The Black Fund of Central Texas Grant

The Black Fund of Central Texas aims to empower Black-led organizations and strengthen the Black community through targeted investments in various impact areas, including arts, education, health, and advocacy. With over $850,000 granted since 2022, this fund prioritizes fairness and opportunity while fostering collaboration and community growth. In the current cycle, $250,000 will be awarded across 20 grants to eligible nonprofit organizations operating within the Central Texas region, enhancing individual and community prosperity.

The Black Fund of Central Texas exists to help harness the power of Black-led organizations and elevate solutions that strengthen the Black community, creating ripple effects that benefit the broader community and economy of Central Texas. Guided by data and community voices, we are committed to fostering a society that prioritizes fairness, opportunity, and well-being, empowering Black-led organizations to drive more growth that uplifts everyone. Since only 2022, we’ve granted more than $850,000 to the community.
The Black Fund will support programs and organizations that directly invest in the creative and cultural contributions of Black artists of all kinds as a means of expressing, celebrating, preserving and advancing their legacy while enriching the broader community.
Education
The Black Fund of Central Texas will invest in educational initiatives and spaces that promote lifelong learning, personal growth, and successful outcomes for Black Central Texans.
Health & Wellness
The Black Fund of Central Texas will support initiatives and organizations that enhance the mental, physical, and spiritual well-being of Black Central Texans, fostering healthier individuals and stronger communities.
Power Building, Organizing & Advocacy
The Black Fund will invest in urgent, emergent, and ongoing initiatives and organizations that harness the collective power of Black communities as a means to redesigning systems and driving meaningful change to ensure fairness and opportunity for all.
Wealth Building
The Black Fund of Central Texas will invest in initiatives and organizations that expand economic opportunities for Black Central Texans by fostering an ecosystem of support, resulting in increased individual and community growth and prosperity.
A total of $250,000 distributed into 20 grants will be awarded to Black-led organizations.

Eligibility

Location: Nonprofit organizations must operate in one the 6-county Central Texas region: Travis, Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, and Williamson counties.Tax Status: Organizations must be tax-exempt under Sections 501(c)(3) or 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code, a fiscally sponsored project or be a government unit.Non-Lobbying Advocacy: Organizations that engage in non-lobbying advocacy (e.g., public education, community organizing, policy research) are eligible.Strategic Alignment: Eligible programs should focus on initiatives that align with the strategies of The Black Fund of Central Texas.
Faith-Based Entities: Eligible programs focus on inclusive community serving capacities, delivering direct community benefits; excluding religious instruction, religious extremism, worship or increasing church memberships.

Ineligibility

All grant awardees, with the exception of Committee Choice Awards Accelerator participants, are ineligible to apply for funding in the grant cycle immediately following their grant award. If you are an award grantee from our 2023 grant cycle, you are ineligible to reapply in this current grant cycle, unless you were a Committee Choice Awards winner. Members of the Board of Directors, Steering Committee, Staff, Founders, and Chairs of The Black Fund of Central Texas are ineligible to apply for grants while they are actively involved with or providing support to The Black Fund of Central Texas.Immediate family members are also ineligible to apply. [immediate family is defined as the spouse/partner, siblings and children of the leadership team].Endowment funds, scholarships, fundraising events, family foundations, umbrella funding organizations, individuals, or organizations with discriminatory practices.Endowment funds, scholarships, fundraising events, family foundations, umbrella funding organizations, individuals, or organizations with discriminatory practices.