About Texas Child Welfare Funders

Private funders are an important voice in the child welfare system, and the Texas Child Welfare Funders provides a statewide forum for funders to collectively understand the landscape of child welfare and identify ways to partner and invest with one another to benefit children, youth, and families.

Over the past several years, the child welfare system in Texas has experienced significant change, most notably a push toward a Community-Based Care model of service delivery. The guiding motivation behind this reform is for better outcomes for children and youth who go through the foster care system. An even more aspirational goal is preventing them from experiencing substitute care altogether.

List Serv & Membership

Texas Child Welfare Funders welcomes funders from every region of Texas that support child welfare causes.

Download the “About TCWF” document at the bottom of this page for a list of our current members and more information about becoming a member of the Texas Child Welfare Funders. Please contact Amanda Finney if you have questions about Texas Child Welfare Funders membership.

The list serv announces upcoming educational and community building events and discusses questions and resources about child welfare.

Texas Child Welfare Funders is a peer group of Philanthropy Southwest. If you are not a member of Philanthropy Southwest, you can still join the Texas Child Welfare Funders and its list serv by contacting Amanda Finney.

If you are a member of Philanthropy Southwest, you can login by clicking "Member Login" at the top righthand corner of this page. Visit PSW's peer networks page, scroll to the 'subscribe' drop down at the bottom of the page and select ‘TX Child Welfare Funders’.

Thank you for your interest in child welfare in Texas.

Texas Child Welfare Funders Contact Information

Please contact the Steering Committee for more information about Texas Child Welfare Funders.