6 Stones Mission Network is a coalition of churches, business and other partners that provide solutions to meet community needs ranging from community revitalization, emergency assistance, and school supply drives to community gardens and food share programs. They are based in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford area in North Texas. 6 Stones will use its grant to provide critical home repairs through their Community Powered Revitalization Program which aims to assist approximately 60 homes during their fall and spring blitzes.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Tarrant

Agape Resource & Assistance Center provides safe, stable housing and critical transformational support services to homeless single women and women with children that empower them to move out of poverty and crisis towards fulfilling, self-sustaining lives. Their proven, holistic, client-centered program provides the ways, means and emotional support to help women led households become economically and emotionally stable, breaking cycles of homelessness, abuse, and poverty for generations to come.  This grant will support their Housing 4 Hope program which provides women training, education, child care, counseling, transportation, case work, and advocacy to help them lead successful, independent lives.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Collin

ACAM is a nonprofit management support organization leading a coalition of 59 community organizations in Harris, Fort Bend, Waller, Brazoria, Galveston, and Montgomery Counties. ACAM assists partner organizations through high-impact collaboration, training, and management support services as they provide opportunities for families and individuals to meet and rise above their basic needs. This grant will support their ACAM HSS Collaborative that provides case management, housing services, housing payments, and social services to increase housing stability.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery

Angel Reach’s mission is to break the generational cycle of abuse, neglect, and homelessness by equipping aged-out foster youth and homeless youth to live independently as well as providing critical services and support to relatives doing their best to keep children out of the foster care system. The organization operates three program areas, and this grant will support the Transitional Living Program which provides counseling, employment coaching, educational assistance, driver’s education, transportation, food security, mentoring, life skills classes, and community service opportunities to youth exiting out of foster care.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Harris, Montgomery

Located just outside downtown Amarillo, Another Chance House was founded in 1988 as a shelter for homeless men. Their mission is to provide a positive path toward a new and better self-sufficient life through structured living programs for men who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. They will apply their grant towards basic needs, recovery programs, life skills training, workforce development, access to mental and physical health care providers, case management, and counseling.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

Attack Poverty’s vision is to empower people to attack poverty in their life and community by strengthening under-resourced communities through spiritual growth, education, revitalization, and basic needs. The grant will support their Disaster Recovery and Basic Needs program, a home repair program launched in 2016 after the Brazos River flood. Typically, the organization serves around 100 households through this program.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Fort Bend, Harris

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Established more than 35 years ago, Austin Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization created to serve the affordable housing needs of Central Texans. They build affordable homes, provide housing counseling, provide home repairs, and more. The organization will use the grant to provide critically needed home repairs through their Home Repair program.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Bastrop, Blanco, Caldwell, Hays, Travis

Avenue CDC’s mission is to build affordable homes and strengthen communities. They develop safe, quality housing accessible to low and moderate-income families and launched a home repair program “Rebuilding Northside Together” in 2014 to help very low-income homeowners in the Northside neighborhood of Houston rehabilitate their homes. Avenue CDC will utilize its grant to provide critical repairs as part of that program.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Harris

Bethany House Laredo has a four-decade history of providing essential basic human needs to impoverished individuals and families in Laredo through its original mission, “To feed the hungry and shelter the homeless.” Bethany House Laredo operates two transitional housing facilities: Lamar Bruni Vergara Community Shelter and Barbara A. Kazen Center for Hope which combined provide 17 transitional homes. They will use their grant for services in their Transitional Housing Program.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Webb

Created in 1983, Blackland CDC aims to foster a safe, sustainable, inclusive community that preserves and enhances the stock of affordable housing and provides supportive programs for the Blackland neighborhood residents. They directly provide housing and case management services to an average of 51 households a year. Their grant will support these services that Blackland CDC provides.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Travis

Brazos Valley Affordable Housing Corporation provides quality services and products to the residents and businesses of their community in such a way as to maximize the affordability of safe and decent housing, especially for the low income. Their programs support community development, economic growth, and general improvement to the standard of living for all residents of the areas they serve. The grant will support their financial coaching and counseling program that allows a client to establish a personal mission statement, goals, a budget, good savings habits, and a basic knowledge of what is needed to purchase, maintain, and continue ownership of a home.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
Counties Served: Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, Washington

