Girls Giving Grants solicits written proposals or projects that specifically benefit youth in the greater Austin area.
Donor Name: Impact Austin Foundation
State: Texas
County: Bastrop County (TX), Hays County (TX), Travis County (TX), Williamson County (TX)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/25/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Girls Giving Grants, the youth enterprise of Impact Austin, is changing the face of giving. They are a grantmaking cooperative, funded and operated by young women in grades 8 – 12. The mission is to know and to serve the community. The members each contribute a $125 annual donation with $100 going directly to the grant to be given and $25 for program materials and administration. The grant is awarded in April of each year to a local nonprofit organization. They want the funds to make a visible difference in the community. They award grants to charitable programs or projects that benefit youth within Travis, Hays, Bastrop and/or Williamson counties. The programs or projects must strengthen, improve, enhance, and positively impact the lives of children and youth in the greater Austin area.
Eligibility Criteria
The organization submitting an application must be a public charity (not private foundation) with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) and 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.
A proposal must:
- Outline a project or program that targets a specific youth population for a specific duration and with specific measurable goals to be achieved;
- Provide services in Travis, Hays, Bastrop and/or Williamson counties, Texas
- Use the full amount of the Girls Giving Grants’ available grant; and
- Plan to expend the grant funds within 12 months of receipt of the grant.
Types of programs foundation will not consider:
- Reimbursement for funds already spent
- Debt reduction
- Endowments or memorials
- Bridge funding or interim financing
- Operational deficits
- Partisan, political lobbying or legislative activities
- Fraternal, sectarian, and religious organizations where the grant is intended for the principal benefit of the organization’s own members or adherents, or where the grant is intended for inherently religious activities.
- Private foundations
- Legal expenses incurred in any action by or against the organization.
- General construction or renovation (unrelated to a specific proposed project or program)
- General capital campaigns (unrelated to a specific proposed project or program)
- Fundraising activities or events
- Advertising
- Sports teams or any sports-related activity or competition.
For more information, visit Impact Austin Foundation.
