Texas Child Welfare Funders

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.

Together, we can improve systems and services in our communities that serve children and families.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission: Engage, inform, and connect Texas funders to advance a system of support that addresses child abuse, neglect, and trauma and promotes healthy children and strong families.

Vision: A Texas where all children thrive in safe, healthy, nurturing families.

Values:

Collaboration among stakeholders

Informed action and continuous learning

Shared responsibility for child and family safety and wellbeing

Advocacy for children and families

Please scroll down to open a link to our 2025 Strategic Plan in the file attachments below.

Membership

Texas Child Welfare Funders (TCWF) welcomes funders from every region of Texas.

Please fill out our online membership form to join this peer network of funders.

Download the “About TCWF” document at the bottom of this page for a list of our founding members and more information the TCWF. Please contact Membership Chair Amanda Finney if you have questions about TCWF membership and it's newsletter mailing list.

TCWF is a peer group of Philanthropy Southwest. If you are not a member of Philanthropy Southwest, you can still join the TCWF.

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’.

Resources

Click the Resources tab above to access PSW's Learning Library, where you can search for materials from past events and additional resources about this issue area. Use the search term "Texas Child Welfare Funders." Recent resources appear in the list on the left side of the page. To suggest content and programming, please contact the Steering Committee.

Thank you for your interest in the safety and well-being of children and families in Texas.