Established in 1964, Caritas of Austin serves a diverse group of individuals and families with one thing in common: they do not have a stable place to call home. They serve chronically homeless individuals, families in crisis, people with disabilities, Veterans, and transitionally-aged youth (18-24) experiencing homelessness. The organization provides housing, personalized case management, employment, education and food services, and assistance with medical and mental health needs. Their holistic services are designed to address immediate needs and connect clients with the tools that lead to long-term success. This grant will go towards their supportive services offered at Espero at Rutland, which opened in 2023.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Travis

Catholic Charities of Dallas calls the community to action to join us in addressing the root causes of poverty, hunger, and homelessness by serving, educating, and empowering all those in need. The organization is a leading social-service agency that helps the community’s most vulnerable by serving as a front-line responder to all those in need. This grant will support their Financial Stability & Career Services program that focuses on employment, financial literacy, and income supports to create long-term financial stability.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services (Housing Counseling)
Counties Served: Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, Rockwall

Guided by God’s love, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston helps people in southeast Texas by providing caring, compassionate services and advocating for social justice in collaboration with parishes and communities. The grant will support their Permanent Supportive Housing program which currently provides housing stability to 62 households. Clients are provided supportive services such as food assistance, employment services, referrals to Mental health providers, life skills training, assistance with obtaining SNAP benefits or SSI/SSD benefits and established linkages to mainstream resources.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Harris

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

CDCFT dates back to the 1800’s and works to preserve and restore the heritage of Freedmen’s Town and its historic district via decent, affordable, safe rental and homeownership housing for the underserved. The organization empowers this population to partake in the development of their neighborhood via historic preservation and community, economic, and social development. This grant will support their home repair program which assists about six homes per year.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Harris

Created in 1970, Cen-Tex Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center provides high quality services supporting those with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and offers a wide array of supports that include wrap-around services, ensuring a comprehensive approach to recovery is achievable for every client. This grant will be used to support their transitional housing program, which combines stable housing with in-house SUD treatment and connections to other wrap-around services.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Bell, Coryell, Falls, McLennan, Milam

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Citizens for Progress’s mission is to help build a better community through advocacy and partnerships that create more empowered citizens. Since 1999, CFP has been working to improve the quality of life for Temple residents. The organization was founded to address housing issues in the older, more deteriorated neighborhoods of East Temple, but the needs for the greater Temple community soon became apparent and prompted the expansion of CFP’s outreach efforts as a voice for change and the vulnerable. CFP operates a repair program through a partnership with the City of Temple, and our grant will provide additional support for this repair program.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam

The Clarksville Community Development Corporation (CCDC) was created in 1978 to provide affordable rental housing in the historic Clarksville neighborhood of Old West Austin. Grant money will be used to provide critical repairs a rental property in which the household members are descendants of original members of the Clarksville Freedom Colony, the population CCDC’s housing program was founded to serve.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Travis

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Centered on the mission of “Seeking to put God’s love into action,” CCHFH brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. The organization serves a 24-city area in Collin County, and they completed 38 home repair projects during the 2021-2022 fiscal year and are budgeting for 60 total home repair projects in this next fiscal year 2022-2023. This grant will support their repair program.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Collin

The mission of Community Outreach Housing is to host and serve the community by providing quality affordable housing and creating a multi-cultural neighborhood by delivering services and projects to those who qualify. The organization has been providing home repairs and modifications for more than nine years and completes about 8 – 12 projects per year with a focus on serving seniors, Veterans, and households that include children with disabilities. The grant will support this repair work.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Hill

Founded in Houston in 1947, Easter Seals Greater Houston provides a variety of needed services to individuals of all ages with all types of disabilities and their families in the greater Houston area and surrounding counties. The grant will allow them to provide financial coaching and assistance with homebuying to low-income families with a family member who has a disability.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
Counties Served: Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Project BRAVO’s mission is to build bridges to opportunities that help individuals and families thrive in the Borderland community. The grant will support Project BRAVO’s Homeownership Education and Counseling Program which provides financial education, homeownership education, workshops, seminars, and one-on-one counseling to individuals and families that want to build personal wealth and become homeowners.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
County Served: El Paso

