Texas Grants

Top Texas grants right now

• FEMA Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program for AI-Enabled Drone Detection

  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) / Department of Homeland SecurityUp to $250Mopen

  The FEMA Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program, established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, provides $500 million to e...

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• DHS Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Counter-UAS) Grant Program FY2026 for AI-Enabled Drone Defense at FIFA World Cup and National Capital Region

  U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Up to $30Mopen

  The DHS Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Counter-UAS) Grant Program was established to support state and local law enforcement, critical infrastruct...

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• Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF)

  Up to $19Mopen

  The Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF) program, established by a constitutional amendment, provides financial assistance in the form of loans and grants ...

• Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Grants

  Up to $15MDeadline: Nov 1, 2029open

  The Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program is a competitive grant initiative under the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act, admi...

• Industrial Revenue Bond Program

  Up to $10Mopen

  The Industrial Revenue Bond Program (IRB) provides a source of tax-exempt or taxable bond finance for projects involving significant private activity ...

• Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Loan Program (with Principal Forgiveness)

  Up to $10Mopen

  The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) provides low-cost financial assistance, including principal forgiveness (grants), for planning, acquisiti...

• Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant (EC-SDC)

  Up to $10Mopen

  The Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant program provides federal EPA funding, administered by the Texas Water D...

• Rehabilitation, Reconstruction or New Construction (GLO Disaster Recovery Housing Program)

  Up to $7.5Mopen

  The GLO Disaster Recovery Housing Program provides Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for the long-term recovery of h...

• Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)

  Up to $5.8Mopen

  The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program provides non-competitive funds to designated CSBG eligible entities (Subrecipients) across all 254 T...

• Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI)

  Up to $5.0Mopen

  The Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI) is a matching grant program aimed at helping Texas public institutions of higher education recrui...

• Workforce Readiness Training for Career and Technical Education Students

  Up to $2.0Mopen

  This program, offered by the Texas Workforce Commission, aims to address the lack of workforce readiness skills among new entrants to the workforce. T...

• Texas Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI Formula Program)

  Up to $1.8Mopen

  A competitive grant program managed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) under the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI...

• Harris County Leadership Academy Grant

  Up to $1.0Mopen

  This is a direct grant program, as directed by the General Appropriations Act, where the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) allocates $1 million...

• Boll Weevil Eradication Grant Program

  Up to $1.0Mopen

  The Boll Weevil Eradication Grant Program is administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) to support ongoing efforts to eliminate and con...

• Multisystemic Therapy Pilot Programs (MST)

  Up to $500KDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  TJJD sets aside $1 million per year, providing Harris and El Paso Counties each $500,000 to establish a front-end Multisystemic Therapy (MST) team foc...

• State Urgent Need Fund (SUN)

  Up to $500Kopen

  The State Urgent Need (SUN) Fund, part of the TxCDBG program, provides financial assistance to non-entitlement local governments in Texas to address d...

• Texas Industry Recognized Apprenticeship (TIRA) Grant Program

  Up to $500Kopen

  The Texas Industry Recognized Apprenticeship (TIRA) Grant Program, funded by the Texas Legislature, provides up to $500,000 to private-sector Texas em...

• Healthcare Apprenticeship Initiative

  Up to $500Kopen

  TWC grants funding for statewide Registered Apprenticeship (RA) projects in the healthcare industry to increase career pathway opportunities for regis...

• Critical Skills Initiative

  Up to $500Kopen

  The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has allocated $6 million in federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds to support apprenticesh...

• Self Sufficiency Fund Program

  Up to $500Kopen

  The Self Sufficiency Fund is a training grant administered by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) in partnership with public community and technical ...

Where Texas grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov, filtered for opportunities that fund work in Texas.
• Texas state portal — state-administered grant programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations active in Texas, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated foundation directories.
• Corporate giving — a curated set of corporate philanthropy programs that explicitly fund Texas-based work.

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Qualify Texas grants before you write

Most of the time it takes to win a grant isn't writing — it's research and qualifying. Before you commit a week to a full proposal, qualify the opportunity with a 1–2 page Letter of Inquiry. Our guide walks through the structure that gets a yes: