TEXAS WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INVESTS $7.1M TO ADVANCE WOMEN AND GIRLS
Texas Women’s Foundation is advancing positive social change and advances economic security and leadership opportunities for women and girls across Texas. Guided by research that continues to show that women are the face of poverty, over the last year Texas Women’s Foundation has deployed funds to strategic initiatives, programs, granting and advocacy eff orts that are making change for women statewide. Together with our philanthropic partners – Giving Circles, Donor-Advised Fund holders, and Young Women’s Initiative – the collective impact has funded 197 organizations and distributed $4.9M in grants this fiscal year. In addition, $2.2M was invested in programs that which equip girls to become strong women, and preparing women to lead in their lives, their workplaces and their communities, which in turn makes Texas a better place for all.
CURRENT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
We do not currently have any grant cycles open. Please check back in Fall 2024!
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ABOUT OUR GRANTING
Focus & Priorities
Texas Women’s Foundation is focused on the mid-term and long-term needs of women and girls in North Texas, particularly those facing multiple systems of oppression and disenfranchisement.
Texas Women’s Foundation will consider proposals for capacity building support, general operating support and program/project support for organizations serving women, girls and their families in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant and the immediate surrounding counties.
Texas Women’s Foundation Community Grants are broad based and effect important issues that improve the quality of life and give voice to issues affecting women and girls, as well as cultivates leaders. Our granting addresses such issues as:
- support for economic security needs,
- workforce development,
- child care and adult care services and caregiver support,
- transitional housing
- basic skills & English as a Second Language (ESL),
- education support services (not individual scholarships),
- access to health care including women’s health, general physical health, mental health, behavioral health, and dental health,
- prevention, intervention programs for girls,
- services for survivors of gender-based violence and prevention of gender-based violence,
- access to legal services,
- engagement and community organizing work for and by women and girls related to economic, social, and racial justice.
FY2023 Grantee Partners
| 4Word |
| Abide Womens Health Services |
| Access Esperanza Clinics, Inc. |
| After-School All-Stars |
| Aga Khan Foundation USA |
| Agape Resource & Assistance Center Inc |
| Aging In Mind Fund at Dallas Foundation |
| Alliance for Justice |
| Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund |
| Asset Funders Network |
| Austin Street Center |
| AVANCE Inc. |
| Bachman Lake Together |
| Best Buddies of Texas |
| Big Thought |
| Bold Idea, Inc. |
| Bright Future Foundation For Eagle County |
| Brooklyn Museum |
| Bryan’s House |
| Cactus Health Services, Inc. |
| Catch Up & Read |
| Catholic Charities Of Dallas Inc |
| Center for American and International Law |
| Center for Books Art Inc 1974 |
| Center for Transforming Lives |
| CHETNA |
| Child Care Associates |
| ChildCareGroup |
| Children’s Advocacy Center for North Texas, Inc. |
| Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County Inc. |
| Chocolate MINT Foundation |
| City Square |
| Collins Family Planning Clinic |
| Communities Foundation of Texas |
| Communities in Schools of North Texas |
| Community Council Of Greater Dallas |
| Community Does It |
| Con Mi Madre |
| Cristo Rey Dallas High School Inc. |
| CRU/Campus Crusades for Christ Inc. |
| Dallas AfterSchool Network |
| Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund |
| Dallas Black Dance Theatre |
| Dallas Center For The Performing Arts Foundation Inc |
| Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center |
| Dallas Chinese Community Center |
| Dallas Foundation A Tx Nonprofit Corporation |
| Dallas Habitat for Humanity |
| Dallas Leadership Foundation |
| Dallas Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc |
| Dallas Opera |
| Dallas Symphony Association |
| Denton Black Film Festival Institute |
| Dia Center for the Arts Inc. |
| Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center |
| Duke University |
| Dwell with Dignity |
| Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy Inc |
| East Texas Border Health Clinic |
| Educational First Steps |
| Empowering the Masses |
| EQTX Equality Texas Foundation |
| Faith in Texas – Pico |
| Family Gateway, Inc. |
| Family Place Inc. |
| FC Charleston |
| First Christian Church Houston |
| First Presbyterian Church -The Stewpot |
| Foundation Communities Inc. (Group #7171) |
| FOXG1 Research Foundation |
