At The Dallas Foundation, we believe compassionate care does not end when a patient leaves the hospital. Lasting well-being is shaped not only by what happens in a clinical setting, but by the support individuals and families receive at home in the days, weeks, and months that follow.
That’s why we are proud to partner with the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas (VNA), one of the state’s most trusted providers of home health, hospice, and community-based care. For thousands of individuals and families across Texas, VNA provides an essential bridge between hospital care and healing at home, delivering skilled support, guidance, and dignity during some of life’s most vulnerable moments.
Why This Work Matters
Healthcare doesn’t happen in isolation.
Recovery, quality of life, and peace of mind are deeply influenced by what happens after a diagnosis, often behind the scenes and over time. For individuals facing chronic illness, aging-related conditions, or end-of-life care, access to skilled in-home support can mean the difference between instability and comfort, uncertainty and dignity.
Families often carry a significant share of this burden, balancing caregiving responsibilities with work, finances, and emotional stress. Without the right support system, that weight can quickly become overwhelming.
VNA helps ease that burden by ensuring patients and their loved ones receive not only medical care, but also continuity, compassion, and trusted guidance through every stage of care.
What Visiting Nurse Association of Texas Does
For generations, VNA has helped patients and families navigate complex medical needs with compassionate, expert care delivered where it matters most: at home.
Their work spans a broad continuum of services:
- Skilled nursing and in-home healthcare
- Hospice and palliative care
- Support for caregivers and families
- Community-based programs that expand access to care
At the heart of their approach is a simple but powerful idea: care should meet people where they are. By delivering personalized services in the home, VNA helps patients maintain dignity, independence, and comfort while improving health outcomes and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations.
Our Collaboration
The Dallas Foundation plays a key role in connecting philanthropic vision with trusted providers like the Visiting Nurses Association of Texas. This partnership reflects decades of sustained philanthropic investment in community-based care.
Since 1963, The Dallas Foundation has awarded 12 grants totaling $387,608 in direct institutional support to VNA, including investments through the Community Impact Fund, competitive grant cycles, and targeted initiatives such as a 2023 Women’s Philanthropy Institute grant.
That impact has been significantly expanded through donor generosity. Since 1995, donor-advised fundholders have supported VNA through 215 grants totaling more than $1.9 million, reflecting a long-standing commitment to accessible, compassionate care for North Texas families.
Additional support through a designated fund established by J.J. “Book” Wilson in 2024 continues to strengthen this partnership, with recent grants advancing the Meals on Wheels program.
Beyond grantmaking, The Dallas Foundation remains committed to learning alongside trusted nonprofit partners and connecting donors to emerging community needs and innovative solutions, including models like Katherine’s House, which expands access to home hospice care for individuals without stable housing.
This is what partnership looks like in action: aligning donor passion with proven organizations to deliver compassionate, community-based care where it’s needed most.
How to Support Visiting Nurse Association of Texas
Donors, fundholders, and advisors can help advance VNA’s mission through thoughtful, strategic philanthropy that meets urgent needs while strengthening long-term systems of care.
Support may take many forms, including grant recommendations from donor-advised funds, multi-year commitments that provide sustained stability, or targeted investments in priority areas such as home health services, hospice and palliative care, caregiver support, and Meals on Wheels.
Philanthropic support helps expand access to compassionate, high-quality care for individuals and families navigating some of life’s most vulnerable moments. It also strengthens the clinical teams, programs, and community-based infrastructure that make it possible for more North Texans to receive care with dignity, comfort, and continuity at home.
For donors seeking to make a meaningful impact in health and human services, supporting trusted partners like VNA is one way to help ensure care reaches people where and when it is needed most.