Community Grants Program

Community Grants Program is sponsored by Community Foundation of Abilene. Biannual grants addressing immediate and emerging needs in Abilene and Taylor County.

Community Foundation of Abilene - Rural West-Central Texas Your web browser is out of date. Update your browser for more security, speed and the best experience on this site. The Community Foundation of Abilene typically has multiple grant cycles each year with opportunities based on geographic location and program focus, including rural grantmaking and opportunities established by regional funds.

Through the Windham Fund, the Foundation is honored to provide grant opportunities to eligible organizations in counties within a 150-mile radius of Oplin, Texas (shown in light blue). Those counties include: Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent, Knox, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor (noted with a red star) and Throckmorton.

Dr. Paula Andree Windham was a pillar of the Oplin, Texas community. She was known to be a trailblazer, a ranch woman, scholar, woman of faith, and defender of love. This generous fund set up in her name creates opportunities to address issues and improve quality of life in rural communities throughout West-Central Texas.

The Windham Fund allows the Foundation to move rural grantmaking forward, specifically for outlying communities in the greater West-Central Texas region. The Windham Fund was established to support special projects, capacity building, and capital projects to build on and ensure a higher quality of life.

Nonprofits serving the following counties may apply: Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent, Knox, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor and Throckmorton. Any applicants outside of these counties that are within a 150-mile radius of Oplin, Texas will also be accepted and reviewed.

Community Development and Leadership Education related to Agricultural Education and Ranch Management Health and Human Services Online application opens April 15 Application deadline June 1 To apply, applicants use an online grants management system called, “Foundant GLM. ” Application information must be submitted through this online system.

To receive funding in the future, all award recipients must submit an evaluation before applying for new grant funding. Evaluations are completed through Foundant GLM. We have provided previews of various documents in the grant application process.

The forms below are for reference only. All application information must be submitted online. For questions regarding rural and West-Central Texas grant opportunities, contact Michelle Parrish, Chief Impact Officer , at mparrish@cfabilene.

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