ANNA+ANTON OLSON LEGACY FOUNDATION
A local philanthropic organization is looking to strengthen nonprofits in Taylor, Hutto and Georgetown.
The Anna+Anton Olson Legacy Foundation, which recently relaunched as a private foundation with a brand-new website, is encouraging local 501c3 tax exempt organizations to apply for one-year, individual project grants ranging from $1,500 to $18,000, and multiple projects up to $20,000, between Aug. 7 and Sept. 19, as part of their 2025 grant cycle.
“This cycle builds on everything we’ve learned from past grantees and partners, and we’re eager to support organizations driving meaningful impact across the region,” said Larry Olson, the founder and chair of the foundation, which was established in 2021 to honor his early 20th Century grandparents, Swedish immigrant farmers who settled near Taylor.
Previously, the foundation operated under the umbrella of several community foundations, but it relaunched earlier this year as a private charity, with new board members Cindy Posey, a communications consultant, and Taylor native Doug Moss, an architect who owns several buildings in the city’s downtown, including Talbot Commons Pocket Hotel at 616 Talbot St.
“We are growing into our next chapter,” Olson said. “Moving to a private foundation structure gives us the flexibility and focus to better serve the communities we care most about — Taylor, Hutto and Georgetown.”
Moss said he jumped at the chance to join the board.
“I have known Larry for some time, and I have liked his foundation because Taylor is one of the three communities he is trying to focus on and previously did not have a lot of luck getting a lot of nonprofits in Taylor to make submissions,” Moss said. “So, I said let’s just figure out how to change that, and to me it is a great opportunity for me to get more engaged with the nonprofit community here in Taylor, which I think is getting stronger and stronger and there’s more and more nonprofits than there were even 12 months ago, which is great.”
Areas of focus for the charity include providing more opportunities for underserved K-12 students to thrive, fostering an entrepreneurial spirit among youth and young adults from disadvantaged communities and providing more dignity and independence for seniors wishing to stay at home.
“By uniting generations and strengthening nonprofits, we help build communities where young minds thrive, and older adults to live at home with dignity,” according to officials.
Through these grants, Anna+Anton Olson seeks to strengthen nonprofits by providing funds for unexpected operational needs as well as long-term organizational capacity building projects.
“We’ve been working closely with Taylor nonprofits and are encouraged by their interest,” Olson said. “I have met with many of their executive directors a few weeks ago, and they are excited about this new grant cycle. I am determined and looking forward to seeing many Taylor nonprofits apply this year. We really want to help Taylor.”
For more information, go to https://anna- Anton.org.
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We are growing into our next chapter.
Moving to a private foundation structure gives us the flexibility and focus to better serve the communities we care most about — Taylor, Hutto and Georgetown.”
— Larry Olson, founder and chair of the foundation
Anna and Anton Olson, whose lifetime of hard work farming in Eastern Williamson County inspired the Anna+Anton Olson Legacy Foundation, pose in front of the porch of the farm they rented from 1916-1935 near Taylor. Courtesy photo
