TPIF announces grants
Texas Pride Impact Funds announced grants totaling $215,000 to be distributed among 39 organizations across Texas. That’s a 23 percent increase in funding over last year.
Eight of the organizations are first-time grantees. A total of 63 organization across the state applied for funding. Recipients represent all regions of Texas and range from LGBTQ community centers to arts-based organizations, groups serving youth to those serving older adults and organizations providing resources to transgender and gender-diverse communities.
The recipients are: Abilene Pride Alliance Abilene $6,000 Abounding Prosperity, Inc Dallas $3,000 AIDS Services of Dallas Dallas $3,000 Alphabet Army Tyler $10,000 Austin Rainbow Theatre Austin $4,500 Borderland Rainbow Center El Paso $7,000 Coalition for Aging LGBT North Texas $6,000 Coastal Bend Pride Center Corpus Christi $6,000 Dallas Hope Charities Dallas $3,000 Dune’s LGBT Foundation Fort Worth $6,000 Eagle Pass SAFE Eagle Pass $7,000 East Lubbock Art House Lubbock $4,500 Elevate North Texas Youth Shelter North Texas $6,000 Fiesta Youth San Antonio $4,500 Freedom Church Houston Houston $3,000 GENtex Rio Grande Valley $7,000 LubbockPRIDE Lubbock $8,000 Lyfe Journey Unfolding Aubrey $3,000 Montrose Grace Place Houston $4,500 Out in West Texas Odessa $7,000 Pride Center San Antonio San Antonio $4,500 Pride Center West Texas Odessa $8,000 Pride Community Center College Station $7,000 Pride Frisco Frisco $6,000 Queertopia Austin $4,500 Save Our Sisters United Houston $6,000 Smile Big Texas Amarillo $7,000 South Texas Equality Project Rio Grande Valley $10,000 Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) Statewide $6,000 The Hardheaded Foundation Dallas $3,000 The Lazarus House: a center for Wellness Houston $3,000 The Mahogany Project Houston $4,500 The Normal Anomaly Initiative, Inc.
Houston $6,000 The Wright Cause Urban Youth Conservation Dallas $6,000 Thrive Youth Center San Antonio $3,000 Tierrita Grande San Antonio $4,500 Trans Legal Aid
