Funding in Texas

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Colonia Area Planning Fund
Provides assistance for the completion of planning activities that prepare colonia areas for water, sewer and housing improvements.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Mar 27, 2011
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Colonia Construction Fund (CFC)
Funding to support community development projects such as sewer, water, and housing rehabilitation to county applicants.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Mar 27, 2011
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Board of Trustee Continuing Education
To support continuing education and training for Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Board of Trustees to assist them in the governance of a CAH.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Disaster Relief & Urgent Need Fund
Funding for disaster relief and urgent needs assistance.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

El Paso Community Foundation Grants
Grant priorities are Health and Disabilities, Human Services (basic human needs) and Public Benefit.
    Geographic Coverage: West Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

First Children's Finance Loan Fund
Loans and technical assistance to child care and early education businesses, especially those serving lower-income communities.
    Geographic Coverage: Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: First Children's Finance

Gulf Coast Emergency Response Fund
Emergency grants to grantee organizations working in communities affected by this Hurricane Gustav and possible future disasters.
    Geographic Coverage: Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi & Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Kerr Foundation Grants
Provides grants in the areas of education, health, cultural development, and community service.
    Geographic Coverage: Arkansas, Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Oklahoma organizations will receive first priority for available funds. They also accept proposals from the Washington, D.C. area.
    Application Deadline: Jan 15, 2010
    Sponsor: Kerr Foundation

Outstanding Rural Scholar Recognition Program (ORSRP)
Program that assists rural communities in growing their own health care professionals by matching community funds with state funds to support a student of the community's choice in a health professional education program.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Renewable Energy Demonstration Pilot Program (REDPP)
Community Development Block Grant funds have been designated to help eligible rural communities install their own renewable energy projects.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2010
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Rural Health Disaster Relief and Recovery – 2009
Grants to assist rural hospitals and rural health clinics in response to the federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Ike.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Texas Rural Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Grant
Grants to support the development and improvement of rural EMS response, delivery, and service capacity.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Dec 4, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Texas Rural Health Clinic Grant
Grant program for federally certified Rural Health Clinics (RHC) in Texas to establish computer facilitated operations in RHCs, with particular emphasis on the application and utilization of Electronic Health Records.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Texas Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement Loan Fund Application
Funding for rural public and non-profit hospitals to make capital improvements to existing facilities, construct new health facilities and to purchase capital equipment.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Feb 26, 2010
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Texas Small Business Loan Fund
Funding to provide a tool for rural Texas communities to assist their small businesses access capital by providing awards to eligible cities and counties for loans to businesses with 100 or fewer employees.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Wells Fargo Texas Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Inactive Funding in Texas

The programs listed below have been funded in the past, but are not currently accepting applications. Information about these inactive funding programs is provided only for your convenience and does not indicate that the programs will be available in the future. To inquire about future availability of a particular program, please contact the funding agency or organization.

CAH Board of Trustee Continuing Education Reimbursement Program
Grants supporting education and training for Critical Access Hospital Board of Trustees.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Aug 31, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

CDBG Rural Health Pilot Project Grant
The purpose of this Rural Health Demonstration Pilot Project is to use Texas Community Development Block Grant funds to increase access to healthcare in rural areas of Texas.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2008
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Colonia Economically Distressed Areas Program
This fund provides assistance to colonia areas to connect to a Texas Water Development Board Economically Distressed Areas Program (TWDB EDAP)-funded water and sewer system improvement project.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas-Mexico border region.
    Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Community Development and Community Development Supplemental (CDS) Fund
Allocates additional Community Development Block Grant funds among the 24 state planning regions, increasing the ability of those who serve on the programs Regional Review Committees to determine the priorities in their planning region.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2008
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Entergy Community Partnership Grants
Grants for community-based projects that promote healthy families, community development, education, literacy, or arts and culture.
    Geographic Coverage: Communities within Entergy's service area in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
    Application Deadline: Apr 17, 2009
    Sponsor: Entergy Corporation

