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  3. 25 Local Organizations Receive Grants for Food, Climate Equity, and Resilience Projects

25 Local Organizations Receive Grants for Food, Climate Equity, and Resilience Projects

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City of Austin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release Date: Sep. 02, 2025
Contact: Shannon Stewart        Email

The City of Austin’s Office of Climate Action and Resilience has awarded $75,000 in funding to 25 community-led projects through the Food and Climate Equity (FACE) Grants program. This initiative provides up to $3,000 in grant funding to local organizations working on innovative solutions that support food justice, climate equity, and community resilience.

This year’s projects reflect a wide range of ways Austinites are strengthening their communities — from expanding fresh produce distribution in schools and building community gardens, to creating safer, more sustainable ways for families to travel by bike, and even powering meal deliveries with electric cargo bikes.

“These efforts highlight the creativity and determination of local leaders working to reduce food insecurity, take action on climate change, and build resilience in our city,” said Zach Baumer, Director of Austin’s Office of Climate Action and Resilience. “Each FACE grant is an investment in a community-driven solution that will have a positive impact in Austin.”

The FACE Grants program was designed to support projects that address systemic and structural inequities, with a focus on empowering communities that have been historically marginalized. By funding these innovative projects, the City of Austin aims to create a more just, equitable, and resilient future for all Austinites.

“With this support, we are sowing seeds of hope, dignity, and resilience in Austin’s most vulnerable communities. This grant will help us expand our Nourish & Uplift initiative, providing hot meals, wellness support, and climate resilience resources that nourish both body and spirit,” said Rachid Sow, Founder and Executive Director of the Sow Family Foundation. “Together, we can meet urgent needs today while growing a stronger, healthier, and more equitable city where no one is left behind.”

"The FACE grant will allow us to build on the momentum of our inaugural ‘Kidical Mass ATX’ event to catalyze more sustained behavior shifts in how families access the City by bike. Alongside our partner, National Youth Bike, we are excited to help seed and nurture a robust ‘bike families’ community in Austin,” said Eileen McGinnis, Founder of The Parents’ Climate Community.

List of Funded Organizations
  • Austin Bicycle Meals
  • Austin Youth River Watch
  • Black Leaders Collective
  • Clear the Air ATX
  • Community Resilience Trust
  • Drive a Senior-ATX
  • Eco-conscious Music Alliance
  • Friends of Grand Meadow
  • Hard Water
  • Hot Spell Farm
  • Hungry Souls
  • Joyous Tutoring
  • Mobile Blessings from the Heart
  • People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER)
  • Rebuilding Broken Communities
  • Recess for Revolution
  • Rivkah French Choreography
  • Safe in Austin
  • Sow Family Foundation
  • The Healing Project
  • The Parents' Climate Community
  • Together Everyone Achieves More Central Texas (TEAMCTX)
  • Tooo Sauccy
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4443 Highland Hills - Oak Hill
  • Whitehall Cooperative

Organizations will begin work on their projects and have until June 1, 2026, to complete them. For more information on the FACE Grants program, visit austintexas.gov/FACE.

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About the City of Austin's Office of Climate Action and Resilience

Austin’s Office of Climate Action and Resilience works to ensure a thriving, equitable, and resilient community by providing leadership, influencing positive action through engagement, and creating measurable benefits for Austin. The office works to achieve net-zero community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, a healthy and just local food system, and a resilient and adaptive city. Find out more at austintexas.gov/climate.


Veinticinco organizaciones locales reciben subvenciones para proyectos de alimentación, equidad climática y resiliencia

La Oficina de Acción Climática y Resiliencia (Office of Climate Action and Resilience) de la Ciudad de Austin ha concedido $75 000 de financiación a 25 proyectos dirigidos por la comunidad a través del programa de Subvenciones para la Equidad Alimentaria y Climática (Food and Climate Equity, FACE). Esta iniciativa proporciona hasta $3000 en subvenciones a organizaciones locales que trabajan en soluciones innovadoras que apoyan la justicia alimentaria, la equidad climática y la resiliencia comunitaria.

