The Texas Comptroller is moving its eGrants site to a special grants subsection of the Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD's) new Grants Subsection.

The Amarillo Area Foundation's grant cycle deadlines for 2025 have been scheduled. Funds must be used for the benefit of residents within the top 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle.

Texas Rural Funders presented as part of this series of lightning talks at the Future of Texas Rural Symposium, where speakers discussed how rural Texas towns can seek out grants and philanthropy to improve their communities.

With the theme Unlocking Opportunities, this Summit brings together leaders, advocates, funders, and innovators to address the critical issues shaping financial resilience and security across the state.

Toolkits from Texas Nonprofits Strong highlight Built for Texas reports for community leaders, helping shape productive conversations about the vital role nonprofits play and making the case for including nonprofits at relevant decision-making tables.`

This new resource from Texas Rural Funders offers an introduction to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI). It includes an overview of how they care serve as a financial tool, examples of how TX Rural Funders members are collaborating with them and a directory of CDFIs in Texas.

The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty is excited to offer multiple partnership opportunities to foundation partners.

Texas Rural Funders spoke with the Public News Service Radio about our Grants Hub, which offers federal and state grant opportunities, along with grant writers who can be hired to assist rural governments or organizations with applications.

Funding Rural is a podcast about how philanthropy can better serve rural communities and spark systemic change.

Policy engagement — fundamental to improving the social and structural determinants of mental health — has always been a strategic priority for the foundation, which has become a trusted resource for mental health and substance use policy issues in Texas. Yet, the state’s mental health and substance use policy community is limited in size, capacity, and training.

Find current grants and our grant writer list here.

As part of their series on funders who support rural communities, Inside Philanthropy featured five place-based funders supporting rural communities in Texas, including five Texas Rural Funders!

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is a national research and advocacy organization that partners with allies across the country to build an American economy driven by local priorities, accountable to people and the planet.

Website from the National Wildlife Federation that aims to connect stakeholders (including community planners) with sources of federal funding for infrastructure projects that incorporate natural elements.

Tool from the U.S. Department of Agriculture features Rural Investment Dashboards to expand access to Rural Development financial data, highlighting Rural Development investments for people in rural America.

The Texas Nonprofit Council is comprised of up to twelve leaders from the nonprofit sector who provide front-line perspective and insight to state agencies, as authorized by the Texas Legislature in Senate Bill 993 (2013 R).

Opening remarks from the 2022 Investing in Rural America Conference highlighting important ways to build rural capacity, including: helping communities write grants, creating pools of match funding, and building local capacity.

Updated Federal Broadband Funding Guide to provide a one-stop-shop of resources for applicants.

Guidebook that helps communities evaluate and meet specific connectivity needs. It outlines community needs and how philanthropy can help.