Ford Blue Oval Scholarship
Scholarship funds to students who are members of the Girl Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of America or the Future Farmers of America who plan to enroll at a college, university or technical school.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Mar 15, 2009

Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health
Supports community, state and regional efforts that engage, empower and benefit displaced and returning residents throughout the Gulf Coast.
    Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas
    Application Deadline: Jun 4, 2009
    Sponsor: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Healthy Start Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (Border and Alaska)
The purpose of this program is to address significant disparities in perinatal health including disparities experienced by Hispanics, American Indians, African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and immigrant populations.
    Geographic Coverage: Alaska and U.S.-Mexican border states
    Application Deadline: Dec 5, 2008
    Sponsor: Maternal and Child Health Bureau

MedicallyUnderserved Community-State Matching Incentive Program
The MedicallyUnderserved Community-State Matching Incentive Program helps underserved communities attract and retain primary care physicians by providing matching funds to cover costs of establishing a physician’s practice site.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Paso del Norte Health Foundation Two Should Know Initiative
Funding for sexual health education programs.
    Geographic Coverage: El Paso and Hudspeth counties in West Texas, Doña Ana and Otero counties in southern New Mexico, and in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
    Application Deadline: Sep 9, 2008
    Sponsor: Paso del Norte Health Foundation

Planning and Capacity Building Fund
Grants to support programs for local public facility and housing planning activities.
    Geographic Coverage:
    Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2008
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Promise of Nursing (PON) Regional Faculty Fellowship Program
Scholarships to prepare registered nurses for the nurse educator role by achieving their degrees.
    Geographic Coverage: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington
    Application Deadline: Mar 6, 2009
    Sponsor: Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association

Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program (Rural AED Grant)
Funding to increase the availability of early defibrillation in rural counties, provide CPR and AED training, and create or increase collaboration with rural emergency care providers.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Jan 16, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Rural Communities Healthcare Investment Program (RCHIP)
A state-funded program for health professionals who practice in qualifying medically underserved communities in Texas.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Mar 31, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Rural Health Network Grant Program
Grants to support collaborative efforts among rural healthcare organizations and other community entities in improving access to or quality of essential healthcare and emergency medical services that meet local needs.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Jan 18, 2008
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Rural Housing Service: Section 525 Technical and Supervisory Assistance (TSA) Grants
Grants to conduct programs of technical and supervisory assistance for low-income rural residents to obtain and/or maintain adequate housing.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide, targeted States include California, Texas, Kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
    Application Deadline: Jul 20, 2007
    Sponsor: USDA Rural Housing Service

Rural Physician Assistant Loan Reimbursement
This program provides loan reimbursement to physician assistants who practice in qualifying areas of rural Texas.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: May 29, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Sustainable Community Innovation Grants Program
Funds projects that work to strengthen both agriculture and Southern communities by building explicit linkages between sustainable agriculture and rural community development.
    Geographic Coverage: Eligible states are AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2008
    Sponsor: Southern Rural Development Center

Texas Health Service Corps
A state-funded stipend program for resident physicians pursuing primary care specialties and willing to practice in medically underserved communities in Texas.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: May 29, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Texas Rural Health Planning Grant
The purpose of the grant is to assist Texas Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) with strategic planning activities and assessments.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Oct 30, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Texas Rural Health Technology Grant
Grants to Critical Access Hospitals for innovative and strategic technology, health information system, and capital equipment investments.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

Texas Small Towns Environment Program (STEP) Fund
Grants to provide guidance, assistance, and support to community leaders and residents willing to use self-help to solve their water and sewer problems.
    Geographic Coverage: Texas
    Application Deadline: Oct 16, 2009
    Sponsor: Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs

UnitedHealth HEROES Service Learning Grants
Funding to support youth-led projects that address childhood obesity.
    Geographic Coverage: 34 states and the District of Columbia
    Application Deadline: Oct 22, 2009
    Sponsor: Youth Service America