Best Garland Grants for Nonprofits in Texas

Texas A&M Forest Service 

Texas A&M Forest Service provides statewide leadership and technical assistance to ensure trees, forests and related natural resources are sustained for the benefit of all. The agency supports the state’s incident response capability, protecting against wildfire and responding to a range of all-hazard incidents. 

Community Wildfire Defense Grant

The Community Wildfire Defense Grant is authorized in Public Law 117-58, “An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes”, commonly referred to as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities that:

• Are located in areas identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential;
• Are low-income communities; and/or
• Have been impacted by a severe disaster within the previous 10 years that increased wildfire risk and/or hazard.

Eligible applicants may apply for grant funding for a project proposal to be conducted on local government, state government, Tribal, homeowners association, and privately owned lands. Provided the project proposal directly reduces wildfire risk to a community.  

Examples of project proposals include: 

• CWPP development or revision 
• Community wildfire risk planning
• Wildfire prevention and mitigation education and outreach 
• Hazardous fuels reduction and/or restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems
• Other projects identified in an eligible CWPP that reduce wildfire risk to communities

Purpose

Offer financial assistance to at-risk communities to plan for and reduce wildfire risk and implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.    

Practices

Development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) and implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old.  

Community Wildfire Protection Plan

There is no minimum federal funding limit for projects under the Community Wildfire Defense Grant.  The maximum amount of funding awarded to any applicant is:  

• $250,000 for the creation or updating of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan 
• Cost share rates: No less that 10% for development or revision of a CWPP 

Texas A&M Forest Service 

Texas A&M Forest Service provides statewide leadership and technical assistance to ensure trees, forests and related natural resources are sustained for the benefit of all. The agency supports the state’s incident response capability, protecting against wildfire and responding to a range of all-hazard incidents. 

Community Wildfire Defense Grant

The Community Wildfire Defense Grant is authorized in Public Law 117-58, “An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes”, commonly referred to as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities that:

• Are located in areas identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential;
• Are low-income communities; and/or
• Have been impacted by a severe disaster within the previous 10 years that increased wildfire risk and/or hazard.

Eligible applicants may apply for grant funding for a project proposal to be conducted on local government, state government, Tribal, homeowners association, and privately owned lands. Provided the project proposal directly reduces wildfire risk to a community.  

Examples of project proposals include: 

• CWPP development or revision 
• Community wildfire risk planning
• Wildfire prevention and mitigation education and outreach 
• Hazardous fuels reduction and/or restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems
• Other projects identified in an eligible CWPP that reduce wildfire risk to communities

Purpose

Offer financial assistance to at-risk communities to plan for and reduce wildfire risk and implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.    

Practices

Development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) and implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old.   

Project Implementation.

There is no minimum federal funding limit for projects under the Community Wildfire Defense Grant.  The maximum amount of funding awarded to any applicant is:  

• $10 million for projects described within a Community Wildfire Protection Plan less than ten years old 
• Cost share rates: No less than 25% for project implementation as described in a CWPP that is not more than 10 years old  

Merck Foundation

The Merck Foundation is dedicated to advancing access to health by supporting innovative programs and partnerships to improve the health and well-being of people around the world.

Helping build stronger health systems and address barriers to high-quality care

Through our programs, we believe that by working closely with governments, donors, patient groups, healthcare professionals, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, multilateral agencies, the private sector and others, we can help build stronger health systems that provide better care.

Community Collaborative for Reimagining HIV Care: Call for Proposals

Overview

The Merck Foundation (the “Foundation”) is pleased to announce the launch of the Community Collaborative for Reimagining HIV Care (the “Collaborative”), a five-year national initiative to improve timely access to and continuity of high-quality, person-centered care for people living with HIV in under-resourced communities across the United States.

Through this Call for Proposals, the Foundation will select eligible organizations to implement innovative, community-centered programs that address the evolving needs of people living with HIV.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is a partner, resource, and advocate to higher education institutions across the state.  

We work in partnership with the legislature, businesses, and other key stakeholders to ensure our state’s higher education goals are aligned with our state’s economic and talent needs. We are a steward to the state’s strategic plan for higher education, Building a Talent Strong Texas. 

And we help Texas students and families access the tools they need to choose a postsecondary pathway while connecting them to financial resources to support them on that pathway. We also help ensure transitions – from high school to postsecondary, between postsecondary institutions, and from postsecondary into the workforce – are efficient. 

Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education (TRUE) Grant Program

Intent

The goal of the Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education (TRUE) Grant Program is to support public higher education institutions to create, redesign and expand short-term career training and education programs in high-demand occupations.

TRUE Grant Program funding will be awarded competitively through a Request-For-Applications (RFA) process. The projects proposed are required to be for career training and education programs shorter than six months in duration, industry-aligned, in high-demand fields, and developed with the participation of key workforce actors such as employers, workforce boards, economic development corporations, and trade associations.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is a partner, resource, and advocate to higher education institutions across the state.  

