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Four Key Focus Areas Received Funds From Texas’ First Community Foundation
DALLAS – December 18, 2024– The Dallas Foundation, the first community foundation in Texas, is proud to announce its most recent round of funding, awarding over $1.4 million dollars in grants to support over 50 local nonprofits across Greater Dallas. This round of grants focuses on four essential areas: Disabilities, Critical Needs, Strong & Healthy Start, and Community and Economic Resilience. This funding will impact a wide range of initiatives aimed at addressing urgent needs and fostering long-term well-being in the region.
“The Dallas Foundation’s investment in these 56 nonprofit organizations reflects our ongoing commitment to strengthening the fabric of the Dallas community, especially in areas of urgent need,” said The Dallas Foundation’s Chief Impact Officer Vickie Allen. “Each grant helps address critical challenges, from supporting individuals with disabilities to building healthier, more resilient communities for the future. These grants not only provide essential financial support, acting as catalysts for transformative change across Dallas County, but also serve as a lasting testament to the profound impact of our donors’ commitment to strengthening our community.”
Recipients of The Dallas Foundation’s most recent round of funding include:
Physical and Intellectual Disabilities:
ANNIE L. STEVENS FUND
- Association For Independent Living (AFIL)
- Storey Lane Independent Living, Inc.
- Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas, Inc.
- BridgeBuilders
- Deaf Action Center
BERTICE CARTER SPECK FUND
- Visual Aid Volunteers, Inc
ELIZABETH T. ROBINSON FUND
- Community Homes for Adults, Inc. (CHAI)
- Dallas Services
THE JALONICK FAMILY MEMORIAL FUND – SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION
- Dallas Hearing Foundation
- Montessori Training Research Ctr Dallas
- Dallas Secondary Educational Academy
- Spin The Spectrum Foundation Corporation
- Foundations for Divergent Minds
Critical Needs:
J.J. BOOK WILSON FUND
- Jubilee Park & Community Center
- Brother Bill’s Helping Hand
- Austin Street Center
- OurCalling
- After8toEducate
- Crossroads Community Services
DARWIN & JUNE HODGES FUND
- Bring the Light Ministries
LOUIS & MARY RATLIFF CRITICAL NEEDS FUND and McQUILLAN MEMORIAL FUND
- Our Friends Place
- Hope Supply Co
- Family Gateway
- Dallas Furniture Bank
- The Family Place
- Dwell with Dignity
- Housing Forward
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy of North Texas, Inc.
- Parkland Foundation
- The Way Back House, Inc.
- Community Partners of Dallas
Strong & Healthy Start:
ANNIE L. STEVENS FIELD OF INTEREST FUND AND ELIZABETH T. ROBINSON FUND
- Spida Inc. (formerly Braswell)
- Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC)
- White Rock United Methodist Church – Owenwood Preschool Initiative
- Nexus Recovery Center
- The Warren Center, Inc.
- Heart House
COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND
- Methodist Health System Foundation
J.J. BOOK WILSON FUND
- Wilkinson Center
TDF HEALTHY START INITIATIVE FUND
- ChildCareGroup
- Hope Cottage
Community Resilience:
COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND
- St. Mary of Carmel Catholic School
- Bonton Enterprises (Bonton Farms)
- Cafe Momentum
- Mi Escuelita Preschool
- Dallas EC
- New Friends New Life
- Dallas Morning News Future of North Texas Initiative
- Dallas Afterschool
- Nomi Network
- Early Matters Inc.
- St. Philip’s School and Community Center
J.J. BOOK WILSON FUND
- Trinity Park Conservancy
- First Presbyterian Church – The Stewpot
- Interfaith Family Services
GEORGE SCHRADER INNOVATION FUND
- Reading Partners – North Texas
ABOUT THE DALLAS FOUNDATION
The Dallas Foundation, established as the first community foundation in Texas in 1929, brings together people, ideas, and investments in Greater Dallas so individuals and families can reach their full potential. Over the course of the Foundation’s history, it has granted over $1.2 B to the full spectrum of community-centered causes. For more information, visit www.dallasfoundation.org, Facebook or Instagram.
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