St. David’s Foundation announces $73M in funding to support access to care and affordable housing initiatives

Today St. David’s Foundation announced investments to support the safety net system and affordable housing initiatives in Central Texas. With these new grant awards, this brings the Foundation’s cumulative 2025 community investments total to $133.5 million – the largest in Foundation’s history. 

“Our grantees across Central Texas work every day to deliver care and stability in a rapidly changing environment,” said Edward Burger, President & CEO, St. David’s Foundation. “This year’s grantmaking initiatives reflect our commitment to standing with community, strengthening the safety net, expanding access to housing, and investing in the systems that help individuals flourish and communities thrive.”

Support for Safety Net  

Central Texas’ primary safety net plays a critical role in ensuring health care is accessible for the uninsured and underinsured. We know affordable, accessible care remains out of reach for many in our region affecting their ability to address health concerns when they arise. St. David’s Foundation is committed to increasing access to timely, responsive care.  

As part of this commitment, the Foundation is announcing an investment of $64.4 million over 3 years to safety net clinics across the region to ensure access to primary care, dental care, maternal health, and mental health services for communities experiencing the greatest health needs. The focus is on ensuring that the safety net remains robust, adaptable, and capable of meeting the needs of our most vulnerable populations. 

Funding allocations were informed by three key factors including patient volume, community need, as measured by the Foundation’s Health Equity Index, and the size of the uninsured population each clinic serves. 

The Support for the Safety Net funding opportunity is designed to advance critical outcomes, including:  

• Maintaining access to care for uninsured Central Texans as the uninsured population continues to grow 
• Sustaining overall Foundation support while reallocating funding to more accurately reflect local need and clinic capacity 

Organizations receiving grants from our Support for the Safety Net funding initiative:  

• CommuniCare Health Centers
• Community Health Centers of South Central Texas 
• Hope Medical Clinic 
• Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) 
• Lirios Pediatrics 
• Lone Star Circle of Care 
• Manos de Cristo 
• People’s Community Clinic 
• Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas 
• Sacred Heart Community Clinic 
• Samaritan Health Ministries 
• Smithville Community Clinic 
• University of Texas School of Nursing – Children’s Wellness Center 
• Vivent Health 
• Volunteer Health Clinic 

Housing + Health 2.0 

Advancing safe, healthy, and affordable housing as a platform for health is an important element of the Foundation’s new strategy.  

As part of this commitment, St. David’s Foundation has invested $9.4 million through Housing + Health 2.0, an initiative designed to strengthen cross-sector efforts that expand the region’s capacity to meet current and future affordable housing needs. These investments reflect insights from the Foundation’s Housing + Health 1.0 grantees, align with learnings from long-standing funding partners, and respond directly to evolving regional housing needs. 

Housing + Health 2.0 investments will support: 

• A larger pool of fast, flexible, low-cost financing for organizations to increase affordable housing production 
• Access to tailored technical assistance to strengthen and expand affordable housing developers 
• Regional planning and effective coordination that address the distinct needs of rural communities 

Organizations receiving grants from our Housing + Health 2.0 initiative: 

• Austin Community Foundation 
• Texas Housing Conservancy  
• Housing Works 

A Look at St. David’s Foundation 2025 Grantees  

Healthcare Workforce

• Austin Black Physicians Association
• Bastrop County
• Capital IDEA
• E3 Alliance
• El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission
• Healing Hands Community Birthing Project
• Huston-Tillotson University
• Social Finance, Inc.
• United Way for Greater Austin
• Workforce Solutions Capital Area

Grants totaling: $10.1 Million

Culturally Responsive Mental Health Supports  

• Abundant Life Christian Church at San Marcos
• African American Leadership Institute
• African American Youth Harvest Foundation
• Amala Foundation
• Amazing Aeffects
• Asian Family Support Services of Austin
• Austin Area Mental Health Consumers
• Austin Area Urban League
• Austin Vida
• AVANCE-Austin, Inc.
• Black Leaders Collective
• Black Mamas ATX
• Black Mamas Village
• Black Parents and Families Collective
• Change 1 Mind Change 1 Life
• Contigo Wellness
• Dance Waterloo
• El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission
• Elizabeth Gaye Foundation
• Family Eldercare
• Foster Village Austin
• HEAL Alliance
• HeartSpace Collective
• Indeed Transitional Outreach Ministry
• Lioness Justice Impacted Womens Alliance
• Lions Legacy Community Development
• Mental Health Initiative for South Asians, Inc.
• My Sisters Keeper ATX
• Partners in Parenting
• Pink Love Houston
• Real Queens Fix Each Others Crowns
• Seedling Foundation
• Sow Family Foundation

Grants totaling: $4.2 Million

Healthy Births, Healthy Communities  

• Any Baby Can of Austin, Inc
• Black Mamas ATX
• Black Mamas Village
• Giving Austin Labor Support
• Luz De Atabey Midwifery Project
• Mama Sana Vibrant Woman
• Partners in Parenting
• The Maternal Health Equity Collaborative
• UpTogether

Grants totaling: $7.3 Million  

Housing + Health  

• Austin Community Foundation
• HousingWorks Austin
• Texas Housing Conservancy (Impact Investment)

Grants totaling: $9.4 Million  

Responsive to Reductions in Federal Funding

• Austin Area Mental Health Consumers
• Austin PBS, KLRU-TV
• Bastrop County Cares
• Caldwell County Community Services Foundation
• Capital Area Initiatives Foundation
• Central Texas Community Foundation
• Central Texas Food Bank, Inc.
• Combined Community Action, Inc.
• Community Action Inc of Central Texas
• Foundation Communities
• Greater Taylor Foundation
• Just Community, Inc.
• KUT Public Media
• Measure Austin
• Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas
• Santa Maria Hostel, Inc.
• The SAFE Alliance
• United Way of Hays & Caldwell Counties

Grants totaling: $1.1 Million

Support for Safety Net 

• CommuniCare Health Centers
• Community Health Centers of South Central Texas, Inc.
• Hope Medical Clinic
• Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM)
• Lirios Pediatrics
• Lone Star Circle of Care
• Manos de Cristo
• People’s Community Clinic
• Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas
• Sacred Heart Community Clinic
• Samaritan Health Ministries
• Smithville Community Clinic
• The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing – Children’s Wellness Center
• Vivent Health
• Volunteer Healthcare Clinic

Grants totaling: $64.4 Million  

Additional Funding to Support our Central Texas Community 

• AGE of Central Texas
• Any Baby Can of Austin, Inc.
• Austin Area Mental Health Consumers
• Austin Child Guidance Center
• Austin Public Education Foundation
• AVANCE-Austin, Inc.
• Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry, Inc.
• Bastrop County Womens Shelter, Inc.
• Bluebonnet Trails Community Services
• Boys & Girls Club of East Williamson County
• Caldwell County Community Services Foundation
• Capacity Catalyst
• Capital Area Initiatives Foundation
• Capital IDEA
• Communities In Schools of Central Texas
• Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas
• Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY)
• Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO)
• Family Eldercare
• Foundation Communities
• half Helen Foundation
• Hays-Caldwell Womens Center
• Hope Alliance
• Hospice Austin
• Huston-Tillotson University
• Interagency Support Council of Eastern Williamson County, Inc.
• LifeWorks
• Meals on Wheels and More, Inc.
• Meals on Wheels Central Texas In-Home Care
• Measure Austin
• Mission Capital
• One Voice Central Texas
• People’s Community Clinic
• Round Rock Area Serving Center, Inc.
• The Caring Place
• The New Philanthropists
• The SAFE Alliance
• United Way for Greater Austin

Grants totaling: $36.9 Million