Texas Grant Resource Center

Texas Grant Resource Center

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Statewide Opportunities

On this page, you will find upcoming grant opportunities, nonprofit events, and year-round funding resources for nonprofits serving Texas communities as well as grants for individuals. To receive monthly updates on upcoming opportunities, be sure to subscribe to the TGRC newsletter. 

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Last Updated on 7/15/26

Upcoming Grant Opportunities for Nonprofits

    • Deadline: July 15, 2026 
    • The John Reagan Harris Community Fund was established to support civic, religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational projects which benefit the Center, Texas community. Funding requests to support new projects and programs or expand existing ones are eligible. 
    • The Najim Charitable Foundation  
    • Deadline: July 17 
    • Grants for nonprofits that address children’s issues in Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, and Wilson Counties. The online application opens on August 3. First-time applicants must contact the grants manager by July 17th. 
    • The John O’Quinn Foundation  
    • Deadline: July 30, 2026  
    • Funding for nonprofits and governmental entities focused on education, conservation, children and youth, and health in Houston. 
    • Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to a variety of charitable causes, primarily in Texas.
    • East Texas Communities Foundation   
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026 
    • The Mrs. A. D. Francis Endowment Fund was created to support and build the capacity of public charities in the Winnsboro, Texas area. Funds may be used to develop new projects or enhance existing projects and programs. 
    • 80/20 Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Grants for nonprofits that strengthen the city’s future workforce and job-creating entrepreneurs in San Antonio. 
    • The Brown Foundation  
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to a broad range of organizations seeking program, general operating, and capital support primarily in the Greater Houston area. 
    • Amarillo Area Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • The Amarillo Area Foundation and the Don and Sybil B. Harrington Foundation award discretionary grants for nonprofits focused on education, healthcare, and economic opportunity within the 26 northernmost counties of the Texas Panhandle. 
    • Austin Community Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • The Hispanic Impact Fund awards funding to organizations and programs that fit into one of the following strategy areas: Early childhood education, health & wellness, job skills & entrepreneurship, and leadership development within Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Burnet, and Caldwell Counties. 
    • Austin Community Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • The Women’s Fund awards funding to organizations and programs providing direct services and systems-level change in the following strategy areas: Child care, education, housing, unintended pregnancy prevention, women’s health within Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Burnet, and Caldwell Counties.
    • The Boyd & Evelyn Mullen Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to advance education, literary studies, science, and religion, thereby improving the welfare of those in need with a priority for the Houston area.  
    • Eugene Edge III Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Primarily provides grants to nonprofits with a focus on arts, education, health and human services in Brazos County. 
    • Eugene Straus Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Grants are only awarded to organizations for the purpose of erecting and maintaining permanent building improvements in Dallas County. 
    • Gilbert and Thyra Plass Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to a variety of charitable causes benefiting citizens in Brazos County.  
    • Hillcrest Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Grants for nonprofits primarily in North Texas, addressing the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, and the promotion of health. The Foundation gives priority consideration for construction/improvements of permanent buildings, capital campaigns, and equipment. 
    • Lucille and John B. Dougherty Trust 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants in the areas of education, health, and human services, primarily in Brazos County. 
    • Marshall and Ellen Peters Family Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to a variety of charitable causes in Brazos County.
    • M. Bookman Peters Charitable Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to nonprofits focused on education, health and human services in Brazos County.  
    • Mervin and Annette Peters Family Foundation 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to nonprofits focused on health and human services in Brazos County. 
    • Nina Astin Winkler Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to a variety of charitable causes primarily in Bryan, Texas. 
    • Virginia Krug Groneman & Christian Harold Groneman Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to a variety of charitable causes in Brazos County.  
    • Waldon H. and Adele Orr Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: July 31, 2026  
    • Provides grants to a variety of charitable causes in Brazos County. 

August Grants:  

    • Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundation  
    • Deadline: August 26 
    • Awards grants for arts/culture, charitable, education, literacy, medical and scientific purposes serving 20 specific counties in south and central Texas 
    • Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation  
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026 
    • Provides grants for aging population, children and youth, economically disadvantaged, education, and arts, culture, and history programming in North Texas and West Texas with the addition of capacity-building grants for West Texas. 
    • The Priddy Foundation 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026 
    • Provides grants for programs in human services, education, the arts, and health. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, educational institutions, and municipalities and eligible counties include Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, King, Knox, Montague, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young.
    • The Carrie S. Orleans Trust  
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026 
    • Purchasing food and clothing for the poor and needy of Dallas County without regard to race, creed or color. Per Mrs. Orleans’ request, distributions are always made immediately following Thanksgiving Day. 
    • Katherine C. Carmody Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • Grants are limited to or for the use of 501(c)(3) charitable organizations within the state of Texas that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes. Preference is given to charitable organizations serving Navarro County, TX and the Dallas, TX area.
    • Louis & Peaches Owen Family Foundation 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026 
    • Funding for nonprofits in East Texas engaged in education, health, and human services.
    • Clara Blackford Smith & W. Aubrey Smith Charitable Foundation  
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026 
    • Grants for nonprofits engaged in education, health, and human services in Texas. Special consideration is given to nonprofits serving in Grayson County.   
    • Luella Kemper Trust    
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • Grants for nonprofits engaged in education and human services in Texas. Special consideration is given to nonprofits serving in Grayson County. 
    • Dr. & Mrs. Paul Pierce Memorial Foundation 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026 
    • Grants for nonprofits engaged in education, health, and human services in Texas. Special consideration is given to nonprofits serving in Grayson County.  
    • Minnie M. Jones Trust 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026 
    • Grants for nonprofits engaged in education programming for children in Texas. Special consideration is given to nonprofits serving in Denison and Grayson County. 
    • R.D Beirne Trust    
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • Grants for nonprofits engaged in human services in Texas. Special consideration is given to nonprofits serving the blind, elderly, and orphans in Grayson County. 
    • El Paso Community Foundation 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026 
    • Funding for nonprofits and governmental entities focused on education, conservation, children and youth, and health in El Paso and surrounding areas 
    • Helen Gertrude Sparks Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • Provides grants in Fort Worth that focus on the elderly who are disabled in any way, children who are disabled, orphaned or disadvantaged, the arts, including performing and nonperforming arts, or education 
    • Milton Hicks Wood & Helen Gibbs Wood Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • This foundation awards approximately 2-3 grants per year and grants are typically between $5,000 and $10,000. Preference is given to organizations, operating in, or serving Tarrant County, Texas. 
    • Thomas M. Helen McKee and John P. Ryan Foundation 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • Provides grants to a wide variety of public charities with a particular emphasis on benefitting such causes in Tarrant County. Areas of interest include health care, human and social services, education, children services, and the arts. 
    • Katrine Menzing Deakins Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • Preference is given to organizations, operating in, or serving Tarrant County. 
    • Stein Family Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • Focuses on relief, treatment and aid of children who are residents of Tarrant County, Texas, suffering from physical or mental infirmity…who, in the judgment of the trustee, are in need of such relief, treatment or aid. Preference is given to organizations, operating in, or serving Tarrant County. 
    • W.H. & Mary Ellen Cobb Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: August 1, 2026  
    • Considers requests from charitable organizations whose primary focus is the provision of services that benefit children. Organizations must be geographically located within the Texas Panhandle. 
    • The Mary Moody Northen Endowment 
    • Deadline: August 7, 2026  
    • Grants to strengthen nonprofits’ ability to deliver services and fulfill their missions through equipment, furniture, fixtures, service delivery supplies and materials, facility renovations, and energy efficient improvements in Galveston County. 
    • Scharbauer Foundation 
    • Deadline: August 13, 2026  
    • Provides grants for nonprofits focused on education, healthcare, quality of place, and human services. The Foundation prefers to help with capital improvements, construction, or expansion of program capacity.
       
    • Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust 
    • Deadline: August 15, 2026 
    • Provide grants to nonprofits that work with children and people with disabilities in Midland County. Organizations with names beginning with letters A-L should apply in the Spring, and those with letters M-Z should apply in the Fall.
    • FY27 ACME Grants 
    • Deadline: August 18, 2026 
    • More than $23 million will be invested through Elevate, Thrive, the Austin Live Music Fund, and the Heritage Preservation Grant—strengthening Austin’s creative ecosystem in every district. Elevate & Thrive — for arts nonprofits producing public events in Austin; Elevate & Austin Live Music Fund — for artists, musicians and arts groups producing public events in Austin; Austin Live Music Fund — for professional musicians, music venues and promoters; Heritage Preservation Grant — for heritage events that share local history and bring people together at historic sites and for projects that preserve or restore historic sites

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events for Nonprofits   

Visit OneStar Events page to find more nonprofit events across Texas. 

 

Year-Round Funding Resources 

Explore ongoing/rolling grant opportunities along with evergreen grants platforms.    

 

Grants for Individuals 

Since the Candid Foundation Directory mainly lists grants for nonprofits, we are limited on scholarship resources. If you are looking for scholarships, the best place to start is your school’s scholarship resources. For example, UT Austin students can use UT Pivot to find scholarships. You can also explore Candid’s full list of funders that have awarded scholarships, as well as their article on finding financial aid. 

Instead, we can look into grants that support individual projects such as the arts or research. Here are some field-specific grants for individuals: 

Creative Arts, Media, & Film Grants 

History Research Grants

Fiscal Sponsorship

Another option for individuals seeking grants is a fiscal sponsorship, where a nonprofit provides legal and financial oversight for a charitable activity or project that doesn’t have its own tax-exempt status. You can reach out to a nonprofit whose mission aligns with your work to see if they are interested in sponsoring your project. Some nonprofits openly offer fiscal sponsorships on their websites (e.g. Austin Creative Alliance).  

Here are additional links to learn more: