The Austin Community Foundation is accepting applications for its Women’s Fund.
Donor Name: Austin Community Foundation
State: Texas
County: Bastrop County (TX), Burnet County (TX), Caldwell County (TX), Hays County (TX), Travis County (TX), Williamson County (TX)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Strategy Areas
The Women’s Fund awards funding to organizations and programs providing direct services and systems-level change in the following strategy areas:
- Housing: Supporting access to affordable housing for women that include a network of support and/or opportunities for long-term wealth building.
- Child Care: Expanding access to safe, quality, culturally competent and affordable child care that is conveniently located for families with low incomes.
- Education: Providing access to an ecosystem of support—academic, emotional, and financial—for women pursuing educational dreams.
- Unintended Pregnancy Prevention: Increasing access to consumable, unbiased pregnancy prevention resources.
- Women’s Health: Reducing health disparities experienced by women facing the greatest barriers to care.
Funding Information
$20,000-$60,000.
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 Austin Community Foundation.
