Waco Foundation (Texas)

 
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    CFDA#

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    Funder Type

    Private Foundation

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Waco Foundation

    Summary

    Waco Foundation gives priority consideration to the activities noted below.

    • Fostering more racially equitable experiences and outcomes for area residents
    • Helping people leave poverty permanently. As an example, priority will be given to supporting the most focused, cost-effective methods of:
    • Significantly reducing teen pregnancy
    • Significantly increasing graduation rates from high school, technical school, community college and college
    • Supporting valuable projects that are:
    • Interesting, unique, and energizing; and which seek to make Waco a vibrant, inclusive and attractive community
    • Considered to be critical components and high priorities of the entire community
    • Increasing the capacity of McLennan County's nonprofit sector and the ability of the community-at-large, to address challenges:
    • Strengthening nonprofit sustainability
    • Helping local organizations collaborate
    • Increasing leadership capacity and pathways
    • Funding organizations that provide support and service to our most vulnerable residents – people in poverty, people with disabilities, the elderly, children and youth.
     

    History of Funding

    Waco Foundation Annual Reports can be viewed: https://wacofoundation.org/about-us/annual-reports

    Additional Information

    Fund Uses/Priorities

    • The Critical Needs Funding Program enables Waco Foundation to support urgent, unanticipated needs that directly impact a nonprofit's operations or a major aspect of its work. Funds may be used to help address one or more of the following circumstances:
    • A temporary increase in the need for services resulting from an emergency.
    • The need for general operating expenses resulting from a significant and unexpected loss of regular or committed funding (budget shortfall/deficit). 
    • The need for interim funding/bridging capital (while an organization awaits government funding/repayment)
    • The consolidation, downsizing or termination of programs in a responsible manner; and/or the stabilization of a program or aspects of the operation that if left unaddressed, would have a severe negative effect on the population served by the organization.
    • The acquisition of essential equipment, technology, or resources, for which there is no other source of funding, and without which the work of the organization would be severely compromised. (e.g. equipment necessary due to new regulations/requirements, technology & supplies needed for remote work)
    • Emergencies (e.g. fire, gas explosion, flood or disease outbreak, natural disaster or other unpredictable occurrences) that directly impact an agency and whose relief or recovery response requires capital expenditures.
    • An accidental or unexpected occurrence that causes an organization's facilities to be inaccessible or programs inoperable until resolved. This may include emergency repairs to a building's structure or its mechanical systems (heating/cooling, water service, etc.) which are not covered by insurance.
    • Replacing an item or piece of equipment lost due to theft , operational failure or damage, that is required to operate core programs/could threaten an organization's ability to provide programming or services.
    • Deficit funding or debt retirement (under special circumstances)
    • Other needs not herein defined that could not have been anticipated, and for which there is no other source of funding.


    What They Will Not Fund

    They will not fund proposals for projects that should have been anticipated and budgeted for and that are not time-sensitive. Generally, critical need funding will not be awarded for:

    • Structural or technology failures due to deferred building maintenance or technology upgrades.
    • Expenses incurred long before the grant application was submitted.
    • Problems resulting from an organization's failure to adequately plan. This includes but is not limited to: waiting until a lease expires before trying to locate alternate space, relying on a small number of donors for support without a developed plan to sustain programming, failing to pay taxes, running operating deficits over multiple years, not anticipating construction contingency costs, failing to plan for maintenance costs and or replacement costs of existing equipment.
    • Failure to meet regular obligations (general operating expenses, ongoing program costs, or payroll expenses) due to situations other than an emergency.
    • Replacing a gradual loss of funding/declining donation income.
    • Endowment funds, capital campaigns, or annual giving campaigns.
    • Festivals or one-time events such as fundraisers.
    • Support for travel, field trip, competition, or award ceremony expenses for schools or organizations.
    • Scholarships or individuals.
    • Sectarian, religious or partisan political purposes.
    • Church buildings and grounds (exceptions may be given for daycare ministries).

    Contacts

    Nicole Wynter

    Nicole Wynter
    1227 N. Valley Mills Drive Suite 235
    Waco, TX 76710
    254-754-3404
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) organizations that are located in, and provide services directly to, Waco and McLennan County, Texas.

    Deadline Details

    Applications are accepted June 16, October 30, January 1. Grant applications are open 6-7 weeks prior to their respective deadlines.


    Award Details

    Grant awards will vary by program and project size.

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