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Established in 1982, Family Eldercare thoughtfully partners with families and individuals to create stability, dignity, and success for aging Central Texans. As fierce advocates for aging in place, Family Eldercare offers a continuum of services to keep their community healthy, socially connected, financially secure, stably housed, and protected from abuse, neglect, or exploitation regardless of income. The organization runs a Service Coordination program that provides housing and community services to residents at 1,335 units. This grant will support that program.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Travis

FBHFH is a non-profit ecumenical housing ministry affiliated with Habitat for Humanity International. Founded in 1992 by a dedicated group of community volunteers, FBHFH seeks to put God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities, and hope. FBHFH launched a Critical Home Repair Program in 2016. This program provides critical home repairs for low-income homeowner occupied homes on a sliding fee scale. Each year, their program grows and currently averages more than 40 homes per year. This grant will support that program.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Fort Bend

Fort Hood Habitat has been serving Central Texas counties for 28 years. Their focus is to improve the lives of the homeowners and their families. Their repair programs improve the homeowners’ quality of life by making their homes healthy, safe and accessible. They will use their grant towards home repairs as part of their Rural Critical Home Repair program.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Bell, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas, Milam

Foundation Communities is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that empowers low- and moderate-income families and individuals through quality affordable housing and tools to increase their educational and economic standing. The organization offers two supportive housing programs, Permanent Supportive Housing and Children’s HOME Initiative, each providing case management and other services to help residents overcome homelessness and maintain housing stability.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Travis

Galilee CDC is a nonprofit organization established in 2000 with the purpose of creating decent, affordable housing for low and moderate-income families in the Concho Valley. Galilee CDC intends on using their grant award to support their Helping Hands program, which provides rehabilitation and repairs to the homes of low-income and senior homeowners, allowing their homes to be safer and more accessible.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Tom Green

Golden Crescent Habitat is a nonprofit housing organization that builds strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter. Founded in 1994, Golden Crescent Habitat has multiple programs supporting housing stability in their community including new home construction, rehabilitation, and disaster rebuilding. Golden Crescent Habitat will use their grant to support their Brush Up rehabilitation program which provides repairs to 5-10 households annually.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Dewitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Refugio, Victoria

Since 1998, Habitat for Humanity of Aransas County has provided affordable housing programs to low-income families. Their services and programs range from homebuilding, repairs, and restorations to homeowner education and financial literacy classes. This grant will support their home repair program, focusing on households with senior citizens, veterans, and those who require ADA modifications in their homes.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Aransas

Founded in 1989, Habitat for Humanity of El Paso, Inc. provides safe, affordable housing to low-income families in their community. The organization is seeking funding for their Tub-to-Shower critical repair program, which provides accessibility and safety repairs to the homes of senior and disabled Texans. This allows the homeowners to live in safe, decent homes and helps prevent injuries.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: El Paso

Hope through Housing is dedicated to breaking the cycle of generational poverty by implementing programs that empower individuals and change communities. They deliver services and support to low-income residents within National CORE apartment communities aimed at Building Bright Futures, creating Pathways to Economic Empowerment, and building Connections to Care for seniors. The grant will support their Pathways to Economic Empowerment program which provides supportive services and housing counseling services that help low-income individuals and families remain housed.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Brazoria, Harris

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

The mission of Housing Crisis Center is to prevent homelessness and to stabilize those at risk in decent, affordable, and permanent housing, and to empower them to solve their own housing problems in the future. The grant will support the coordinated delivery of their three key services: employment services, income support, and financial counseling which according to data are the best services for low-wealth individuals and families to achieve self-sufficiency.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Collin, Dallas

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Habitat for Humanity’s vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Since 1987, Houston Habitat has partnered with more than 5,000 Houstonians in 14 Houston neighborhoods including the Fifth Ward, Northeast Houston, and Southeast Houston. Through its Affordable Home Repair program, Houston Habitat preserves affordable homes and promotes homeownership for low-income individuals and families. The organization has repaired countless houses throughout Houston, including over 600 damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and more than 135 damaged by Winter Storm Uri in 2021.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Harris

