Grants for Colleges & Universities

Grants to Texas school districts, institutions of higher education, local government agencies, and other schools for expenses related to law enforcement personnel training. Applicants must complete the required registrations before applying. Funding is intended fo...

Grants to Texas governmental and educational law enforcement agencies to purchase or develop a crime victim notification system. Funding is intended ot support a system that automatically notifies a victim or a victim's family member of details and important infor...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations, universities, school districts, and government agencies for projects that benefit underserved residents. Funding is intended for programming that engages underrepresented populations in outdoor recreation, conservation, and...

Grants to Texas IHEs and workforce entities for career training and related programs. Funding is intended for redesigning or creating training and education programs to equip participants for high-demand jobs. Opportunities should be shorter than six months durati...

Grants to New Mexico and Texas nonprofit organizations, local, state, federal, and tribal governments and agencies, and educational institutions to sustain and restore grassland systems, rivers, and streams in eligible watershed areas. Funding is intended to imple...

Grants of up to $50,000 to Texas nonprofit organizations, IHEs, government agencies, and schools to promote social justice and benefit youth in eligible locations. Funding is intended for programs and activities that help build a more equitable community for youth...

Grants of up to $25,000 to Texas nonprofit organizations, schools, and government entities for projects and programs that benefit vulnerable residents in eligible counties. Funding is intended for activities and services that are performed in the foundation's seve...

Scholarships to Texas individuals to pursue higher education. The scholarships can assist students who combine academic promise with character and a commitment to their community. The program is intended to help individuals develop their skills, broaden their hori...

Grants to Texas qualifying universities and colleges for chemistry research activities. Funding is intended for research by faculty members as well as students who are looking to pursue a career in chemistry. Students may use funds for lab equipment, chemicals, an...

Grants to Texas early-career investigators to conduct cancer-related studies at nonprofit research institutions. Funding is intended to expand efforts in cancer research and to draw newly independent investigators to local institutions. Grants can support candidat...

Grants to Texas nonprofit research and academic institutions to hire investigators who have made exceptional contributions to the field of cancer research. Funding is intended for workforce expansion efforts that help to provide Texas institutions with a competiti...

Grants to Texas nonprofit research and academic institutions for workforce expansion efforts to promote and improve cancer research. Funding is intended to further research studies by attracting investigators who show a marked capacity for self-direction, whose wo...

Grants of up to $3,000 and grants of up to $7,500 to Texas medical student chapters, county medical societies, and alliance chapters for programs and projects that promote the health and well-being of residents. Applicants must submit a letter of intent before sub...

Grants of up to $8,000 to Texas nonprofit organizations, agencies, schools, and IHEs to hire an eligible artist for performances. Funding will be used to defray the fee charged by an approved artist. Qualifying applicants may request a grant through this program t...

Grants to Texas government agencies, counties, defense base development authorities, junior college districts, technical colleges, and regional planning commissions to assist military communities. Funding is intended to help local government entities that have bee...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations and governmental entities, including public schools, institutions of higher education, and law enforcement agencies, for programs related to recreational shooting activities. Funding is intended to provide equipment, supplie...

Awards of $5,000 to a Texas K-12 teacher and a college-level educator to recognize outstanding contributions to the quality of history education. Nominations are invited on behalf of worthy individuals who teach full-time at the kindergarten, elementary, secondary...

Grants to Texas academic institutions, government agencies, and research institutes to promote clinical oncology research. Funding is intended to train mid-career clinical researchers and enhance their research skills in these fields. Grants will enable them to pr...

Grants to Texas nonprofit and for-profit organizations to promote innovative cancer research projects or support previously funded lines of investigation. Funding is intended to generate foundational data for future peer-reviewed applications and to offer gap fund...

Grants to Texas institutions, organizations, and physician groups to manage a network of cancer care facilities that lack access to clinical trials. Funding is intended to provide access to phase 2 and phase 3 trials and to share a Web-based clinical trial managem...

Grants to Texas research institutions to develop and improve facilities that will support and enhance scientifically meritorious cancer research projects. Funding is intended to support facilities that will serve cancer researchers at multiple Texas research insti...

Grants to Texas academic institutions for training programs that promote workforce development in cancer research. Funding is intended to expand the skills and expertise of predoctoral trainees, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical fellows to advance the next genera...