| Freedom for Immigrants |
| Friends of Solar Prep |
| GEMS Camp |
| GENDERAVENGER |
| Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support |
| Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas |
| Girls Embracing Mothers Inc |
| Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas |
| Girlstart |
| Golf 3:16 |
| Guardian Scholars |
| Gulf Coast Health Center, Inc |
| Gyrl Wonder |
| Harmony Community Development Corporation |
| Haven Health Clinics |
| Health Services of North Texas Inc |
| Healthy Futures of Texas |
| Heart House |
| Hearts for Homes |
| HHM Health |
| Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas – Dallas Chapter |
| Hockaday School |
| Hope Clinic of McKinney |
| Hope Farm |
| Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Inc. |
| I AM a Golfer Foundation |
| Ignite |
| Interfaith Family Services |
| International Rescue Committee Inc |
| Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas |
| Jewish Federation Of Greater Dallas |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation |
| Junior Players Guild |
| Ladder Alliance, Inc. |
| LIFT (Literacy Instruction for Texas) DBA Aspire |
| Lift Fund (formerly ACCION Texas) |
| Literacy Achieves |
| Lone Star Parity Project |
| March of Dimes West Texas |
| Maurice Barnett Geriatric Wellness Center Inc. |
| Melville Family Foundation |
| Methodist Richardson Medical Center Foundation C/O ABHOP |
| Metrocrest Services |
| Mommies in Need Inc |
| Mosaic Family Services Inc |
| Mothers Against Police Brutality |
| Ms. Foundation |
| Mt. Enterprise Community Health Clinic |
| Muslim American Leadership Alliance |
| National Alliance For Partnerships In Equity Education Foundation Inc |
| National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Dallas Section |
| New Friends New Life |
| New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice |
| Nexus Recovery Center, Inc. |
| North Texas Food Bank |
| OK2BX Foundation |
| Our Friends Place |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School |
| Outcry Theater |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network |
| Parkland Foundation |
| Pegasus Foundation Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture |
| Philanthropy Southwest |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, Inc. |
| Primos Dallas |
| Project Vida Health Center |
| ProjectHandUP |
| Promise House, Inc. |
| Providence Presbyterian Church |
| Raes Hope Inc. |
| Rainbow Days, Inc. |
| Readers 2 Leaders |
| Resource Center of Dallas |
| Richardson Adult Literacy Center |
| Rosa es Rojo Inc. |
| Scholar Shot |
| SER Jobs for Progress National Inc. |
| Social Good in Action Inc. |
| South Plains Rural Health Services, Inc. |
| South Texas Family Planning & Health Corporation |
| South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. |
| St Philips School & Community Center |
| TCU – Neeley School of Business |
| Texas Equal Access Fund |
| Texas Muslim Womens Foundation Inc. |
| Texas Tribune Inc. |
| Texas Woman’s University Foundation |
| The Bridge Breast Network, Inc. |
| The Brigid Alliance |
| The Compelling Why |
| The Concilio |
| The Egyptian Theater |
| The Kitchen Sisters Productions |
| The Shelter for Abused Women & Children |
| The Thanks-Giving Foundation |
| The Werthing Foundation |
| Trauma Support Services Of North Texas |
| Triangle Area Network, Inc. |
| Trinity Christian Academy |
| Trinity Habitat for Humanity Aka Fort Worth Area HFH Inc. |
| Trust Women Foundation Inc. |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania |
| United to Learn |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. |
| University of Texas Law School Foundation |
| Uptown Players Inc. |
| UT Southwestern |
| Vida Y Salud-Health Systems, Inc. |
| Viola’s House |
| Way Back House |
| Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation |
| Wesley-Rankin Community Center |
| Williams College |
| Women in Need of Generous Support (WINGS) |
| Women with Promise |
| Women’s Resource of Greater Houston |
| Women’s Foundation of the South |
| Women’s Fund of El Paso |
| Womens Funding Network |
| Women’s Leadership Alliance c/o Raymond James Trust Co. |
| Workers Defense Project Inc. |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas |
| Young Invincibles |
| Young Leaders Strong City |
| Young Women’s Preparatory Network |
| Youth Revive Inc. |
Online Application, Tips, & FAQs
Eligibility
Eligible nonprofits must:
- have a current 501(c)(3) status,
- demonstrates a three-year operating history,
- serve Dallas, Collin, Denton and Tarrant Counties, and the immediate surrounding North Texas area,
- demonstrate that at least 75% of the clients benefitting from grant funding are women and/or girls inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expressions.
For additional eligibility criteria, please review our most recent grant guidelines.
Sample Documents
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