Founded in Minneapolis in 1998, Jeremiah Program brings a 25-year history empowering single mothers through a holistic approach that combines supportive housing with quality early childhood education, family coaching, and other wraparound supports. The organization came to Austin in 2013, in partnership with Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation. The grant will support their Family Services Team in delivering 1:1 family coaching and other holistic services for 35 families (approximately 88 moms and kids), helping to ensure they maintain stable housing while moms persist toward a two- or four-year degree.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Travis

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Based in Port Arthur, Legacy CDC is a nonprofit that develops affordable housing and provides financial counseling for low- to moderate-income families in Southeast Texas. Through the promotion of various housing programs, the organization’s primary focus continues to be the promotion and stabilization of homeownership opportunities for low-income residents of Beaumont and Port Arthur. The grant will support this work by helping fund Legacy CDC’s housing counseling initiative which is the cornerstone of its housing operations.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
Counties Served: Hardin, Jefferson, Orange

LifeWorks mission is to advocate fearlessly for youth and families seeking their path to self-sufficiency. They are committed to innovative problem solving, shared accountability, and a relentless focus on achieving real, sustainable, and measurable results for the clients they serve.
Located in Austin, LifeWorks is a comprehensive youth services agency that serves more than 2,800 individuals annually. The organization operates Permanent Supportive Housing, and this grant will support the services offered to their residents.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Travis

Lufkin Neighborhood Strong repairs and renovates homes of very low to low-income seniors, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and families in Lufkin and its surrounding areas. Their grant funding will support the critical repair work that they do for homeowners in Lufkin and the counties surrounding it.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Polk, San Augustine, Trinity, Tyler

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Meals on Wheels, Inc. of Tarrant County is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization that started in 1973 as a collaboration between 11 faith-based organizations in downtown Fort Worth to bring food to the elderly. The grant will support their Client Assistance program, which makes home repairs and modifications for clients on their Nutrition program for the past 25 years. Each year the program serves around 100 clients with a wide variety of large- and small-scale projects.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Tarrant

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Merced Housing was founded by nine congregations of religious women to address the extreme need for affordable housing and supportive services in San Antonio and other cities in Texas. Merced’s mission is to create and strengthen healthy communities by providing quality, affordable housing with supportive services for low-income individuals, families, and older adults. Under their Owner-Occupied Repair Program, the organization has repaired more than 660 homes. This grant will support that program which seeks to repair 30-40 homes per year.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Bexar

Montgomery County Habitat for Humanity, Inc. was founded in 1989 with the goal of empowering their community through the creation of affordable housing. Though the organization is located in the Houston area, it serves cities that are considered rural. They will use this grant to support the repair of approximately 10 homes.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Montgomery

Motivation, Education and Training, Inc. (MET) was founded for the purpose of providing academic and vocational training to migrant and seasonal farmworkers to help further their economic sufficiency. Their grant will support MET’s Farmworker Housing Rehabilitation Program, enabling MET to serve homeowners in rural communities throughout south Texas.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Cameron, Dimmit, Hidalgo, Maverick, Starr, Willacy, Zavala

The NAACP Houston Branch has advocated for underserved communities in the Houston area for over 100 years. Their “Homes for Houston” housing program began in November 2017 and provides education and resource access for individuals with a focus on housing education, fair housing, maintaining homeownership, and community development. Their grant will support education and counseling services, creating a pathway for self-sufficiency and sustainability for underserved communities

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
County Served: Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Navicore Solutions strengthens the well-being of individuals and families through education, guidance, advocacy, and support. They are a national leader in their industry, providing compassionate counseling to consumers in the areas of personal finance, consumer credit, student loans, housing, foreclosure prevention, disaster and COVID-19 recovery. They will use this grant to help provide housing counseling, personal financial counseling, and financial education to the approximately 1,200 Texans they serve annually.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
Counties Served: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Montgomery, Tarrant

Neighborhood Recovery CDC is a Houston-based community development organization providing empowerment tools and resources to expand their local economy and improve the quality of life for their community. The organization improves people’s financial lives with training, education, and asset-building opportunities. The grant will support the delivery of workshops and individual support focused on home buying and homeownership, financial capability, asset protection, and asset building, including foreclosure prevention and eviction prevention.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
County Served: Harris

