Texas Foundations Fund
The Texas Foundations Fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations and rural governmental entities (or their instrumentalities) for (i) the construction, rehabilitation, and/or critical repair of single family homes for Texas residents of very low or extremely low income, with a particular emphasis on serving people with disabilities and/or those living in rural Texas and (ii) the provision of additional supportive housing services for very low or extremely low income residents of multifamily rental units.
The Corporation has completed three award cycles. Fourteen applicants have been awarded $50,000 each to carry out eligible activities under the Fund, totaling $700,000 in overall awards. Four of the fourteen awards were given to entities specifically for the purpose of assisting individuals who had experienced damage due to Hurricanes Ike and Dolly.
On Thursday, August 11, 2011, TSAHC's Advisory Council recommended to the TSAHC Board of Directors that six nonprofits be each awarded a $50,000 grant. We congratulate the following nonprofits on being awarded a grant under the Texas Foundations Fund.
Accessible Housing Austin! - AHA! manages the construction, rehabilitation, and critical repair of single family homes for Austin residents of extremely low income that have a household member with a disability. The grant will be used to rehabilitate 6 units of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing owned by AHA!.
Coastal Bend Center for Independent Living - The grant will be used to expand CBCIL's Resources for Access & Mobility for People (RAMP) Project. The RAMP Project assists individuals with disabilities by providing home accessibility features such as wheelchair ramps and minor home modifications. It is estimated that 18 households residing in the 12-county Coastal Bend area of South Texas will be assisted.
Community Partnerships for the Homeless dba Green Doors- The grant will be used to provide on-site supportive housing services to residents of Green Doors' permanent supportive housing. Grant funds will assist in providing supportive housing services to 60 residents of three Green Doors properties in Austin. Residents at Green Doors properties all have a disability and earn no more than 30% of the area's median family income.
El Paso Collaborative for Community and Economic Development - The grant will be used to perform critical repairs on 2 owner-occupied homes in rural El Paso County with severely substandard conditions and numerous code violations. Each household will also have a member that has a disability.
Motivation, Education, & Training, Inc. - The grant will be used to perform critical repairs on 8 farmworker owner-occupied homes in South Texas. MET will focus funds on houses that are severely substandard and require significant resources to bring homes up to standard. Three of the 8 households will have a family member that has a disability.
New Hope Housing, Inc. - The grant will be used to sustain and expand the Resident Services Program currently being administered at New Hope Housing, Inc.'s single room occupancy (SRO) communities in Houston. New Hope's continuum of care strategy offers individuals supportive housing and supportive services to help them transition from homelessness or near homelessness and to enable them to live as independently as possible.
If you have any questions regarding the Texas Foundations Fund, please contact Paige McGilloway at (512) 477-3561 or by email at pmcgilloway@tsahc.org.
