Current ACF Grants

Below is a list of the grants that the Austin Community Foundation made from January 2008 through December 2008 in response to requests the Foundation received.

Austin Community Foundation
2008 Competitive Grants

A Legacy of Giving Fund $10,000.00
A Legacy of Giving--Philanthropy Education Program

Any Baby Can $53,602.00
Medical Case Management Services

Arrow Child & Family Ministries $9,000.00
Clothing Arrow's Austin Area Foster Children

Ashera Project $5,000.00
Ashera Project

Assistance League of Austin $5,000.00
Capital Campaign--Final Push

Austin Children's Shelter $50,000.00
Building a New Foundation of Hope Capital Campaign

Austin Groups for the Elderly $22,000.00
Capital Repair for AGE Building

Austin Parks and Recreation Department $15,000.00
Totally Cool, Totally Arts School Year Expansion Initiative

Austin Public Library Foundation $5,000.00
Acquisition of the Governor Elisha Marshall Pease Collection, 1834-1890s (Archival Papers)

Austin Shakespeare Festival $8,500.00
Young Shakespeare

Austin Travis County MHMR Center $8,870.00
Purchase of Fire Alarm System for ATCMHMR Project Recovery Facility

Austin Woman's Club Building and Restoration Fund $10,000.00
Condition Assessment, Master Planning and Structural Monitoring of the North-Evans Chateau

Black Stallion Literacy Project $5,000.00
The Black Stallion Literacy Foundation--Austin Program

Boys and Girls Clubs of the Austin Area $20,000.00
Project Sail--Burnet Middle School Club

Camp Fire USA Balcones Council $7,400.00
Strategic Planning for Long-Term Impact in Serving Central Texas Youth

Capital IDEA $60,000.00
The Registered Nurses Project

Capitol School of Austin $3,377.00
Soundfield Amplification System Replacement

CASA $20,000.00
Child Advocacy

Catholic Charities of Central Texas $25,000.00
Immigration & Legal Services: Legal Case Manager for Immigrants of Domestic Abuse

Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project $10,000.00
Transitioning CTSIP

Conspirare $10,000.00
Conspirare Youth Choirs

Crime Prevention Institute, Inc. $5,000.00
Targeted Project Re-Enterprise

Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Inc. $10,000.00
Republic of Texas History Center

Dress For Success Austin $9,000.00
Career Center

Easter Seals-Central Texas $5,000.00
M.D. Anderson Rehabilitation Therapy Pool

EcoTexas $5,000.00
Invasive Plant Removal and Awareness Project

Faith in Action Caregivers Collaborative $15,000.00
Senior Mobility--From Driver to Rider Project

GENaustin $5,000.00
Programs for Adolescent Girls

Girl Scouts of Central Texas $11,750.00
Capacity Expansion Project

Heart House of Austin $3,200.00
Heart House Curriculum: All Children are Gifted and Talented

Interfaith Care Alliance (The Care Communities) $10,295.05
Development of Volunteer Care Team Leaders

Johnson City Library $5,000.00
Johnson City Library Building

Leadership Austin $10,000.00
Leadership Programs

Literacy Coalition of Central Texas $20,000.00
Literacy Advancement Initiative

Mainspring Schools $20,000.00
Healthy Bodies=Health Minds/Healthy Families Nutrition Program

Marbridge Foundation $20,000.00
Marbridge Project SEARCH at Seton Medical Center Austin

Oak Springs Elementary School $5,400.00
Outdoor School: Giving Innercity Kids a Chance to Experience Science in a Natural Setting

People's Community Clinic $29,677.00
Prenatal Program

Pip Start $15,000.00
Master Builder Project

Pleasant Hill Elementary School $12,500.00
Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Support Service

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Texas $7,500.00
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for RFB&D

Rude Mechanicals - A Theatre Collective $5,000.00
Grrl Action Classroom/The Off Shoot Renovation Project

Salvage Vanguard Theater $5,000.00
Salvage Vanguard Theater Renovation

Spank Dance $5,000.00
Big Range Dance Festival

The Wimberley Players $11,800.00
Roof Renovation for Wimberley Playhouse

Trinity Center $25,000.00
Direct Assistance

Trinity Episcopal School $12,500.00
Trinity Episcopal School Technology Enhancement

Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum $12,000.00
Umlauf's Wedding Area Renovation Project

UT Performing Arts Center $10,000.00
Performing Arts and Academic Collaborative (PA2C)

UT School of Architecture $10,000.00
The Alley-Flat Initiative

Wonders & Worries $10,000.00
Wonders & Worries Public Awareness Campaign

YMBL Sunshine Camp $5,000.00
Austin YMBL Sunshine Summer Camps

YouthLaunch $200.00
Urban Roots