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

New Hope is a nonprofit organization that believes housing is the foundation for health, education, economic stability, and healing. They provide life-stabilizing, permanent supportive housing for thousands of persons with limited incomes. This grant will support their robust resident services program that includes case management, food security, health and wellness programming, and human and social services.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Harris

Our Casas was founded in 1990 with the original mission of helping public housing families become homeowners. They also provide HUD-certified housing counseling to first-time homebuyers, foreclosure-prevention counseling to current homeowners, and rental counseling to renters. Their grant will support their HUD-approved, comprehensive housing counseling program.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
County Served: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Kerr, Medina

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Based in Amarillo, Panhandle Community Services (PCS) is a community action agency that was founded in 1965. The mission of PCS is to work with community partners to change lives and lead change of low-income people bridging the gap from poverty to self-sufficiency. The ultimate vision of the agency is that all low-income people will be independent of government assistance. The grant will support work under their Housing Services Department which repairs upwards of 130 homes per year.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

The Presbyterian Service Center provides low-cost housing to Seniors (65+) and mobility-challenged adults (18+), enabling the people of this community to live independently in a neighborhood setting while preventing displacement from the city of Houston. Their grant funds will support critical repairs to their rental properties, with a focus on making community areas and homes more accessible.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Harris

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Project Transitions opened in Austin in 1989 to provide compassionate hospice care to people dying of AIDS. Project Transitions is dedicated to serving people with HIV and AIDS by providing housing, comprehensive support services, recuperative care and hospice in compassionate and caring environments. Their grant will be used towards providing supportive services for the uniquely vulnerable population they serve.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis, Williamson

RTA is a nonprofit organization that addresses affordable, safe, and efficient housing and “aging in place” issues. The mission of RTA is repairing homes, revitalizing communities, and rebuilding lives. Over the past nine years, the organization has served 250 homeowners. This grant will support their work to repair 85 homes in 2023.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Hays, Travis, Williamson

RTEP’s mission is “Repairing homes, revitalizing communities, rebuilding lives.” They improve the safety and health in the homes of elderly and/or disabled homeowners. Since its inception in 1991, RTEP has repaired over 1,000 homes and touched the lives of some 2,200 homeowners and their families. Their grant will be used to support their ongoing home repair work.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: El Paso

Created in 2001, Rebuilding Together North Texas has made critical safety and accessibility improvements to more than 500 homes, enabling clients to continue living in their own homes safely. Common home repairs and modifications include roof replacement, plumbing and electrical repairs, drywall replacement, ADA bathroom modifications, and other repairs as deemed necessary. This grant will support their Rebuilding for Heroes program, which focuses on repairing the homes of veterans and surviving spouses.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall, Tarrant

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Rescue Us serves adult victims of human trafficking, providing long-term transitional shelter and supportive services including legal advocacy, case management, and individual and group counseling. Rescue Us was formed in 2017 and has served 30 women since its inception. Their grant funding will support the housing and supportive services provided to their clients.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Austin, Dallas, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Henderson, Houston, Liberty, Montgomery, Tyler, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wharton, Wheeler

Created in 2018, the Resilience is Power Program aims to nurture resilient communities through housing justice, environmental/social justice, disaster recovery relief, and youth advocacy. RIPP offers housing, financial, and environmental education; disaster relief; and critical housing repairs to their community. Their grant will support permanent, critical home repairs for owner-occupied homes.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, Montgomery

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Founded in 2001, Saint Louise House provides mothers not only with stable housing, but also with case management and individualized support that is meant to promote education, financial stability, and self-sufficiency. Based in Austin, Saint Louise House empowers women and children to find housing stability and independence. Since its inception, the organization has served more than 470 children in 217 families, and 90% of their clients maintain stability and increased independence as a result of their services.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
Counties Served: Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson

Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio is distinguished as the first affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International in the world. It is an ecumenical, Christian organization working in partnership with God’s people in need to build modest, decent, and affordable homes without interest or profit, thereby witnessing God’s love in action. The organization operates a Family Services department designed to help households become home buyer ready through financial literacy education and counseling. This grant will support that work.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
Counties Served: Bexar, Guadalupe

