The Greater Fayette Community Foundation is proud to celebrate eight inspiring organizations selected as 2025 Red Door Fund for Mental Health recipients. These grantees represent the heart of rural South Central Texas, working tirelessly to expand access to mental health care in historically underserved communities.
Chosen through a thoughtful, community-led review process, each recipient reflects the spirit of collaboration and compassion that defines our region’s approach to healing and resilience.
Schulenburg ISD | Service Area: Fayette County
Schulenburg ISD will serve 150 economically disadvantaged students in rural Fayette County by embedding mental health services and peer support directly on campus. These efforts address behavioral health issues, reduce stigma, and improve student wellness through trauma-informed care, snacks for food-insecure students, and a new Handle with Care family communication tool.
Houston Area Suicide Prevention | Service Area: Austin, Fort Bend, Waller Counties
The Houston Area Suicide Prevention Coalition will launch the Ethan’s Legacy Institute to serve 350 residents across Austin, Fort Bend, and Waller counties through suicide prevention training, bilingual outreach, and community forums that reduce stigma, expand access to care, and build lasting mental health resilience in underserved rural communities.
Gather n Grace | Service Area: Washington County
Gather n Grace will provide free, on-site counseling during its weekly Monday Family Dinners in Washington County, offering up to 50 individuals access to mental health support in a trusted, community-centered space that fosters healing, dignity, and connection for those facing poverty, trauma, and isolation.
Senior Connections | Service Area: Colorado and Fayette Counties
Senior Connections’ ‘Healthy Aging Through Senior Connection’ program will serve 350 older adults in Fayette and Colorado Counties by providing free weekly meals, social activities, and emotional support. These services reduce isolation, enhance well-being, and foster community among rural seniors at risk of loneliness and depression.
Wellness Collaborative Campus | Fayette County
Giddy Up for Wellness will serve up to 80 rural residents in Fayette County through a 12-week cycle of free, trauma-informed wellness programming that increases emotional regulation, reduces stigma, strengthens family communication, and improves access to non-clinical mental health care through trusted local spaces and community-based facilitators.
ROCK (Ride on Center for Kids) | Service Area: Williamson, Bastrop, and Lee Counties
ROCK On Veterans will serve 150 veterans and their families across Bastrop, Lee, and Williamson Counties by providing 24 weeks of free, trauma-informed equine-assisted mental health services. This program reduces isolation, improves emotional well-being, and fosters peer connection through a healing, community-centered approach.
Boys & Girls Club of Central Texas | Service Area: Williamson County
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Texas’ Thriving Minds Mental Wellness Program will serve 500 youth in Williamson County through a free, three-tiered model that improves access to counseling, embeds behavior specialists on-site, and fosters emotional well-being through evidence-based social-emotional learning. This program helps youth build resiliency, strengthen relationships, and reduce barriers to mental health care.
Connections Individual and Family Services | Service Area: Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, and Lee Counties
Connections Individual and Family Services will serve 3,200 K–12 youth across six Central Texas counties by providing in-school counseling, prevention programming, and peer support groups that reduce stigma, strengthen mental health, and increase access to free behavioral health services for students and families in underserved rural areas.
Congratulations to this year’s grantees, and heartfelt thanks to the community members, partners, and reviewers who made this moment possible.
Learn more about the Red Door Fund for Mental Health.