Grant Initiatives

Take a look at our current and ongoing grant initiatives.

We invest in programs, policy analysis, research, and education through our grant initiatives to transform how communities promote mental health in everyday life.

Ongoing Initiatives

Arts & Humanities Research Grants for Early Career Faculty

Arts and Humanities Research Grants for Early Career Faculty

This initiative aims to produce and publish research findings of scholarly works investigating the interface of mental health, well-being, and the arts and humanities.

Policy Fellows

Mental Health Policy Fellows and Policy Academy 

The program increases individuals’ and organizations’ capacity and expertise to advance mental health policy in Texas, while also increasing the consumer voice in policy development and implementation.

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Reliable Flexible Funding

The goal is to assist these organizations in addressing disparities in mental health outcomes and philanthropic funding.

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Strengthening the Mental Health of Rural and Rural Border Communities

This initiative builds on community strengths and fosters community-driven solutions to help develop, support, celebrate, and promote mental well-being in rural and rural border communities.

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Texas Capacity Building and Resiliency Initiative

The goal of this pilot grant initiative is to advance resiliency and capacity building among community-driven organizations by investing in their priorities. These priorities must align with at least one of the foundation’s four strategic focus areas: Community; Partnerships; Policy; and Research, Innovation, and Education.

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Texas Grants Resource Center

Texas Grants Resource Center (TGRC), as a part of the foundation, serves as a bridge between the grant-seeking and the grant-making communities, providing information, training, and technical assistance for both nonprofit organizations and individuals. TGRC staff cannot assist with Hogg Foundation grant proposals.

Grant Related News

Beyond the Bed: Care as Partnership 

Beyond the Bed: Care as Partnership 

When someone leaves a state hospital and returns to their community, recovery doesn’t pause — it often becomes more complicated. Housing, connection, medication, transportation, stigma, isolation — the real work of healing often begins outside the hospital walls. 

Harry E. and Bernice M. Moore Fellowship

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health invites eligible students from The University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a doctorate, to submit a proposal for the 2026 Harry Estill Moore and Bernice Milburn Moore Fellowship. To be eligible for the fellowship, candidates...