Forever Austin Fund Grants
Funding Amount
$2.3 million total (2025)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Program Type: Legacy/endowment grant program funded through planned gifts
Geographic Scope: Central Texas
Focus Areas:
- Economic Mobility: Eliminating wealth disparities and creating lasting change through housing stability, career pathways, small business, and entrepreneurship
- Health and Humanities: Supporting health of people and growth of creative community
Award Amount: $2.3 million awarded in 2025 in general operating support to 99 local nonprofits
Background: For nearly 50 years, donors have entrusted legacy gifts to ACF. These endowment funds form a permanent community resource that enables investment in Austin's most pressing needs and greatest opportunities, now and for generations to come.
What They Fund: General operating support to nonprofits addressing urgent and systemic needs in Central Texas
How to Apply
Application Process
This is a grantmaking program funded through planned gifts/legacy donations rather than a traditional grant application.
To Participate:
- Leave a planned gift to the Forever Austin Fund
- Your gift combines with support from fellow donors
- ACF makes annual grants to nonprofits from the Forever Austin Fund
Nonprofits do not apply directly to this program; they are selected by ACF to receive general operating support grants based on alignment with funding priorities.
What Austin Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 764
- Total given
- $54.7M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,001–$6.08M
- By dollars: Texas 74%, Montana 7%, North Carolina 4%. Top recipient cities: Austin, TX; New York, NY; Washington, DC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 29% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Team Church · Matthews, NC
Religion related
$2M
Austin Ed Fund · Austin, TX
Education
$695K
First · Manchester, NH
Education
$200K
Fruitful Commons · Austin, TX
Environment
$195K
Capacity Catalyst · Austin, TX
Community grants program grant
$90K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Unrestricted nonprofits
- Nonprofits
Categories
Browse similar grants by category
Related Grants
Open grants from this funder and similar programs
John L. and Linda D. Bohnel Scholarship Fund Grant
Austin Community Foundation Inc
Amount
US $1,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Hispanic Impact Fund Grants
Austin Community Foundation Inc
Amount
Up to US $50,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Dr. C. D. Rao Memorial Scholarship Grant
Austin Community Foundation Inc
Amount
US $1,300
Deadline
Deadline not published
Maria Metzler Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics Fund Grant
Austin Community Foundation Inc
Amount
US $3,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Jacquie Porter Scholarship for Aspiring Early Childhood Teachers in Austin ISD Grant
Austin Community Foundation Inc
Amount
US $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Austin Woman's Club Howson Mohrmann Scholarship Endowment Fund Grant
Austin Community Foundation Inc
Amount
US $3,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Ready to apply for Forever Austin Fund Grants?
Grantable helps you assess fit, draft narratives, and track deadlines — so you can submit stronger applications, faster.
You found Forever Austin Fund Grants. Now let's win it.