The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country is now accepting applications for its Community Impact Fund.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country
State: Texas
County: Blanco County (TX), Edwards County (TX), Gillespie County (TX), Kendall County (TX), Kerr County (TX), Kimble County (TX), Mason County (TX), Real County (TX), Uvalde County (TX)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/23/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Focus Areas
- Arts & Culture
- The Community Impact Fund will support arts and culture by funding organizations that 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. Additionally, organizations that promote and/or preserve the Hill Country’s history and culture will be considered.
- Basic Needs
- The Community Impact Fund will support basic needs by funding organizations and programs that address hunger, poverty, literacy, neglect, family violence, lack of access to basic medical care, homelessness, the needs of seniors and veterans, the needs of those with disabilities or chronic illness, and animal welfare.
- Environment
- The Community Impact Fund will support the Environment by funding organizations and programs that 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
- The Community Impact Fund will support the next generation by funding organizations and programs that work with children and youth, from birth through age 21.
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.
Grant Period
36 months.
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.
- 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 $350,000 – most recently completed fiscal year’s financial statements
- Budgets between $350,000 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 CFTHC.