We work in partnership with the legislature, businesses, and other key stakeholders to ensure our state’s higher education goals are aligned with our state’s economic and talent needs. We are a steward to the state’s strategic plan for higher education, Building a Talent Strong Texas. 

And we help Texas students and families access the tools they need to choose a postsecondary pathway while connecting them to financial resources to support them on that pathway. We also help ensure transitions – from high school to postsecondary, between postsecondary institutions, and from postsecondary into the workforce – are efficient. 

Open Educational Resources Grant Program (OERGP)

Intent

Established in 2018, the OER Grant Program is a competitive program that provides grants to Texas public institutions of higher education to adopt, modify, redesign, or develop courses using only OER.

An Open Educational Resource (OER) is a teaching, learning, or research resource that is in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual property license that permits the free use, adaptation, and redistribution of the resource by any person. 

THECB expects to award two categories of grant awards under this Request for Applications (RFA): Nursing OER Adoption Grants and Workforce OER Collaborator Grants 

Nursing OER Adoption Grants

For applicants to redesign and scale OER adoption for two or three courses using existing Nursing OER developed as part of the OER Nursing Essentials Project. Undergraduate Nursing courses closely related to the following Nursing CIP codes 51.38, 51.3801, 51.39, and 51.3901 in the Texas CIP Codes Data Base are eligible.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is a partner, resource, and advocate to higher education institutions across the state.  

We work in partnership with the legislature, businesses, and other key stakeholders to ensure our state’s higher education goals are aligned with our state’s economic and talent needs. We are a steward to the state’s strategic plan for higher education, Building a Talent Strong Texas. 

And we help Texas students and families access the tools they need to choose a postsecondary pathway while connecting them to financial resources to support them on that pathway. We also help ensure transitions – from high school to postsecondary, between postsecondary institutions, and from postsecondary into the workforce – are efficient. 

Open Educational Resources Grant Program (OERGP)

Intent

Established in 2018, the OER Grant Program is a competitive program that provides grants to Texas public institutions of higher education to adopt, modify, redesign, or develop courses using only OER.

An Open Educational Resource (OER) is a teaching, learning, or research resource that is in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual property license that permits the free use, adaptation, and redistribution of the resource by any person. 

THECB expects to award two categories of grant awards under this Request for Applications (RFA): Nursing OER Adoption Grants and Workforce OER Collaborator Grants 

Workforce OER Collaborator Grants

For applicants to develop new or substantially improve existing OER for three, four, or five courses from the Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) that use only OER, with priority for courses that are taught in support of THECB’s FY26-FY27 High-Demand Fields.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is a partner, resource, and advocate to higher education institutions across the state.  

We work in partnership with the legislature, businesses, and other key stakeholders to ensure our state’s higher education goals are aligned with our state’s economic and talent needs. We are a steward to the state’s strategic plan for higher education, Building a Talent Strong Texas. 

And we help Texas students and families access the tools they need to choose a postsecondary pathway while connecting them to financial resources to support them on that pathway. We also help ensure transitions – from high school to postsecondary, between postsecondary institutions, and from postsecondary into the workforce – are efficient. 

Graduate Medical Education Expansion Programs (GME Expansion)

Intent

The Graduate Medical Education (GME) Expansion Program provides funding to establish or expand nationally accredited residency programs in Texas, increasing the number of first-year residency positions available across the state. The program supports the Texas goal of maintaining at least 10 percent more first-year residency positions than the number of graduating Texas medical students.

Through these efforts, the GME Expansion Program strengthens the state’s physician workforce pipeline by enabling more medical graduates to remain in Texas for residency training and future practice. Since 2014, the program has supported the creation of 508 new first-year residency positions.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is a partner, resource, and advocate to higher education institutions across the state.  

We work in partnership with the legislature, businesses, and other key stakeholders to ensure our state’s higher education goals are aligned with our state’s economic and talent needs. We are a steward to the state’s strategic plan for higher education, Building a Talent Strong Texas. 

And we help Texas students and families access the tools they need to choose a postsecondary pathway while connecting them to financial resources to support them on that pathway. We also help ensure transitions – from high school to postsecondary, between postsecondary institutions, and from postsecondary into the workforce – are efficient. 

College Readiness and Success Models (CRSM)

Intent

The goal of the CRSM grant program is to continue scaling effective strategies that promote systemic reforms that improve outcomes for students who are academically disadvantaged. This program also focuses on implementing, scaling, and enhancing innovative initiatives in areas such as pathways advising, embedded tutoring, teaching/learning technologies, and professional development opportunities for faculty and support staff—all focused on improving evidence-based practices for acceleration strategies, persistence, and course pass rates helping to build students’ momentum towards successful and timely completions.