CFA grants more than $579k during 2025 spring grant cycle

The Community Foundation of Abilene awarded more than $579k in grants to 38 local nonprofits during the spring community grant cycle. Through the generosity of our donor-advised fundholders and funds raised from the Community Connections grantmaking publication, the community contributed $63,850 to support nonprofits in this grant cycle.

Our community grant cycles are competitive opportunities for nonprofits serving the Abilene area to apply for funding. The spring 2025 grantees are listed below. First-time community grant recipients are noted with an (*).

Spring 2025 Nonprofit Grant Recipients:

ACU Center for Careers and Experiential Learning (ACCEL) – Nonprofit Career and Internship Fair

ACU Marriage and Family Institute (MFI) – EMDR training and group therapy room

Abilene Home Away From Home – Program support

Abilene Independent School District – Healthy homes for vulnerable students

Abilene Performing Arts Company – Financial assistance for APAC families

Abilene Preservation League – Infrastructure improvements

Abilene Zoological Society – Flamingo pond boardwalk

Alliance for Women and Children – Awareness campaign: A-Care and Thrive Center

BCFS Abilene Transition Center – Our House operational needs

Beltway Ministry Center Inc – Beltway Kids Academy child care tuition assistance *

Chorus Abilene, Inc. – Operational needs

City Light Community Ministries – Rental and utility assistance program

Community Bed Project – Community Bed Project in partnership with Global Samaritan Resources *

Community Dental Project – Community Dental Program in partnership with Christian Service Center

Disability in Action – Transportation works

Fellowship of Christian Athletes – FCA Huddle support

Food Bank of West Central Texas – Operational needs for food sourcing

Global Samaritan Resources, Inc. – Purchasing and transportation funding for Non-Profit Resource Center 

Greater Than Three Outreach – Operational needs *

Hardin-Simmons University – Dream Makers (a four-day professional workshop for Abilene ISD teachers)

Harmony Family Services, Inc. – Emergency shelter bed

Let Us Breathe Organization – Support for community programs

Ministry of Counseling & Enrichment – Samaritan/Kids' Place scholarship funds

National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature – "To the Moon" exhibit and program support

Operation Homefront – Programs for Abilene's military and veteran families *

Salvation Army – Congregate feeding program

St. John's Episcopal School – Transportation needs  

Taylor Jones Humane Society – Veterinary needs

Texas Ramp Project – Taylor County ramp project program support

Texas State Technical College Foundation – Scholarship support for new programs at TSTC

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center – Future College Curls program with the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health

Texas Trails Council Boy Scouts of America – Camp Tonkawa capital improvements *

Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation – LEAP Program Support: sustaining human-animal bonds in Abilene

The Mentoring Alliance – Scholarship assistance for 2025 summer camps

United Rescue Alliance – MESSH training support

West Texas Homeless Network – Prevention and diversion program

West Texas Tribune – Operational needs

West Texas Veteran Support Services – Project Restoring Texas