Los proyectos de este año reflejan una amplia gama de formas en que los austineses están fortaleciendo sus comunidades: desde la ampliación de la distribución de productos frescos en las escuelas y la construcción de huertos comunitarios, hasta la creación de formas más seguras y sostenibles para que las familias se desplacen en bicicleta, e incluso la potenciación del reparto de comidas con bicicletas eléctricas de carga.

“Estos esfuerzos ponen de relieve la creatividad y la determinación de los líderes locales que trabajan para reducir la inseguridad alimentaria, tomar medidas contra el cambio climático y aumentar la resiliencia de nuestra ciudad”, declaró Zach Baumer, director de la Oficina de Acción Climática y Resiliencia de Austin. “Cada subvención FACE es una inversión en una solución impulsada por la comunidad que tendrá un impacto positivo en Austin”.

El programa de subvenciones FACE fue diseñado para apoyar proyectos que aborden las desigualdades sistémicas y estructurales, centrándose en el empoderamiento de las comunidades que han sido marginadas históricamente. Al financiar estos proyectos innovadores, la Ciudad de Austin pretende crear un futuro más justo, equitativo y resiliente para todos los austineses.

“Con este apoyo, estamos sembrando semillas de esperanza, dignidad y resiliencia en las comunidades más vulnerables de Austin. Esta subvención nos ayudará a ampliar nuestra iniciativa Nourish & Uplift, que proporciona comidas calientes, apoyo al bienestar y recursos de resiliencia climática que nutren tanto el cuerpo como el espíritu”, declaró Rachid Sow, fundador y director ejecutivo de la fundación Sow Family Foundation. “Juntos, podemos satisfacer las necesidades urgentes de hoy a la vez que hacemos crecer una ciudad más fuerte, más sana y más equitativa en la que nadie se quede atrás”.

“La subvención FACE nos permitirá aprovechar el impulso de nuestro evento inaugural ‘Kidical Mass ATX’ para catalizar cambios de comportamiento más sostenidos en la forma en que las familias acceden a la ciudad en bicicleta. Junto con nuestro socio, National Youth Bike, estamos entusiasmados por ayudar a sembrar y alimentar una sólida comunidad de ‘familias ciclistas’ en Austin”, declaró Eileen McGinnis, fundadora de The Parents’ Climate Community.

Lista de organizaciones financiadas
  • Austin Bicycle Meals
  • Austin Youth River Watch
  • Black Leaders Collective
  • Clear the Air ATX
  • Community Resilience Trust
  • Drive a Senior-ATX
  • Eco-conscious Music Alliance
  • Friends of Grand Meadow
  • Hard Water
  • Hot Spell Farm
  • Hungry Souls
  • Joyous Tutoring
  • Mobile Blessings from the Heart
  • People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER)
  • Rebuilding Broken Communities
  • Recess for Revolution
  • Rivkah French Choreography
  • Safe in Austin
  • Sow Family Foundation
  • The Healing Project
  • The Parents' Climate Community
  • Together Everyone Achieves More Central Texas (TEAMCTX)
  • Tooo Sauccy
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4443 Highland Hills - Oak Hill
  • Whitehall Cooperative

Las organizaciones comenzarán a trabajar en sus proyectos y tendrán hasta el 1 de junio de 2026 para completarlos. Para más información sobre el programa de subvenciones FACE, visite austintexas.gov/FACE.

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Acerca de la Oficina de Acción Climática y Resiliencia
La Oficina de Acción Climática y Resiliencia de Austin trabaja para garantizar una comunidad próspera, equitativa y resistente, proporcionando liderazgo, influyendo en la acción positiva a través del compromiso, y creando beneficios medibles para Austin. La Oficina trabaja para conseguir que las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en toda la comunidad sean nulas en 2040, para un sistema alimentario local sano y justo, y una ciudad resistente y adaptable. Más información en austintexas.gov/climate.

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