DALLAS – Sept. 29, 2025 – The Dallas Foundation, the first community foundation in Texas, is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 Summer Grant Cycle. This year, the Dallas Foundation awarded 80 grants totaling $2,515,190 to nonprofit organizations across Dallas County working to strengthen families, promote economic stability, improve health outcomes, and provide support for individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities.

The Dallas Foundation received 221 applications, representing a total funding request of nearly $9.7 million. Through a competitive review process, The Foundation selected organizations whose work aligns with its strategic priorities and reflects the most pressing needs of the Dallas community.

“Our grantmaking is focused on creating lasting impact for Dallas families by investing in organizations addressing the issues that matter most,” said Vickie Allen, Chief Impact Officer of The Dallas Foundation. “This Summer Grant Cycle reflects the wide range of needs in our community, and we’re grateful to support nonprofits meeting those needs with essential services and real change.”

Funding was awarded across three main interest areas:

• Family & Economic Stability – Over $1.5 million granted, including food access, housing, child welfare, place-based initiatives, parks & recreation, and prison re-entry services.

• Health – Over $700,000 granted, including breast cancer support, services for seniors, treatment of debilitating diseases, and general health initiatives.

• Intellectual & Physical Disabilities – Over $150,000 granted to programs and services supporting individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities.

2025 Summer Grant Cycle Recipients

Below is a full list of grant recipients by funding category:

Critical Needs & Family/Economic Stability
Community Partners of Dallas; Friends of the Children – Texas; Hope Supply Co.; Assistance League of Greater Collin County; ChildCareGroup; First Presbyterian Church; Harmony Community Development Corporation; Food Foundation (Hunger Busters); Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County; Brighter Bites; Good Local Market; Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Dallas; St. James Episcopal Church of Dallas; All Community Outreach; Sharing Life Outreach; Dream Center Dallas Inc.; Housing Forward; Builders of Hope CDC; Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center; Dallas Housing Coalition; Metrocrest Services, Inc; Metrocare Services; Dwell with Dignity; For Oak Cliff; Bachman Lake Together; Jubilee Park & Community Center; Cornerstone Community Development Corp. Inc.; Resource Center of Dallas, Inc.; Mercy Street Inc.; Crossroads Community Services; Wesley-Rankin Community Center; Interfaith Family Services; Dallas College Foundation; Every Avenue; After8toEducate; Rainbow Days; New Friends New Life; Austin Street Center; Bridge Steps; Dallas Mission for Life, Inc.; Samaritan Inn, Inc.

Parks & Recreation
Circuit Trail Conservancy; St. Philip’s School and Community Center; Stevens Park Estates Neighborhood Association; Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation; The Trust for Public Land: Texas; Better Block Foundation

Re-Entry Services
The Men of Nehemiah Inc.; Miles of Freedom

Intellectual & Physical Disabilities
The Warren Center, Inc.; To Be Like Me; Deaf Action Center; Foundation for the Callier Center and Communication Disorders; My Possibilities; Association for Independent Living (AFIL)

General Health
Prism Health North Texas; Ascend Dallas; Baylor Scott & White – Irving Foundation; Brother Bill’s Helping Hand; Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc.; Children First, Inc.; Dallas Services; Healing Hands Ministries (HHM Health); Hope Clinic of Garland, Inc.; Incarnation Place Inc.; Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic; Lumin Education; Momentous Institute; PediPlace; Restorative Farms; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy of North Texas, Inc.; The Concilio; Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation

Healthcare for Seniors
OurCalling

Debilitating Childhood Diseases
Scottish Rite for Children; Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer; HopeKids Inc.; Heroes for Children

Breast Cancer Support
Methodist Health System Foundation; Bridge Breast Network; Cancer Support Community North Texas

ABOUT THE DALLAS FOUNDATION

The Dallas Foundation, established as the first community foundation in Texas in 1929, drives enduring change for Greater Dallas through collaborative partnerships, strategic investments, and innovative giving to strengthen our community for generations to come. Over the course of the Foundation’s history, it has granted over $1B to the full spectrum of community-centered causes.