Reed Family Foundation
Supporting people and organizations working on durable, human-centered progress.
We are the philanthropic arm of the Reed family. Our work is quiet grantmaking and long partnership — opportunity, community, and ideas that improve lives.
Mission
The Foundation puts family resources behind careful, useful work in Austin and beyond — people and organizations that strengthen community, care for animals, protect privacy, make art public, and stand with those who need a longer runway.
Focus
We keep our commitments specific. These are the places we tend to stand behind.
Austin Community
Friends of the Children Austin
Long-term, professional mentoring for children facing the steepest odds — a Friend from kindergarten through high school, no matter what.
Higher Education
The University of Texas at Austin
The public university at the heart of Austin — students, research, and learning that strengthen Texas.
Autism Awareness
Information, connection, and support for Autistic people and their families across Texas, with deep roots in Austin.
Animal Welfare
Lifesaving shelter programs that keep companion animals alive and find them homes — the backbone of Austin’s no-kill work.
Digital Freedom
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Defending civil liberties in the digital world: free expression, privacy, and the right to understand the systems we live inside.
Arts
The Contemporary Austin’s sculpture park and historic grounds — a public place for art, landscape, and gathering in the city.
Inquiries
The Foundation considers a limited number of inquiries each year. If your work is a genuine fit, a short note is welcome.
Write plainly: who you are, what you are building, and how we might be of use. We read every message. We cannot respond to all of them.