TxWAC Funder Survey

The Texas Water Action Collaborative (TxWAC) matches companies and funders with conservation projects statewide to positively benefit Texas’ natural resources.

Please complete the below survey to describe your company's goals and what type of projects your company is interested in funding. This initial survey will serve as a starting point for matching your company to projects that need funding.

Matching proposals will be sent out three times during 2025 (or by request):
March 14, June 13, and October 10.

You can also download this survey to fill out - please email a completed copy in Google Doc or Word Doc format to programs@texanbynature.org.

See this webpage for more information.

Please contact Taylor Keys and Urvi Dani if you have questions or would like to set up a time to meet to walk through your answers to the survey live.

1.Main point of contact name:

2.Main point of contact email:

3.Company name:

4.Does the project location need to be within a certain distance from your company's site?

No, my company can fund a project anywhere

Project location doesn't matter as long as there is a hydrologic connection to facility/site water supply or agricultural sourcing region

Yes, project must be directly adjacent to or at company site

Other (please specify)

6.If there are specific geographic limitations for project participation/funding, please provide zip codes, company site addresses, etc. This will allow our team to map your desired impact area and overlay it with project impact areas.

7.Below are examples of project focus types. Please only check boxes for projects that your company is interested in funding.

1. Agricultural best practices that achieve water supply, habitat, and water quality benefits

2. Urban / green stormwater projects that address water quality, habitat and flooding issues

3. Community engagement and volunteer projects that support communities and watersheds

4. Environmental conservation and/or wetland and stream habitat projects that support biodiversity

5. Urban water infrastructure and conservation projects that better conserve and manage water

6. Innovative, pioneering, or first-of-its-kind approach to water policy or water technology

7. Project that addresses groundwater issues

8. Flow restoration transactions that increase stream flows to support fish, wildlife, wetlands and water quality

Other (please specify)

9.Many companies are seeking to achieve certain reported volumetric results to match against the company’s stated replenish or “water positive" goals. Please select all that apply to your company.
Volumetric water benefits (VMWB) are the volume of water resulting from water stewardship actions that modify water flow in a beneficial way and/or reduce shared water challenges. Accounting of VMWB helps corporate water stewards to have a standardized approach to quantify and communicate the benefit of volumetric water benefits. (Learn more)

Volume is not necessary: I don’t need to report or achieve volume benefits. Important water stewardship results are the primary factor.

Project cost per volumetric benefit is useful but not the key driver: I seek to report volumetric benefits for my company, but I don’t have certain cost thresholds or expectations for reported volumetric benefits achieved with my funding.

Project cost per volumetric benefit is important: I have specific volumetric targets that I need to achieve, and I can only fund projects that generate a reasonable or competitive cost vs. benefit as it relates to volumetric outcomes.

Other (please specify)

10.If you selected "project cost per volumetric benefit is important" in the previous question, please provide the maximum cost per volumetric threshold that your company would fund and if that threshold is required annually or over the lifetime of the project.

11.What KPIs related to water stewardship does your company measure and report on?
Key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement. KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a particular activity in which it engages.

12.Please check the minimum duration of benefits that a project would need to provide to receive funding:

Less than 5 years

5-9 years

10 years

More than 10 years

Please outline any specific duration benefits related to funding:

13.If you found a project that met your goals, when would you be able to secure funding to participate? Pick one or check all that apply.

I am flexible and could fund any time.

I have budget now and would need to commit in the relative near-term (~6 months)

I would seek to fund in the coming 6-18 months

14.What is your company's budget range for funding water-related conservation projects/programs?

15.If you chose to fund a project in the near term, when is your expected timeline for benefits being returned post-funding?

I need benefits to be returned immediately

6 months

1 year

1-3 years

Other (please specify)

16.If you chose to participate in funding a project, what considerations are necessary to contract? Please select all that apply.

Project funding recipient must be an NGO or nonprofit

Project funding recipient could include other organization types (districts, agencies, or other)

Funding agreement would need to be a grant

Funding agreement could be a fee for service contract

Other (please specify)

17.Please share any absolute "no-go's" that existing in regard to funding projects and/or any additional information around requirements:

18.Once we review your survey response, we will put together a proposal of aligning projects. What platforms and file types do you prefer for sharing/reviewing third party documents? Please only check boxes for those that your company allows access.

Other (please specify)

19.Is there anything else you would like to share?

20.If your company is interested in connecting with Texan by Nature to learn more about other opportunities to participate in conservation outside of TxWAC, please let us know

Yes, I would like to connect with Texan by Nature!