City of Austin Funding
Austin Arts and Culture Non-Profit Relief Grant
The Austin Arts & Culture Non-Profit Relief Grant provides one-time unrestricted $20,000 grants to local arts and culture non-profit organizations facing hardships due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business Expansion Incentive Program
The City may award an incentive for expansion projects to companies who create new jobs plus provide access to employment and community benefits. Considerations include: middle-skill jobs at above-industry standard compensation, hiring populations facing economic and socio-economic hardships that pose as a barrier to employment, and realizable community benefits beyond tax revenue.
Cultural Arts Funding
Cultural Arts Funding provides cultural arts programs for the Austin community by contracting with arts organizations for specific services.
Family Business Loan Program
The Family Business Loan Program is a public-private partnership between the City of Austin, HUD, and participating private lenders to offer low-interest loans to qualified small businesses that are expanding and creating jobs. Our mission to enable existing local businesses to expand and create jobs, revitalize communities, increase the tax base of the City of Austin, and enhance the overall quality of life for Austin residents.
Film & Digital Media Production Incentives
Incentives and funding resources for filmmakers.
Heritage Grants
Heritage Grants serve to promote tourism through the preservation, restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings, sites or districts. Historic preservation is a successful economic development tool that creates jobs, spurs new business, and strengthens local economies.
Veteran Business Loan Initiative
The Veteran Business Loan is part of the Family Business Loan Program, a public-private partnership between the City of Austin Economic Development Department and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which offers a low-interest rate loan and low borrower equity requirements to help create or expand a business.
Closed COVID-19 Relief Funding
The City of Austin is no longer accepting applications for the following:
- Austin Childcare Provider Relief Grant
- Austin Creative Space Disaster Relief Program
- Austin Creative Worker Relief Grant
- Austin Economic Injury Bridge Loan Program
- Austin Legacy Business Relief Grant
- Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund
- Austin Music Disaster Relief Fund
- Austin Non-Profit Relief Grant
- Austin Small Business Relief Grant
Visit the City of Austin's ATXRecovers.com for resources to help businesses and individuals recover from the financial hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.