Topic: Grants

Private foundation to donor advised fund: one couple’s path to simplify their giving 

2024 Year in review

From hosting Austin in Common to driving progress in affordable housing, scholarships, and economic mobility, let’s look back on all we achieved together.

ACF Seeks Proposals for 2024 Economic Mobility Grants Cycle 

ACF Celebrates Significant Impact with Combined Grants Cycle

For the first time, nonprofits could easily seek funding from all three strategic programs using a single application in a record-breaking 2023 grants cycle.

2023 Year in Review

Before we dive full steam ahead into the New Year, let’s celebrate all we accomplished together in 2023. 

Austin Community Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to 53 Nonprofits in Central Texas

Following a successful community-led grants cycle, Austin Community Foundation’s three strategic programs awarded a collective $1.5M to 53 Central Texas organizations.

Volunteerism allows Capital IDEA to transform lives through education

ACF is excited to announce Capital IDEA as the 2023 recipient of the Jordan Award!

ACF Seeks Grant Proposals for $1.5 Million in Funding

ACF will award $1.5 million in unrestricted general operating support this year through a combined grants process for The Black Fund, Hispanic Impact Fund, and Women’s Fund.   

The Black Fund Awards $355,000 to 21 Nonprofits

Kendra Garrett, the co-founder of The Black Fund, shares details about the fund’s inaugural grants to 21 organizations working to improve life for Black people in Central Texas.  

2022 Year in Review

One Millionth Dollar Granted through the Hispanic Impact Fund

The Hispanic Impact Fund recently awarded $365,000 to 28 organizations working to advance economic opportunity for Latinos in Central Texas. This year marked significant milestones for the program’s growth including offering grants in a new impact area, Leadership Development, and awarding its one-millionth dollar since its founding in 2017.

Women’s Fund Awards Nearly $500,000 to Support Central Texas Women and Children

Leaders of the Women’s Fund Grants Committee announce the 2022 grant partners and share details about the grantmaking process.