Applications are now being accepted for the Women’s Fund.
Donor Name: Austin Community Foundation
State: Texas
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Austin Community Foundation believes that advancing the economic mobility of women and children is essential to closing the opportunity gap in Central Texas and know true progress requires tackling the persistent economic and health disparities many women still face.
Funding Areas
- Child care
- Education
- Housing
- Unintended Pregnancy Prevention
- Women’s Health
Funding Information
In each strategy area, three grants will be distributed as follows:
- Winning Finalist: $60,000 total; a multi-year grant over two years
- Runner-up Finalist: $30,000
- Semifinalist: $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants must be tax-exempt organizations or units of government serving the six county Central Texas region which includes: Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Burnet, and Caldwell Counties.
- Organizations must be tax-exempt under Sections 501(c)3 or 170(b)(1)(a)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code, and/or be a unit of government.
- Proposals will be considered from organizations that engage in non-lobbying advocacy work. Organizations doing systems change level work such as educating the public about issues, community organizing, policy research and other non-lobbying advocacy activities may apply.
- Proposals will be considered from religious organizations that engage in non-religious programming.
- Religious organizations will need to demonstrate that their work aligning with the Women’s Fund strategies is secular in nature and does not discriminate against any employees or clients based on religion.
Ineligibility
In general, the Women’s Fund does not award grants for:
- Endowment funds
- Fundraising activities or events
- Individuals
- Political lobbying or legislative activities
- Religious organizations for religious purposes
- Scholarships
- Umbrella funding organizations that intend to distribute funds at their own discretion
For more information, visit ACF.
