Forever Austin Fund Grants
Funding Amount
$2.3 million awarded in 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: Annual grant program from endowed community fund
Geographic Scope: Central Texas
Award Information: In 2025, ACF awarded $2.3 million in general operating support to 99 local nonprofits
Focus Areas:
- Economic Mobility: Eliminating wealth disparities and creating lasting change by ensuring opportunities for economic mobility through housing stability, career pathways, small business, and entrepreneurship
- Health and Humanities: Nurturing the health of people and growth of the creative community
Background: For nearly 50 years, the Austin Community Foundation has accepted legacy gifts to support the issues donors care about. These endowment funds form a permanent community resource—the Forever Austin Fund—that enables investment in Austin's most pressing needs.
Funding Philosophy: The issues prioritized in Forever Austin Fund grantmaking shift over time to reflect the evolving needs of the region and interests of legacy donors.
What ACF Bright Leaf Preserve actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2021 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
- Grants in 2021
- 1
- Total given
- $285K
- Median grant
- $285K
- By dollars: Texas 100%. Top recipient cities: Austin, TX.
Example grants
City of Austin · Austin, TX
Maintain real estate under the wildlands conservation division
$285K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Unrestricted nonprofits
- Poverty alleviation
- Community development
- Housing
- Economic services
- Arts
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