Grants to Texas nonprofit and public institutions, health care systems, hospitals, and health centers for projects to recruit clinical cancer trial investigators to rural and underserved areas. The purpose of the grant program is to expand or establish clinical ca...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations and government agencies for historical projects across a range of disciplines. Applicants must contact program staff before applying. Funding is intended for projects related to state history in areas such as archaeology, ar...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations for programs and projects that benefit residents in eligible locations. Funding is intended for community-benefit activities in the focus areas of arts and culture, civic, disabilities, education, environment, health, and so...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations for scientific, educational, and charitable activities. Funding is intended to support programs that encourage and promote an appreciation of the arts, further medical research, and assist educational institutions, with prim...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations in eligible locations for programming and general operations. Applicants must contact program staff before applying. Funding is intended to assist nonprofits in providing services that help to identify and address the root c...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations in eligible locations to support capital projects. Applicants must contact program staff before applying. Funding is intended to help cover costs related to small office equipment, building equipment, building renovation, co...

Grants to Texas nonprofit arts organizations, government agencies, organizations of color, arts providers, and cultural districts for projects that use the arts to benefit residents across the state. Funding is intended for a range of programs and activities withi...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations, government agencies, schools, institutions of higher education, and faith-based entities to enhance the quality of life for residents in eligible areas. Certain applicants must contact program staff before applying. Fundin...

Scholarship of $1,000 to a Texas student in eligible locations to pursue education at a post-secondary institution. The scholarship is intended to assist first-generation students in any field of study. The foundation is particularly interested in applicants who d...

Opportunity for Texas arts organizations, local arts agencies, government agencies, and college arts institutions to designate special areas within cities and communities as cultural districts. Applicants must contact program staff and submit a letter of intent pr...

Grants to Texas academic institutions for research related to chemistry. Funding is intended to support studies conducted by full-time faculty members with tenure or on a tenure-track who will serve as the principal investigator. Grants may be used for fellowships...

Grants of up to $25,000 to Texas nonprofit organizations for programs and services that benefit communities in eligible areas. Funding is provided for programs in a wide range of interests, including education, health, arts, assistance to needy children and adults...

Grants to Texas nonprofit arts organizations, government agencies, and college arts institutions to support organizational operations and capacity-building efforts. Funding is intended to invest in statewide arts organizations and promote the creative economy of T...

Grants to Texas universities for chemical research initiatives. Funding is intended for institutions with substantial chemical research programs whose goal is to solve significant challenges to benefit mankind. Research may include all subfields of chemistry as we...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations to improve the quality of life for residents in eligible locations. Funding is intended for programs and activities in the focus areas of arts, culture, and humanities; education; health; human services; and religion. Eligib...

Grants to New York and Texas nonprofit organizations to support education, the environment, and animals. Funding is intended to support a range of initiatives, including but not limited to those addressing the prevention of cruelty to animals, research projects, a...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations in eligible locations for programs that serve charitable, religious, literary, and scientific purposes. Funding is intended to support nonprofits working to advance higher education, assist youth, and aid in the prevention o...

Grants to Texas IHEs and nonprofit institutions in eligible counties to enhance nursing education. Funding is intended to support and improve the field of nursing. Grant funds may be used for supplies, projects, equipment, and technology. Applicants must be locate...

Grants of up to $30,000 to Texas charitable organizations for programs that address critical community needs in eligible locations. Funding is intended for projects and activities in the focus areas of education, religion, human services, science, medical researc...

Opportunity for Texas nonprofit organizations, individuals, IHEs, and businesses providing performing arts to be listed on a state roster of available performers. Applicants are advised that required registrations must be completed prior to applying. Eligible disc...

Grants of up to $2,500 to Texas nonprofit organizations and government agencies for public programs related to the humanities. Funding is intended for projects and activities that are focused on the humanities and are directed to the general public, both young peo...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations and public entities to improve the quality of life for local residents. Eligible organizations are those that address the areas of human services, civic and public affairs, arts and culture, health, and education. The Founda...

Grants of up to $25,000 to Texas education-based nonprofit organizations in eligible locations to improve internal systems and operations. Funding is intended to help applicants provide enhanced, higher-quality, and more sustainable services. Eligible applicants o...

Grants of $1,500 to Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas teachers, PTAs, college professors, and school-based clubs or organizations for academic enrichment activities that benefit students in eligible regions. Funding is intended for initiatives that will dir...

Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and public schools and universities for programs that improve local communities. Funding is accepted for programs in the areas of arts, education, health, and social services. Past recipients include un...

Grants to Texas nonprofit community-based organizations, public community and technical colleges, and a state agency to provide career training programs in eligible fields. It is intended that this training will result in permanent employment opportunities for par...

Grants of up to $7,500 to Texas nonprofit organizations, for-profit entities, municipal agencies, community organizations, and institutions of higher education for presentations on disability-related topics. Funding is intended for disabilities-focused presentatio...

Grants of up to $3,000 to Texas nonprofits, businesses, community-based organizations, government agencies, and IHEs for translation and interpretation services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Funding is intended to reduce language barriers among ...