Item 3: GTOPs Mini and Capacity Awardees Presentation — original pdf

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2025 GTOPS Mini + Capacity Awarded Applications July 7th, 2025 1 GTOPs Pathways 2 GTOPs 2024 Grant ● Total funding for all pathways: $400,000 Award Pathways: $60,000 $25,000 $315,000 3 2 GTOPs Capacity 4 GTOPs Capacity 5 This funding award is an organizational capacity building grant (not direct service). This pathway has no contracting and no insurance requirements. Funds requested must support digital equity. Funding is available to orgs making less than $1,500,000 annually. Two focus areas ● Technology Infrastructure ○ ○ ○ PC’s, laptops, and tablets; Associated peripherals; and network hardware Software supporting program objectives STEM / maker / robotic equipment supporting digital equity programs ● Staff Training and Development ○ Conferences ○ Workshops ○ Classes ○ Professional membership orgs. GTOPs Capacity Received Applications - 19 total Applications in Green are past recipients New Applicants to the Program ● Cine Las Americas ● HC4A ● Walking by Faith Prison Ministry ● The Collective Lift ● Diversity Awareness and Wellness in Action ● Art Curatorial Inc. ● Rancho Alegre Radio 6 Returning Applicants ● 212 Catalysts ● SAIVA ● Art Spark Texas ● Changing Expectations ● BRAVE Communities ● Open Austin ● The Museum of Human Achievement ● India Fine Arts ● Texas Folklife Resources ● Latinitas ● Economic Growth Business Incubator ● Austin Free-Net GTOPs Capacity Awarded Applications - 11 total Applications in Green are past recipients Awarded Applications The Museum of Human Achievement - $2,500.00 Economic Growth Business Incubator (EGBI) - $2,500.00 ● ● HC4A - $2,500.00 ● Austin Free Net - $1,149.88 ● ● Diversity Awareness and Wellness in Action (DAWA) - $2,500.00 ● Art Spark Texas - $2,500.00 ● ● Cine Las Americas - $2,500.00 ● ● Walking by Faith Prison Ministry - $2,500.00 ● Texas Folklife Resources - $1,451.66 ($2,500 Request) Latinitas - $2,500.00 SAIVA - $2,398.46 7 3 GTOPs Mini 8 GTOPs Mini Overview $60,000 9 GTOPs Mini Goals GTOPs Mini is a client-serving, project oriented, mini-grant that provides a low-barrier-to-entry funding opportunity to small, Austin area non-profits. GTOPs Mini supports programming that: ● Increases access to technology, ● Provides digital/technology training, and/or ● Increases access to the internet GTOPs Mini has minimal contracting, no insurance requirements, and pre-pays half of the award up front. GTOPs Mini Received Applications - 17 applications Applications in Green are past recipients New Applicants to the Program Returning Applicants ● Cine Las Americas ● HC4A ● Walking by Faith Prison Ministry ● DAWA - Diversity Awareness and Wellness in Action ● Art Curatorial Inc ● India Fine Arts ● Knowbility, Inc. 10 ● Austin Urban Technology Movement ● SAIVA ● Changing Expectations ● Open Austin ● Art Spark Texas ● The Museum of Human Achievement ● Economic Growth Business Incubator ● BRAVE Communities ● Austin Speech Labs, Inc. ● Latinitas GTOPs Mini Awarded Applications - 6 total Applications in Green are past recipients Awarded Applications Awarded Programs ● Austin Urban Technology Movement ● (AUTMHQ) - $10,000.00 BRAVE Communities - $10,000.00 ● ● Art Curatorial Inc - $10,000.00 ● HC4A - $10,000.00 ● ● Diversity Awareness and Wellness in Latinitas Inc - $10,000.00 Action - $10,000.00 11 AUTMHQ Digital Equity Program: Bridging the Digital Divide Through Equitable Access ○ Digital equity training and deceive distribution ● #IAmBRAVE ○ Hands on digital media and STEM workshops with a social justice angle ● Art Curatorial - CreativeTech Mentorship Program ○ Digital media training and mentorship program ● HC4A ○ Expansion of Google Career Certificate Program ● ● Latinitas - Adult Digital Literacy 2025 ○ Bilingual digital upskilling programing DAWA Studios Access Expansion ○ Hands on digital media programing and training Questions? Thank you!