The Texas Mutual seeks to create impact by investing in projects that stabilize working households so Texans can obtain and sustain employment and participate in economic opportunities.
Donor Name: Texas Mutual
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Many working Texans face persistent barriers that limit their ability to participate fully in the workforce. Lack of access to affordable child care, primary health care and essential support can undermine job stability, household income and long-term economic mobility.
Focus Areas & Priority Outcomes
- Championing Working Parents – Expanding access to quality early childhood education (ages 0 – 5) or out-of-school time care for children so that parents can obtain and retain stable employment
- Priority Focus
- Competitive proposals may include:
- Expanding high-quality early childhood or out-of-school time care
- Increasing the number of affordable or subsidized program seats
- Influencing care service provider stability, quality improvement or workforce support
- Generating multi-site or system-level impact
- Offering care during nontraditional hours
- Competitive proposals may include:
- Expected Outcomes
- Aligned projects will influence at least one of the following outcomes:
- Increased access to affordable child care or out-of-school time care
- Increased support for care service providers
- Aligned projects will influence at least one of the following outcomes:
- Trackable Outputs
- Applicants will be required to provide projections and track outputs in at least one of the following areas:
- Number of new or cost-reduced child care/ out-of-school-time care seats supported
- Number of care service providers supported with stabilizing resources
- Number of unduplicated working households receiving child care or out-of-school time services.
- Applicants will be required to provide projections and track outputs in at least one of the following areas:
- Prioritizing Workforce Wellness – Ensuring working Texans are physically healthy through increased access to primary care
- Priority Focus
- Competitive proposals may include:
- Increasing access to primary care for uninsured or underinsured employees
- Offering primary care services to areas of the state with limited options through programming that fills accessibility gaps, including solutions that are innovative or nontraditional
- Providing preventive care and chronic condition screenings
- Assisting eligible but unenrolled individuals with health care benefit access
- Competitive proposals may include:
- Expected Outcomes
- Aligned projects will influence at least one of the following outcomes:
- Increased access to primary health care services for working Texans
- Increased prevention of chronic conditions
- Aligned projects will influence at least one of the following outcomes:
- Trackable Outputs
- Applicants will be required to provide projections and track outputs in at least one of the following areas:
- Number of primary care appointments completed
- Number of unduplicated patients served with primary care appointments
- Number of screenings for chronic conditions completed
- Number of eligible but unenrolled individuals who are aided with benefit enrollment.
- Applicants will be required to provide projections and track outputs in at least one of the following areas:
- Enabling Workforce Advancement – Facilitating access to essential basic needs so that working Texans can obtain or retain stable employment, building a foundation for long-term economic mobility
- Priority Focus
- Competitive proposals may include:
- Providing navigation and connection services for basic needs
- Delivering services that address multiple needs
- Addressing benefit gaps for individuals needing support whil
- Competitive proposals may include:
- Expected Outcomes
- Aligned projects will influence at least one of the following outcomes:
- Increased access to basic needs support for individuals enrolled in employment advancement programming
- Increased financial stability for working Texans
- Aligned projects will influence at least one of the following outcomes:
- Trackable Outputs
- Applicants will be required to provide projections and track outputs in at least one of the following areas:
- Number of unduplicated individuals enrolled in employment advancement programming that are stabilized with basic needs support
- Number of referrals made to supportive basic needs services that promote economic mobility.
- Applicants will be required to provide projections and track outputs in at least one of the following areas:
Funding Information
Recipients will be awarded a grant between $25,000–$100,000.
Grant Period
Funding is awarded as a one-year project grant.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations applying for funding through the Texas Mutual 2026 Working Texans Economic Opportunity Grant must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) public charity
- Organizations holding 501(c)(6) status are not eligible to apply directly. However, a separately registered nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status, including a foundation affiliated with a 501(c)(6) entity, would be eligible to submit an application.
- Deliver services within the state of Texas and operate in a manner that does not discriminate on the basis of legally protected characteristics.
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