Requirements
Geographic Focus
The Tapestry Foundation provides support for educational projects in the greater Austin area.
Tax Status
All organizations must be certified as tax exempt under sections 501(c)(3) or 509 (a) (1), (2), or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code or public entities.
Giving Priorities
The Tapestry Foundation places its philanthropic emphasis on the area of early childhood education, particularly quality literacy-based projects. Tapestry prefers to support program projects but will consider capital and operational expenses. (Proposals for endowments or annual fundraising special events are seldom considered.)
Important Notes
- While the Foundation on occasion has made both very large and quite small grants, our average one-year grant is $20,000.
- The Foundation may consider multi-year requests. However the continuation of funding is dependent on appropriate progress and evaluation findings during the previous year.
- The Board will review only one request (regardless of whether it is approved or declined) from an organization within a twelve-month period.
- The Foundation does not support requests from individuals for scholarships or any other form of support.
- Both letters of inquiry and full grant applications must be submitted electronically (see “Application Process” section for instructions on submission), and receipt will be acknowledged by email within two weeks.
- While Tapestry will consider funding the total cost of a project, it prefers to partner with other funders.
- Likewise, Tapestry encourages collaborative work among providers.