fiscal years and must be prepared to submit its audits, as well as other financial documents, when requested.
- For organizations with budget sizes below $2 million, TSAHC will waive the requirement for an external audit and accept either a financial review or a reference letter of support from another funder who has supported the program for which a grant award will be requested.
Household Requirements: To ensure TFF grants are disbursed in a manner that reaches those who are most in need, each applicant must utilize grant funds to serve only households at or below 50% of the area median family income (very low-income).