GrantWorks is committed to helping our clients achieve their local community goals. Sometime clients have special needs that are not addressed by traditional grant programs. In these cases, GrantWorks will research any and all alternative means to gain the resource our clients need. Listed below are some recent grant activity GrantWorks has been involved with to meet these special needs. Some of our experience with Other Grants is listed here.
Small Grants Clearing House
FEMA Firefighting Grants
Texas Coastal Management Program
Rural Development Program
Safe Routs to Schools
Texas GLO Coastal Programs
- Costal Management Program
- CEDAP
- CIAP
Texas Parks and Wildlife Grant Programs
Local governments are eligible to apply for competitive grant funds from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Private individuals and non-profit organizations are not eligible for these funds. Funding programs include:
Texas Recreation and Parks Account Program (TRPA): A 50% matching grant program to finance acquisition, development and/or redevelopment of outdoor recreation facilities. Applicants can request up to $500,000 in TRPA funds. (Deadlines July 31 each year.)
Indoor Recreation Program: A 50% matching program to finance development and/or redevelopment of facilities designed for indoor recreational activities. Applicants can request up to $750,000 in TRPA funds. (Deadline July 31 each year.)
Small Parks Program: A 50% matching program to finance development and/or improvement of new or existing outdoor recreational facilities in cities and counties with populations of less than 20,000. (Communities of 2,000 or less population receive 2 points automatically.) These funds can be used to enhance an existing park with new activities or replace deteriorated facilities, and/or can be used to develop or enhance smaller "play lots" or neighborhood parks. Applicants can request up to $50,000 in funds. (Deadline Jan 31st each year.)
Texas Recreational Trails Fund (Hike & Bike Trails): A 80-20 matching program to finance development or redevelopment of trails used for recreational purposes. The State provides 80% of the project funds and the locality provides 20%. Applicants can request up to $100,000, however, there are provisions to increase that cap for projects designed for motorized users only. The minimum request is $2,400. (Deadline June 1 each year.)