In May 2026, St. David’s Foundation launched the Catalyzing Community-Led Change funding opportunity, focused on investing in locally rooted networks and resident leadership as essential drivers of healthier, more connected communities across Central Texas.

These investments support the Foundation’s 2030 Impacts to increase the number and strength of locally rooted networks in communities with the greatest health needs in Central Texas and increase the number of organizations and local governments engaging community members in decision-making and leadership.

The Foundation awarded nearly $10 million to 19 Central Texas organizations that are working to strengthen locally rooted networks and build resident leadership capacity for communities to address their community-determined health and well-being priorities.

Overview

Through the Catalyzing Community-Led Change funding opportunity, the Foundation seeks to: 

• Advance community-driven health priorities by: 
  • Strengthening locally rooted networks in communities with the greatest health needs in Central Texas 
  • Increasing the number of individuals from historically marginalized communities trained as resident leaders. 
• Support a coordinated and connected ecosystem, or “network of networks” required for sustained, community-driven impact in health and well-being. 

Over time, the Foundation’s goal is to position this cohort of grantees as an interconnected civic infrastructure capable of building community power, advancing community-determined health priorities, responding collectively to emerging challenges, and sustaining civic and democratic participation.

Grant Recipients

• American Red Cross Serving Central Texas
• ASHwell
• Austin Area Urban League 
• Austin Mutual Aid
• Black Parents and Families Collective
• Building and Strengthening Tenant Action (BASTA) 
• Embody Transformation
• Girls Empowerment Network
• Go Austin Vamos Austin
• Good Work Austin
• HEAL Alliance
• Lone Star Justice Alliance
• Mano Amiga 
• PromoSalud
• Pueblo Organizado en Defensa de la Tierra Y Sus Recursos (PODER)
• Texas Center For Child And Family Studies
• Texas Jail Project
• The Smithville Compassion Project
• Workers Defense Project

Data Snapshot

A look at the Catalyzing Community-Led Change grant recipients.

We believe that data can serve as an instrument for accountability regarding who we are and who we serve through our investments and programs. Through this data snapshot, we invite you to learn more about the Catalyzing Community-Led Change grant recipients of and our commitment to health equity.

Note: Organizational demographic data is not a component of the Foundation’s grantmaking rubric and is not used in determining grant eligibility or selection.