Services of Hope is a non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas that is dedicated to helping those in need throughout the community through a holistic approach to support, with a focus on three key areas: food, housing, and financial literacy. The organization is committed to providing a range of services and resources that empower individuals to overcome obstacles and achieve their full potential. The grant will help fund their Integrated Service Delivery Model which provides wrap-around social services, financial education/literary services, and workforce development services to clients.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
Counties Served: Armstrong, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Collin, Collingsworth, Dallam, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Gray, Grayson, Hall, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Rockwall, Sherman, Swisher, Tarrant, Wheeler

Founded in 2003, Sewa International is a Hindu faith-based, humanitarian, nonprofit service organization that is part of a larger movement that started in India in 1989 and is active in 20 countries. The grant will help fund their case management and complete wrap-around community services that are offered as part of their ASPIRE Community Center.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Harris

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

Habitat for Humanity of Smith County has been operating since 1989 with the goal of bringing their community together by building homes and hope. Habitat for Humanity Smith County plans to use their grant award to support their ReHabitat program. This program provides home repairs and modifications for seniors, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and low-income families.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Smith

SouthFair CDC’s mission is to provide sustainable housing for low- and moderate-income families through multifamily, single family, economic development, and connectivity of social services for an overall revitalization of the South Dallas community. Its principal objective is to promote the redevelopment of the South Dallas (previously known as Jeffries-Meyers) neighborhood. This grant will support its housing counseling program which provides home buyer education, pre and post-purchase counseling, and individual services.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Housing Counseling Services
County Served: Dallas

Tarrant County Samaritan Housing was formed in 1991 to support families and individuals with housing, resources, and hope as they move toward self-sufficiency. The organization provides housing in addition to case management, counseling, employment and education assistance, life skills training, and more. Samaritan House will use this grant for their supportive services to help the hundreds of residents they serve annually.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Tarrant

The Texas Ramp Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to establish regional wheelchair ramp-building programs across Texas. The regional projects provide free ramps to older adults and others with disabilities in financial need. The ramps are built exclusively by volunteers following ADA guidelines and are safe, strong, and durable. Most of the grant funding the organization receives is geographically limited. This grant will allow the organization to go outside those restrictions and provide ramps in underserved areas.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: Anderson, Archer, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Cameron, Camp, Carson, Case, Cherokee, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Dawson, Delta, Denton, Dewitt, El Paso, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Frio, Gillespie, Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hale, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardin, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Hunt, Hutchison, Johnson, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lamar, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Llano, Lubbock, Marion, McLennan, Medina, Menard, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Nolan, Ochiltree, Orange, Parker, Potter, Rains, Randall, Red River, Regan, Robertson, Rockwall, Rusk, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Smith, Sutton, Tarrant, Taylor, Titus, Tom Green, Van Zandt, Victoria, Washington, Wichita, Wilbarger, Williamson, Wilson, Wood

The Women’s Home was created in 1957 with the mission to help women in crisis regain their self-esteem and dignity, empowering them to return to society as productive, self-sufficient individuals. A grant from the Texas Foundations Fund will help fund supportive services for residents with disabilities at the organization’s Jane Cizik Garden Place permanent supportive housing facility.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Supportive Housing Services
County Served: Harris

Trinity Habitat for Humanity began in 1989 as Fort Worth Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. with a mission of bringing people together to build homes, communities, and hope. Trinity Habitat for Humanity will use their grant award to support their Preserve a Home program, which provides permanent repairs and disability accommodations to homes.

Grant Amount: $25,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Tarrant

Grassroot Community Development has provided home repairs, new homes, homebuyer education, and leadership development to households in Waco for over 22 years. Having operated for over 15 years, their home repair program has repaired over 365 homes around Waco. Their grant will support more critical home and roof repairs for low-income households in McLennan County.

Grant Amount: $10,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
Counties Served: McLennan

First Year Texas Foundations Fund Grantee

WCHFH has been working since their establishment in 1999 to realize their mission of creating and sustaining homeownership in their community. HFHWC intends to use their grant to support their home repair program in rural portions of Williamson County. This repair program helps low-income homeowners with much-needed home repairs that they would be unable to afford on their own.

Grant Amount: $13,000
Program Type: Critical Repair
County Served: Williamson